Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His report , an Essay on Convict Discipline ( 1838 ) , was so condemnatory of official policy that Franklin dismissed him in 1838 . |
| 2 | Born in St Petersburg , Iacovleff was associated with Bakst and Diaghilev before moving to Paris where such was his repute that Sargent described him as one of the greatest living draftsmen . |
| 3 | Merlin was soon known for his fantastic mechanical automata , and it is not inconceivable that Tylney met him at one of the many masquerades then all the rage in London . |
| 4 | His occupancy lasted until 1 761 , when he sold it to another local clothier , John Cox , in whose family it remained until 1818 when Elizabeth and William leased it for seven years to the partnership of John Cox and Weston Hicks . |
| 5 | It was already deep in debt , after repeated maladministration and corruption amongst its earlier inmates , and Wolsey seized it in 1525 . |
| 6 | She had five children , and her own independent income , and Creevey married her in 1802 . |
| 7 | In particular , the powerful Beni-Gomez family schemed continually against Rodrigo until Alfonso banished him in 1081 . |
| 8 | A PENSIONER has told how positive thinking and determination pulled him through two strokes . |
| 9 | When Bill and Jenny bought it in 1977 , it was in need of a lot of tender loving care — today , much restored and refurbished it has a wealth of beams , stripped pine and attractive brick fireplaces . |
| 10 | Worcester were wobbling at 33 for three but Hick guided them to 158 for five . |
| 11 | But ESA delayed it for five years , mainly so that this prestige project could be launched on the European launcher Ariane . |
| 12 | Seaton Burn made 92 for four , with John Graham 43 , but Hermitage pipped them by one run , Paul Mallabar top scoring with 41 . |
| 13 | West Indies had lost only one home Test in the previous decade , and had not lost in Kingston since Australia beat them in 1954–5 . |
| 14 | It was hell again for Norman , who was crucified by Faldo in the third round of the 1990 Open at St Andrews , when they set out sharing the lead before Faldo hammered him by nine shots . |
| 15 | Joseph Mollicone , president of the Heritage Loan Investment Bank , disappeared in November 1990 after auditors asked him about millions of dollars in missing loans from the bank . |
| 16 | When Helen paused , he cannoned into her and she turned , offering a startled apology that turned into a cry of alarm as Goldman shoved her to one side . |
| 17 | When MacDonald told him on 29 September that he was having difficulty finding a formula which could unite his colleagues , George V |
| 18 | A week later , poor Walsh was involved in another traumatic final over as Pakistan despatched him for 14 to win off the final ball . |
| 19 | When Pennant visited it in 1772 there were three farmers living in it with their stock and crops and at times in the summer months as many as twelve families were known to stay in it at once and it was the headquarters of those employed in the manufacture ( if kelp . |
| 20 | Collinson 's first garden at Peckham was a modest one , but from there he took nosegays and potted flowers to grace his City window , and when Kalm visited him in 1748 he remarked on the many rare American plants already established there . |
| 21 | Ever Ready , a battery maker , was losing market share to Duracell and made pre-tax profits of only £4.2m when Hanson bought it in 1981 . |
| 22 | As Roosevelt put it in one of his homely comparisons : Say the New Deal is a tree which , as it grows , continually produces rot and dead wood . |
| 23 | Then , as Guy reached her in one long stride , it no longer mattered . |
| 24 | The NHS had failed to produce ‘ a uniform standard of service for all ’ , as Bevan put it in 1945 . |