Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [adv] [vb past] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thankfully their absent-minded forwards kept the score to a respectable 3–1 . |
| 2 | Her clinging rapidly brought the affair to an end . |
| 3 | But they were unsystematic and not sustained , and form only a minor qualification to the general proposition : it was the concerted efforts of Barbarossa in the 1150s and 1160s which first seriously checked the spirit of independent prosperity . |
| 4 | Their big forwards made a science of gaining the hard yards up the middle , purely as a prelude to sending the ball wide to their backs . |
| 5 | It crashed nearby , and started burning — I only hope the poor devils were dead before they hit the deck , although we all instinctively gave a yell of applause , and I felt rather conscience-stricken afterwards . ’ |
| 6 | As a postscript we all thoroughly enjoyed the trip . |
| 7 | At first I thought it empty then noticed a knob in the centre of what appeared to be the bottom , but was not . |