Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nervously Meredith gazed at the open water ahead and then back at Venice , the minarets and bell-towers , the tall palaces just a distant unfocused blur in the morning mist . |
| 2 | The deep rumbling of the explosions dying down to a hissing of falling dust , everything grew quiet , and the twenty or so survivors collapsed against a low wall to get their breath back . |
| 3 | Beyond the pine , and a little lower on the cliff , a dozen or so bushes grew from a wide fissure . |
| 4 | So matters stood in the immediate aftermath of the war . |
| 5 | It is clear that the North of England and especially Scotland contributed to the large advance of 1792 over 1788 . |
| 6 | As he got more excited as they got closer to Pollensa so Ruth sank into a deeper depression . |
| 7 | And so Katherine moved into the spacious apartment on New York 's Upper East Side , overlooking Central Park and a stone 's throw from the Metropolitan Museum . |
| 8 | It shows that 94% of all items issued fell into the first two categories , and required no repair ( although 24% were in a well-used condition and might eventually require some attention ) , while only 6% fell into the last three categories and were in need of repair . |
| 9 | Nay , would I were so anger 'd with the same ! |
| 10 | So democracy came as a late addition to the competitive market society and the liberal state . |
| 11 | Idly Theodora turned to the last page . |
| 12 | Only Henrietta stood in a silent spasm , her entire body controlled by the Walkman which gripped her head and blared into her ears the sound of her own personal disco , reminding her , to her quiet fury , of the parties she was missing by coming on holiday with her parents . |
| 13 | So America seemed like a good place to come . ’ |
| 14 | So Reich wrote in the first part of The Sexual Revolution . |
| 15 | His dogs looked as if they might be dangerous and so Coetzee reached for a tried and tested method for solving the problem — strychnine . |
| 16 | Hitherto Switzerland accounted for a third of all hazardous waste imported into Britain . |
| 17 | Thus Barbarossa came from a noble family , with a background that suited him to his eventual imperial career . |
| 18 | ‘ Not honour 'd with a human shape . ’ |
| 19 | Having thus fire and water at every dwelling , there is no need to enquire why they dwell thus dispers 'd upon the highest hills … |
| 20 | Nevertheless Bevin joined with the economic ministers , Hugh Dalton and Sir Stafford Cripps , in recommending a continuing search for alternative sources of food and raw materials outside North America . |
| 21 | Meanwhile InterSpray struggled in the second leg , Rio to Hobart , to maintain the form that earned her second place in the first stage . |
| 22 | They got back into the car and drove slowly along the rutted , narrow turnoff , until finally Nicolo pointed to a low rise . |
| 23 | And the storm went on and on and on ; when finally relief came to the exhausted crews , it seemed the only recourse was to turn tail and head for home . |
| 24 | Thus radio spoke to a large proportion of the population , both urban and rural , either in a language spoken at home or at least in one closely related to it . |
| 25 | Soon Babushka fell into a deep sleep only to be woken by a beautiful golden light which came from a far corner of the stable . |
| 26 | Thus Douglas found in the early 1960s that even among the most able , working-class pupils were more likely to leave school early than middle-class pupils with the same IQ scores . |
| 27 | Normally Rachel slept for a few hours after the feed and Carrie had made sure her husband knew what to do should the baby wake up before she got home . |
| 28 | Usually Artai behaved like a fractious child , his temper uncertain , his demeanour abrupt and discourteous . |
| 29 | But still Flupper continued in the wrong direction , heading for the greyish clumps of mould and fungi . |
| 30 | In 209 BC spoils arrived from the Greek city of Tarentum , in south-east Italy . |