Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the theme tune at last month 's revolutionary rallies , where the crowds sang it with great gusto and clapped to the jaunty rhythm of its concluding lines . |
| 2 | Sister Eillen Regan , from the board of education of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of San Francisco , says the board shunned it for two reasons : ‘ It treats nuclear war as survivable and implies nuclear war is a political option ’ . |
| 3 | Has all the nonsense off the field distracted you at all , made your h job harder ? |
| 4 | At the end , the photographer kissed her on both cheeks . |
| 5 | The taxpayer received it on 8 December and it was lodged in the High Court on 15 January 1991 . |
| 6 | The Times caressed us with recondite information : no Pakistani batsman had made a century at Headingley ; Pakistan bowled their 100th no-ball in the series ( Wasim Akram , not out 63 ) . |
| 7 | It defines material which ‘ any reasonable person ’ ( a judge , for example ) would find ‘ shocking , disgusting and revolting ’ , as Lord Denning the then Master of the Rolls defined it in 1976 . |
| 8 | The indictment charged him with two offences . |
| 9 | The eyes lanced hers with swift rage and her pulses raced . |
| 10 | The wind woke her at six , hustling the leaves on the trees , still green in November . |
| 11 | Whistle Down The Wind did it in 1961 and made Hayley Mills a child star . |
| 12 | I put on my coat and we went out to where the wind welcomed us with savage glee . |
| 13 | In their first game the Transvaal beat them by fifty runs . |
| 14 | A mile 's drive south in the car took us to all that remains of Clare 's beloved heath land . |
| 15 | We thought all was well until the Battlebus passed us at full speed in the opposite direction . |
| 16 | On 13 October , the Leader of the Opposition described it in three different ways — which is typical of him . |
| 17 | The Mayor rebuked him in warm terms , whereupon the elegant creature said , hotly : ‘ Who are you to talk to me like that ? ’ |
| 18 | The project of a road connecting the Cariboo gold-fields to the coast occupied him from 1862 . |
| 19 | Transfer to the Admiralty enabled him in 1920 to attend evening classes in writing and illuminating at the Central School of Arts and Crafts . |
| 20 | In their turn the Norwegians accepted him as one of themselves ; it was they who named him the ‘ father of Norwegian mountaineering ’ . |
| 21 | The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives . |
| 22 | The youngster addressed him with condescending friendliness , and got a morose answer . |
| 23 | The princess bought hers in 1988 before going on a visit to Australia . |
| 24 | The girl held them in approved BHS fashion . |
| 25 | The exchange put him in excellent mood for his breakfast . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's nigh on two year since I 've been out that house , ’ said Bella suddenly , ‘ since the Warden took me for that X-ray after I fell over and hurt me wrist . ’ |
| 27 | The guard examined it in close detail , checking off the listed physical peculiarities . |
| 28 | But the Australians imported them in large numbers . |
| 29 | I 've imagined myself in situations like this , made up speeches in my head , speeches about truth and freedom and protection of sources , speeches I imagined delivering from the witness box just before the judge sentenced me to ninety days or six months or whatever for contempt of court , but I was kidding myself . |
| 30 | Simon the Trapper led them by devious paths to the lakeside hut . |