Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well perhaps that one played that way then . |
| 2 | In her room Sally eventually managed to get out of her dress though her hands were trembling so much she had great difficulty with the zipper . |
| 3 | I 'm so glad you had this conversation with me while I 've been miked up and I 've got it all taped . |
| 4 | Her scream rang back to her in a thundering descant whose bass-line was so deep it vibrated each organ of her body and she was sick . |
| 5 | And so those who devised all age worship in the in the sort of early eighties or late seventies , when it was the thing , devised it either to be just worship , or to be both education and worship . |
| 6 | There were no ski-lifts so those who wanted higher slopes than the nurseries rose early and carrying all their gear — wire for repairs , spare sealskin gloves , sweaters and food — in a rucksack , climbed for three or four hours and then skied down , reaching the village by twilight , just in time to change for après-ski activities . |
| 7 | Only those who had any idea of the inside story recognised the scale of Mrs Gould 's contribution . |
| 8 | It was not only those who married colonial soldiers who emigrated . |
| 9 | Thanks are due also to all those who took part in the experiments , especially those who asked common sense questions which I frequently found extremely difficult to answer as a cognitive psychologist . |
| 10 | The script of They Met in the Dark ( 1946 ) , in which James Mason is a discharged sea captain hunting down those who delivered fake orders to his ship , is a textureless and muddled affair . |
| 11 | In fact , there were only five which displayed these kinds of stereotypes : e.g. NEW ATTACK BY FREED SEX PEST ; VILLAGE IN FEAR OVER SEX BEAST ; CHILD SEX BEAST JAILED ; GIRLS ' BEDROOM SEX PEST ; PERVERT RAN CLUB FOR KIDS . |
| 12 | The battle took place on a Saturday , 14 October : because the armies were so evenly matched and the ground so difficult it lasted eight hours , a great time in a world where a decision was usually reached in just over two hours . |
| 13 | The answer is Yes , but it would have taken much longer and with the Government 's 1994 Review so imminent it made good sense to push on with the change process . |
| 14 | By contrast , the 1987 intake included a mere nineteen MPs who were farmers or landowners , and only twenty-four who listed any kind of field sports as a recreation , a far cry from the party of thirty years earlier . |
| 15 | Number five became so terrified she made more mistakes and prayed to God that the dance would never finish . |
| 16 | Ben 's injuries were so bad he needed regular check-ups for six months . |
| 17 | Actually I was so anxious to have him that I would have said anything — but I did put my marriage first , I made that choice , and although it meant I had many , many years of frustration as an actress , I 'm not sorry I made that choice . |
| 18 | However , I 'm not sure it had much choice in the matter , given that it made great efforts in the 70s and 80s to change its image from an ineffective amateur body into a responsible and professional organisation . |
| 19 | That was not all I learnt that day . |
| 20 | In 13 cases liver function tests improved or remained static from the time of diagnosis , and have remained normal in two of those still alive who had normal values at diagnosis . |
| 21 | After catching on a short pole and rod and line I was quite happy with the venue but was still convinced I needed another practice session — time was running out and the only day available was the one after the Division 1 National . |
| 22 | Nearly all their women , however , were aged over 50 and , in our study , it was women under 50 who had significant differences . |
| 23 | In 1984 an audit in the hospital of 200 consecutive women aged under 40 who underwent diagnostic dilatation and curettage showed no cases of endometrial carcinoma and only 16 cases of endometrial hyperplasia . |
| 24 | I was also dismayed we allowed young Simon Houston , an exciting talented goalkeeper , to leave us for Distillery . |
| 25 | Besides anchorites who were physically enclosed , there were also those who led eremitical lives of greater physical mobility , preaching and teaching , sometimes performing labouring tasks like road-mending or keeping care of bridges , sometimes living more haphazardly off the charity of others . |
| 26 | Up till about 1980 I had little experience of float fishing for big bream , and I do n't recall ever having read anything on the subject . |
| 27 | ‘ The fact is , he likes you very much , and I 'm really glad you found each other . |
| 28 | In the years following 1868 she had several landscapes and religious pictures exhibited at the Royal Academy . |
| 29 | A central register of information blacklisted certain people , particularly those who passed bad cheques and placed fraudulent overseas orders . |
| 30 | Even those who had formal qualifications in English had difficulties in communicating with the monolingual English line-managers in their work places and with others in the public services . |