Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The things I could do if only I had oodles of cash , ’ she added with an intense longing .
2 By the way , I I did that so I did area of square along the side .
3 Five patients had had a postmortem examination but only one showed evidence of asthma .
4 There 's usually another guy here today so he has n't showed up , so there you are so we got bags of room .
5 So they took bits of Green away then ?
6 So they gave excuses of shortage of time or involvement in other activities to explain why they did not register for the rural party cell .
7 I gave one dose of Syphilinum 200 and 4 weeks later she had fear of cancer , stomach discomfort and a peculiar symptom of food going up to the back of the nose on swallowing .
8 Later she incorporated cans of spray paint which made extraordinary effects when shot .
9 Twenty four hours later he showed signs of brain stem compression , having fixed dilated pupils , no spontaneous respiratory effort , and hypertension .
10 Two years later he joined Simon of Montfort when the latter returned to England and reimposed the Provisions .
11 The fires continued to burn , but now they produced blankets of smoke as dark and dense as black treacle .
12 From now on they demanded equality of treatment and opportunity as their right .
13 First she could not see any mistress there at all and thought the girls were alone and then she caught sight of Mademoiselle 's head in the middle of a crowd of girls , what was happening ?
14 Whereas things appeared stable in Britain at that time , overseas there existed events of change — in Italy there existed no unity and much of the land was occupied by the forces of Austria , but they were removed and in 1833 , a united Italy was advocated under Papal rule , but that proved not to be successful and it would be some years before Garibaldi was able to form the Italian National Association for the Unification of Italy which only achieved its objective in 1871 .
15 Previously , if an applicant preferred the services of his own solicitor to those of his Union 's solicitors , then he had freedom of choice .
16 Mrs Turner ) taught classics in independent schools until 1966 when she became Headmistress of Badminton prior to her marriage two years later and continued with some part-time teaching while living in Shropshire .
17 In the past when we identified forms of pollution , we have shown our capacity to act effectively .
18 This was a welcome contrast to Anfield where we had tons of possesion , but uninspired performances in front of both goals .
19 I raised this at the pre-meeting and asked that the various participants should have a look at those issues where they had areas of disagreement to see whether or not er they could reconcile those .
20 Last December , the Heron International chairman sat down with Price Waterhouse accountant Alan Wheatley , whose stature was confirmed last Thursday when he became chairman-elect of venture capital giant 3i .
21 The Walsh inswinging yorker was a major factor in his remarkable analysis at Bath in 1989 , when he produced figures of 16–4–19–7 ( including 4 for 5 in three overs ) in Gloucestershire 's Championship match against Somerset .
22 His neat modern home — his study stuffed with the 100 or so original runners for the 1989 Booker Prize , whose judging panel he is chairing — is still close to the University of Birmingham , where he became Professor of English in 1976 , but he took early retirement two years ago .
23 Leaving Italy , where he met government officials and had an audience with Pope John Paul II , Mandela travelled to Canada , where he received assurances of support from Prime Minister Brian Mulroney .
24 He visited the vegetable markets , renowned in Europe , where he obtained seeds of celeriac a vegetable new to England , and not readily accepted by London 's market gardeners .
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