Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sentencing the two men , Judge Richard May said he was bearing in mind that the defendants had n't put the money in their own pockets or used it to support expensive lifestyles . |
| 2 | But he took charge of men ; organized them ; persuaded or inspired or commanded them to endure incredible things . |
| 3 | Did he pause to note the whole lot , or did he have extraordinary recall , writing in his room late at night or next morning , or did he get the bones down on paper , and afterwards flesh out the rest with Johnson 's consultations ? |
| 4 | It is , of course , important to improve the trial process as much as possible but the trial can not be expected to offer an alternative to testing by way of re-investigation for reasons similar to those that led us to reject prosecutorial review as an alternative . |
| 5 | And it was the long shorts that allowed him to wear waist-to-ankle underpants during a game without anyone noticing . |
| 6 | It was this that prompted me to scrutinize Greek tragedy and thereby gain the new view of the Hellenic spirit that I have been putting forward . |
| 7 | However , we never put heterosexism itself on the conference agenda , nor did we ask heterosexual participants to discuss it . |
| 8 | We did not consciously ‘ exercise ’ , nor did we require supplementary exercise to keep our bodies finely tuned . |
| 9 | Nor did they want equal non-protection from the law — they wanted censorship . |
| 10 | As it was , the Pistols were not together long enough , nor did they sell sufficient records , to make the profits for Virgin which Branson had always anticipated . |
| 11 | Nor did they lack ethical principles — contrary to much biased misunderstanding on the part of Russians with their Christian European prejudices , especially in the field of sexual mores . |
| 12 | But it did not institute systematic means of monitoring school curricula to check on whether or not inspectorate advice was being followed , nor did it devise systematic means for exerting pressure on schools to follow this advice . |
| 13 | Nor did I deplore English accents ; indeed that would be rather silly on the part of a professional linguist . |
| 14 | And er she wanted er you know she has visions of us filling the streets of from to with banners waving and the we asked for no banners in the first rally we had back in October because we did n't want it to be seen as some thing that had you know big sort of take over and everybody you know the Communist Party and the language people and er all the different factions being able to wave their banners you know , We support the Blaenau quarry men . |
| 15 | The United Kingdom pointed out that , by letter of 1 March 1983 , it informed the Commission of the problem created by the registration of Spanish vessels and of its intentions in that regard and asked it to put forward measures which would enable the problem to be resolved . |
| 16 | This speech although , shows Brutus to be very sincere and made him gain great admiration from the other conspirators . |
| 17 | He went in to his bank and got them to print new cheque-books , and instead of signing ‘ N.O. Russell ’ , he now signed ‘ Oliver Russell ’ . |
| 18 | She wore nothing beneath other than cami-knickers , but before they followed her dress he nuzzled her graceful neck , and stroked her striking red hair . |
| 19 | But one major turning point came when she started going to carpentry evening classes and found she had real talent for do-it-yourself . |
| 20 | We had to contend with some extremely high winds and found it needed extra guys to hold upright . |
| 21 | He gave her specialist child custody advice and helped her win legal aid for her court battle . |
| 22 | He touched her face very tenderly and believed he felt warm flesh . |
| 23 | Pc Kelly told the jury he questioned the driver and passenger about their identities and noticed they had Irish accents . |
| 24 | He told the jury that he had questioned the driver and passenger about their identities and noticed they had Irish accents . |
| 25 | A massive security operation has been mounted in the city and United Nations offices in New Delhi have cancelled visits by foreign staff , banned field trips by local personnel and advised them to avoid crowded places . |
| 26 | Our sincere thanks go to all the patients who have volunteered to share their experiences and allowed us to divulge intimate details about them , in the hope of helping others . |
| 27 | To break this cycle we asked the women to aim at eating three meals each day and encouraged them to take small steps to reach this goal . |
| 28 | The Adventist Development and Relief Agency ( ADRA ) in conjunction with Si Sa Ket Hospital , have taken a popular local medium — a combination of dance , drama and song called ‘ moh lam ’ — and adapted it to convey educational messages . |
| 29 | Rose recognized London 's latent genius and sent him to study French gardens . |
| 30 | If the child 's genius is not recognised and nurtured they face boring lessons way below their intellectual potential and run the risk of becoming disillusioned and ‘ problem ’ pupils . |