Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [noun prp] [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But yesterday the IAAF launched a fierce counter-attack against the 400m world record holder , insisting American courts could not over-rule their decision to ban Reynolds .
2 It used to be said that any salmon running up the Dee made a one-way journey .
3 But because he read them so often the Bookman had a little problem .
4 Here the Shannon resembled a long lake , pale grey in the sunlight .
5 Consequently the NHS inherited a large number of public hospitals containing many who were defined as chronically ill and written off as being impossible to rehabilitate and restore to the community or independent living .
6 The right-wing Republican Party won less than 1 per cent in the state overall but won two seats in Hannover , where the SPD suffered a serious setback , and two others in Delmenhorst .
7 Even over Christmas , when the IRA declared a unilateral ceasefire , that caution could not be relaxed not even for the sake of a rare party and a couple of cans of beer .
8 Soon afterwards the FMLN launched a major offensive in San Salvador on Nov. 11 [ ibid . ] .
9 Certainly the Imperium embraced a million china shops and more ; much crockery could be wasted .
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