Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb past] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this was as a result of no great advance in the technical skills available to the discipline , nor of any weight accorded to the profession in recognition of its claims , although the garden city lobby nationally and internationally was vociferous enough and attracted figures of influence . |
| 2 | Her father suffered similarly and had symptoms of delerium with it . |
| 3 | The working groups produced their reports in 1989 , and on the basis of them , the Secretary of State drew up and published programmes of study and attainment targets in all four subjects . |
| 4 | So a rumour grew up that perhaps , at the last minute , he had jumped up and caught hold of part of the car and had clambered on to it somehow . |
| 5 | The plot failed when one soldier peeped inside the box of Quality Street chocolates two days later and discovered 2lbs of semtex explosive . |
| 6 | She , pious woman , had it carefully dried out and caused words of thanksgiving to God to be inscribed in it . |
| 7 | He came out to Rhodesia from London , the son of a butler ; made his way here and became Minister of Finance under Welensky . |
| 8 | Police raided a hotel room after the two men met there and found traces of cocaine . |
| 9 | Despite her many affairs — one of her immortal duties being to entertain heroes slain on the battle field — she loved Odin dearly and wept tears of gold when she lost him . |
| 10 | The first Hunter then lunged forward and grabbed hold of Spike 's chest . |
| 11 | Finding it , and telling him bluntly , ‘ That 's going to be the size of an egg soon ! ’ she pulled her hand away again and found touches of blood . |
| 12 | Evidence of extent of planning programmes varied as widely as did descriptions of training undertaken . |