Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this was not the anger of the cripple , who can never be sure if he has been shaped by some vengeful god or made accidentally by a purposeless universe . |
| 2 | In precisely the same way , when we use the word property it will mean an element of this domain used by speakers in constructing their acts of linguistic communication , and not a property as perceived or conceived extralinguistically in a real or imaginary world , unless we specifically state that the latter is intended . |
| 3 | Bulkier things like sofas can be delivered or whisked away on a rented roof-rack . |
| 4 | But this indeterminacy should not , and ultimately can not , be hidden or brought together under a single overarching account . |
| 5 | There were the usual pairs of opening lights over each saloon window , all each side being opened or closed together by a small lever . |
| 6 | But all that seemed almost like a simple happy life , now that he knew the real questions . |
| 7 | Behind her , the flat expanse in the centre of the roof was dominated by something that perched there like a gigantic black dragonfly . |
| 8 | A long quarter swell built up and for four days and nights the carrack raced along , slipping backwards down each wave as it overtook her , wallowing heavily as the next one came up astern , and making a dazzling white wake that trailed astern like a huge , ragged scar across the aquamarine ocean . |
| 9 | At about 10,000ft ( 3300m ) we broke out of the trees into an area of grassland that looked vaguely like a Scottish moor and decided to camp for the night . |
| 10 | Ten minutes later he was down and seated across from a young duty captain as they travelled the fast-link that connected the City to the spaceport . |
| 11 | Many people claim that Frederick was imprisoned by the Turks , and that after his release he returned to Kaiserslautern and lived there for a long time . |
| 12 | Tyrone Evans had been brought into the court 's car park when he overpowered his guard and got away in a blue Renault . |
| 13 | Police at Ames , Iowa , are looking for a one-legged burglar who stole a three-legged Labrador dog from an electrical contracting business and got away in a stolen pick-up truck . |
| 14 | They signed up for the same courses and joined the same societies ; they sat together in seminars and went together to the National Film Theatre ; they had sex together and moved together into a one-roomed flat in their second year . |
| 15 | When approximately equal tension has been achieved , with no load on the fence , the three wires can be marked at the correct length and fastened securely to a similar chain link which will eventually receive the hook of the straining tackle . |
| 16 | All manometry tracings and radionucleide transit curves were coded and analysed together in a blinded fashion after the study was closed . |
| 17 | Jinkwa had left the command vehicle under the control of the Environments Officer and ventured forth in a scouting party with two of his troopers . |
| 18 | I edged along the wall and peered quickly through a half-open door . |
| 19 | Place all the ingredients in a large bowl and beat well with a wooden spoon for 1–2 minutes until the mixture is smooth . |
| 20 | The luckless creature , who confessed to coming from Leeds as though it were an explanation of the folly , abandoned it all and trudged home like a beaten cur . |
| 21 | ‘ I paid cash and drove away with a funny feeling in stomach over my decision , ’ Darren recalls . |
| 22 | Barak waited until Laidlaw and Graham had driven off then got into his own car and drove straight to a white , Spanish-styled mansion on the outskirts of the city , overlooking the sea . |
| 23 | It had to be left long with just a little braid on the top and twisted underneath with a little bit of straw through for the summer . |
| 24 | Even so , a sense of vocation is noticeable among most field officers , even many of the older ones : pollution control is still conceived of and practised more as a calling than a job . |
| 25 | They took this idea to Prince Charles ' Youth Business Trust — and came away with a low-interest loan for £4,000 . |
| 26 | but they survived pretty well and came home with a priceless away goal . |
| 27 | This time the Mondays felt the full bite of backlash and came across as a scummy homophobes busy , said writer Stephen Wells , ‘ articulating bootstrap Thatcherism ’ . |
| 28 | We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time . |
| 29 | ‘ I have seen more truths at the bottom of a wine cup , and learnt more after a good tankard of sack , than any dry-skinned philosopher could teach in some dusty hall ! ’ |
| 30 | We drove calmly into town and parked easily on a single yellow . |