Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb past] [art] [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Humankind , to summarise , has been moving shoddywards since about 480 BC , when Confucius , Buddha , the Second Isaiah and Pythagoras died : to be succeeded , sages of wisdom and toleration that they were , by a return to superstition not unlike the reactions that tragically followed the Enlightenment or Victorian rationalism . |
| 2 | The 1975 definition was an exceptionally pure version that had not been current previously and only lasted a year or two . |
| 3 | Throughout his life Blumlein was a trustworthy and loyal man with a passionate interest in the arts , music , and aviation — he held a private pilot 's licence from 1929 and often flew a biplane or Moth . |
| 4 | By the third minute Charlie had begun to gain confidence and even landed a punch or two , to the delight of the onlookers . |
| 5 | The seat backs and seats passed along benches fitted with rollers in the centre , so that each man performed his own operation and then passed the back or seat along to the next man in the line . |
| 6 | Yet he would have spent far less money if he had bought the first house and completely refurnished the kitchen or even changed it to another room . |
| 7 | He could n't stay still for more than a few seconds and either paced the ground or fidgeted with his hair , clothes , hands , face and anything else within his reach . |
| 8 | Although most Tillers were spendthrifts and never had a ha'penny or cent to their names , Florence was a financial wizard . |