Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb past] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he started writing , it was the fashion to pretend that they were happy shepherds and shepherdesses , who were always dancing , or anyhow had hearts of gold . |
| 2 | Increasingly EP involves dynamic on-line documents rather than nicely formatted pieces of paper . |
| 3 | Check the files on those British right-wing organizations that flourished before the war , the ones that sometimes had Members of Parliament on their books . ’ |
| 4 | In 1924 Mussolini survived a personal crisis when he was accused of colluding in the murder of Giacomo Matteotti , an opposition leader , and finally became head of state in 1925 when the Fascists banned all other parties . |
| 5 | I have dealt at length with these tedious and superficially unimportant details because they are the only area of activity in Anselm 's years as archbishop in which a clear , persistent , and deeply felt course of action — such as can properly be described as a ‘ policy ’ — can be detected ; and if we are to understand his mind , we must understand the importance which he attached to this issue . |
| 6 | ( This is especially true when the ideology in question has the doctrinaire , dogmatic and collectively oriented features of Marxism . ) |
| 7 | The MMM leader , Prem Nababsingh , replaced the dismissed Sir Satcam Boolell as Deputy Prime Minister and also became Minister of Health ; the other MMM appointees were : Jean-Claude de l'Estrac — Foreign Affairs ( briefly held by Agriculture Minister Madun Dulloo — ibid . ) ; |
| 8 | The new offence becomes the occasion for another and now legitimized act of retribution . |
| 9 | Sir Benjamin Brodie , in an obituary address to the Royal Medicochirurgical Society ( of which Coleman had been a member ) said he though Coleman 's intellect was of a high order , and even gave indications of genius . |
| 10 | He came out of hospital just before Christmas and then began weeks of physiotherapy to get back to his current level of fitness . |
| 11 | From time to time he dribbled and then wept tears of rage and humiliation . |
| 12 | These phenomena included ‘ the unexampled diffusion of wealth ’ ; ‘ uniformity of prices ’ ; ‘ an ‘ independence ’ of manners ’ ; ‘ the ‘ realistic ’ tendency in art and behaviour ’ ; ‘ the unprecedented growth of population ’ ; ‘ the astounding cheapness of most necessaries ’ ; ‘ the universal and sometimes frenzied spirit of competition ’ ; the ending of feudalism and the introduction of freedom . |
| 13 | Geological exploration both coastal and inland yielded reports of coal measures and mineral ores , though in small amounts and generally difficult of access . |
| 14 | The work involved in writing this summation must have been back-breaking , and certainly took years of research . |
| 15 | These statements reflected generalised anxieties about the youth , but particularly aggravated accusations of irresponsibility , freedom and affluence were brought against young people employed in various kinds of street work : as van boys , messenger boys , boys to hold horses ' heads , and street traders . |