Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb past] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Robbie Supple had been keeping his powder dry on Very Very Ordinary and there was nothing in the least ‘ ordinary ’ about the long , relentless charge with which they mowed down the leading pair between the last two fences . |
| 2 | DOWN 1 Do one in for equal wages ( 6 ) 2 Sprint up with lace undone in typical family ( 7 ) 3 Request he received from the British Empire ? ( 5 ) 4 Concentrating so in form for plans ( 10 ) 5 Queen that is raised for the country ( 4 ) 6 Peg holds this original drier ( 4–5 ) 7 Solvent with less substance ? ( 7 ) 8 Relative amount needed to be filthy , he said ( 6 ) 13 High fashion involving exercise with English lords ( 3,7 ) 15 Common sense about riot disorder and love of ill fame ( 9 ) 17 He went up to the city which went with the flow ( 7 ) 18 Fail to keep appointment with his comedy ? ( 5–2 ) 19 Prevents injection of energy for champion of prevention ( 6 ) 20 Keep alien in bad weather ( 6 ) 23 Make ten to five when you do it ( 5 ) 24 Strike one for chastity which he went Up the second time |
| 3 | Mr. Cooper replied by letter on 9 May 1983 , in which he pointed out the absolute necessity that tenants of the dock company should not be disturbed at a later date and seeking clarification that the council would not seek in the terms of their letter of 31 March to draw a distinction between ‘ extremely detrimental ’ and detrimental . |
| 4 | I recently read a paper by an industrialist I greatly admire , Sir Arnold Hall , in which he pointed out the enormous changes that have occurred in such mature manufacturing businesses as diesel engines , electrical transformers , and small electrical motors . |
| 5 | For it was she who brought up the young James after the perhaps fortunate death of his violent , drunken father in a railway accident . |
| 6 | Bruce Springsteen began the Eighties with The River , an uneven double album but one which staked out the broad territory over which he would roam in the ensuing years . |
| 7 | It was he who carried out the Stalinist purges which lasted from 1949 to 1953 . |
| 8 | And I think the way we did it we marked down the three shops we wanted to do and make sure you do those three shops . |
| 9 | You 're being asked erm you told us you rang up the Assistant Chief Constable who gave you the authority to carry out the armed operation . |