Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led her to the alarming conclusion that it was not they who were bigger , but she who was smaller — and a lot smaller . |
| 2 | Only 40% thought that there will be a united Ireland one day but few expected it in the short term — 16% expected it to come about in 25 years , 13% in 50 years and 11% in 100 years . |
| 3 | This provided her with the ideal opportunity to research and write a book about the local food , which resulted in the publication of The Taste of Cyprus ( Interworld Publications , £5.95 ) , an enjoyable look at seasonal Cypriot cooking . |
| 4 | The English used it as a convenient base for raids into the Scots East and Middle Marches , and as a permanent threat , its strong position on the rocky spine at the junction of the two rivers making it a very difficult nut to crack . |
| 5 | While some described it as an important strengthening of the rights of children , others saw it as a willingness to overturn natural family links in order to pander to a child 's desire to acquire richer parents . |
| 6 | This helped them as a creative unit — in 1967 they came up with arguably their greatest single Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever and with the album Sergeant Pepper 's Lonely Hearts ' Club Band which , though it has n't aged particularly well , was certainly a quantum leap forward for popular music at the time . |
| 7 | This committed him to a punishing schedule for the next eight months , from the time the play went into rehearsal until it closed on 26 April 1969 after 161 consecutive performances . |
| 8 | The man half carried , half pulled her into a nearby pub , where he propped her in a Windsor chair and went to fetch water from the bar . |
| 9 | This hit them like a communal heart-attack . |
| 10 | This decided us on a bold move to facilitate loading . |
| 11 | Some took it as a great laugh ; others as a brave attempt to champion a little-known music ; and others just hated it . |
| 12 | This took me in a gentle curve round the flanks of Great Coum towards the Barbondale road , Combe House , the track past Tofts , and back to my home for tea and crumpets . |
| 13 | They were made of metal and this presented him with a major problem . |
| 14 | This reminded her of a stately home . |
| 15 | This endeared me to the young Noones . |
| 16 | He grabbed hold of Steve by the scruff of the neck , half lifted , half dragged him to the front door . |
| 17 | I had taken no interest in Egyptian politics , but this struck me as a novel view . |
| 18 | This left her with a severe form of amnesia that reduced her memory span to 20 minutes or less . |
| 19 | This left them in the ludicrous position of having to claim that , out of loyalty to their sovereign lady , they were embattled against their sovereign lady 's mother . |
| 20 | The martyrdom of his father in 203 left him with a cold antipathy to the pagan establishment , whether in government or in high culture . |
| 21 | They are old enough to remember the early days of independence , when the departing British pushed them towards a pan-Caribbean federation of English-speakers ; but the people of Jamaica , the largest potential member ( with 2.5m people now ) , killed that by voting against it in a referendum . |
| 22 | The second hit him in the right shoulder , the impact lifting him off his feet and sending him toppling towards the head of the stairs . |
| 23 | Murchison recognized the boy 's ability , arranged for his entry to the Royal School of Mines , where he studied under Thomas Huxley and ( Sir ) Andrew Ramsay [ qq.v. ] , and in 1862 recruited him to the Geological Survey of Scotland . |
| 24 | But a new administration in 1807 sent him on a futile mission to conciliate Denmark , following the British bombardment of Copenhagen . |
| 25 | Later Nutmeg went back to all his friends ( looking himself again ) + they all told him about a strange white cat who called himself Nutmeg . |
| 26 | None the less , such was his amicable nature that all welcomed him as a playing companion . |
| 27 | It all swung him towards the burning reality of Kee . |
| 28 | They all treated him as a golden idol , and he 'd obviously begun to believe it himself . |
| 29 | Many saw it as an ideal opportunity for the Prince and Princess to put on a united front , quashing speculation over their marriage . |
| 30 | ‘ Alice Muir , ’ he writes , ‘ was a homeopathist and in 1878 treated old Mrs McNeil at the Boathouse in Brodick so successfully that two years later the latter presented her with an engraved tumbler glass . ’ |