Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He discovered from Nicholson senior that Nails rarely slept at home and from Nails 's classmates that he went off with a woman on a motor-bike at four o'clock everyday .
2 Although Trusts only came into operation in April ninety one , the evidence suggests that many , that many have improved patient services in many w many areas waiting lists have been cut through greater efficiency and increased use of day surgery .
3 A recent OECD study ( 2 ) shows that households also benefited from innovations such as the securitisation of mortgage debt — making mortgages tradeable between lenders , so that the institution which originally lent the money might sell its mortgage claim to another bank or thrift when it needed cash .
4 Why is it that mayors only existed in Lewes for a hundred years seeing it 's such an old town ?
5 Why is it that mayors only existed in Lewes for a hundred years , seeing it 's such an old town ?
6 Every effort was made to ensure that tribunals normally sat in buildings other than the premises of the DHSS in order to emphasize their independence from the Department .
7 He mentions ‘ the odd brawl and punch-up ’ , for example , the fact that policemen only went in pairs in some districts , and that they patrolled the centre of the city in strength each weekend ‘ because prostitutes and drunks frequently started fights and a good time was had by all ’ .
8 Creators of film and documentaries sometimes drew upon stock shots , and the actual sequence shown is not always what it purports to be .
9 As winter took its hold , banking up the short days , the long cold nights between autumn and spring , thoughts and imaginations often drifted to hunting .
10 Innumerable ovaries and testes seamlessly grafted into place .
11 These included some of the plums , nectarines and apricots successfully coaxed by Miller to produce early fruit at Chelsea .
12 The accused would not be present , and misunderstandings sometimes arose between judge and counsel , or between counsel and client , resulting in the accused often receiving a sentence which they thought they had not bargained for .
13 She stayed near him till he slept , went out into the dark hall , switched on the light with pride and with the knowledge of what that little act meant , what it had cost , would cost ; she pressed a tiny switch on the wall , and electrons obediently flowed through cables , because the woman in the Electricity had so ordered it
14 As in Saigon the mouths of the men and women alike oozed with beteljuice and the roadsides there too were stained with red saliva blotches .
15 Forecasts for sales and overheads previously ran on Lotus 1-2-3 , explains general accounting manager Andy Round .
16 Samples were collected on ice , the volume measured , and samples immediately assayed for amylase , trypsin , lipase , and bicarbonate .
17 A commander might be so well pleased with an officer that he might wish to retain his services for another voyage , and if a part-owner might be able to insist upon it , but appointments normally went by interest .
18 According to the report many of the 30,000 Palestinians tried by military court since the start of the intifada in 1987 " have been convicted after confessions allegedly coerced by torture or other forms of ill-treatment " .
19 When customers unsurprisingly got into trouble , it obligingly increased its advances .
20 Trinity held an early 6-4 lead , but were hit with two tries in the final six minutes of the first half as Saints finally clicked into gear .
21 Mr Wakerley said when police later went to Sams ' workshop , in Newark , Nottinghamshire , they found there a set of stencils capable of producing both messages .
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