Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russians denied him the decisive pitched battle on which he had counted . |
| 2 | His self-promotional skills combined with his love of sport and the arts made him a popular choice in his new fields . |
| 3 | The pretence that statutes merely declared existing law was dropped ; they occupied areas of national life which before they had only occasionally entered ; they became far more precisely drafted and the judges interpreted them a good deal less freely ; they were , by the reign of Elizabeth , the outcome of a definite and recognized procedure . |
| 4 | ‘ Poor Mangan , ’ Father Poole would sigh , ‘ the street-arabs gave him an awful time — and I was one of them , God forgive me . ’ |
| 5 | The Italians made it a central part of their defence arrangements because of its fine natural harbour , and erected barracks to house 20,000 soldiers . |
| 6 | The rabbits gave them a wide berth and came through by another gap farther up , close to the gnarled trunk of an old crabapple tree . |
| 7 | The teachers said it the English way , |
| 8 | The teachers gave me a rough time for a couple of years because my student and acting image did n't fit . |
| 9 | It was doubtful whether his preaching saved many souls , but enough of the navvies gave him a polite hearing to satisfy his missionary urges . |
| 10 | It was an admirable venture and most of the Girls found it an exciting place to stay . |
| 11 | The professionals found it a tough test , with Wirral 's Andy Mitchell returning the only sub par round in the 36-hole event . |
| 12 | You see a woman see a woman and your man did n't know where he was , and then she walked out one night and put her hand through the window and she ripped it from there to there and she said the doctors told her the only thing that stopped her the arm from coming off was the bone . |
| 13 | The men gave him a small piece of paper . |
| 14 | When a car passed by the men gave it a cursory glance . |
| 15 | Suspended from duty , the police gave him an internal trial . |
| 16 | Well as I say , the police stopped them the other morning and one of the lads had a chat with the driver and all this and he carried on . |
| 17 | To begin with , the Gnomes thought it a fine idea to be part of the traditional Fidchell and Bith of the Bog-Hat told how the Wolfkings had played it during the Winter Solstice with solid gold figures studded with ivory and pearl , which the Gnomes always had the supplying of . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ The nurses thought it a huge joke . ’ |
| 19 | Some of the nurses found it a nice little earner on top of their poor weekly pay . |