Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [adv] [subord] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Snow lay on the park outside as Miranda showed her new house in Cumberland Terrace to fashion editor Annie Trehearne . |
| 2 | Its been men like Prime Minister Lee Phung and others in the leadership who have kept his army in the field ever since Vietnam invaded Cambodia back in 1979 . |
| 3 | We were in the kitchen together when Caroline said I should meet Colin . ’ |
| 4 | Such awareness is considerably to the fore today where people appreciate the need for a global concern — the need to relate in a non-violent , just , perceptive and generous way to the traditions of others . |
| 5 | The major opposition to the poll tax came to the fore only when people realised how much they would have to pay . |
| 6 | As you improve , instead of riding in a straight line along a wave you start manoeuvring by footsteering on the wave just as surfers do . |
| 7 | And there are n't any to do the cooking either so John combines interest in Roman history and the kitchen . |
| 8 | A graduate in politics , philosophy and economics from Oxford and the Sorbonne , he never allows his natural optimism to put his acute political and economic antenna out of action — he predicted the recession long before others did . |
| 9 | One snowy morning footprints and tyre marks were imprinted in the snow even though Ted had received no visitor at the box . |
| 10 | Now here was a boy who listened stolidly while Hugo read to him some of the greatest literature in the world ; who yawned over Villon ; who stared out of the window longingly while Hugo read Maupassant or Flaubert . |
| 11 | Over a period of approximately nine months , departments and agencies of the federal government engage in detailed discussions with the White House prior to the presentation of the president 's budget proposals to the legislature shortly after Congress convenes in January . |
| 12 | But on the first morning of the second week Iskandara came into the drawing-room , where Alexandra chose to write her letters instead of using the boudoir upstairs as Janet wished her to do , and silently put Aunt Emily 's journal down in front of her daughter . |
| 13 | Lorton left the pub just as Viol bought himself a second pint . |
| 14 | The last of the cuirassiers were driven from the village just as darkness fell , leaving a thousand corpses and a heap of rubble to the French as the fruits of victory . |
| 15 | From which we will get the benefit presumably when production starts . |
| 16 | From which we will get the benefit presumably when production 's done . |
| 17 | He asked the question just as Karen had asked it of him when he 'd opened the door . |
| 18 | In fact , it was not possible to stop the intervention completely since Olwyn had come to look forward very much to a bedtime story from her father , and to getting stars . |
| 19 | But equally important was the moment just before Fischer had knocked then thrown the doors wide ; a moment when Wang 's voice had boomed out clearly . |
| 20 | Joining in meant she could lose herself , forget , live for the moment just as Mark had always done — Oh , he had been a little wild on occasions , she knew that deep down , but Mark , being Mark , things had always turned out OK in the end … until that last time , of course … |
| 21 | Ellen was polishing the furniture with beeswax , but collected her cloths and went out of the room wordlessly when Paul entered , shutting the door after her . |
| 22 | He had let out a number of slow deep breaths as if he had got out of a tight corner , but no sooner had he entered the room again than Lizzie said , ‘ Does Maggie know of this ? ’ |
| 23 | He left the room just as Jack appeared , his hair rumpled , his shirt half-tucked into his trousers , tie hanging round his neck . |
| 24 | Ianthe remembered that Miss Grimes had been to Spain for her holiday one year , but she supposed that she must have bought the wine specially when Ianthe had said she was coming to see her . |
| 25 | Turning the clock back to the point immediately before computers got involved in the publishing business there were only two real technologies at work ; hot metal and cold metal . |
| 26 | We are therefore the inheritors of this tradition whereby expertise , being concentrated , has accrued to the point now where technology allied with pedagogy can provide quite powerfully for children in need , in whatever their setting . |
| 27 | And he pushed him into the shed just as light filled the yard again . |
| 28 | Fergie offered no real argument on the dismissal of Hughes , saying : ‘ The referee was a bit fussy but when you take the ball away as Mark did , when already booked , then it 's automatic that you go . ’ |
| 29 | Fergie offered no real argument on the dismissal of Hughes , saying : ‘ The referee was a bit fussy but when you take the ball away as Mark did , when already booked , then it 's automatic that you go . ’ |
| 30 | DESPITE the impressive 38–4 scoreline against London Crusaders , there was a distinct lack of style to match the occasion yesterday as Sheffield secured their return to the First Division in a game spoilt by strong wind . |