Example sentences of "[conj] [pos pn] [noun] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 It was with a sickening sense of shock that his eyes fell at last on the heaps of bodies lying in the shadows of the dock buildings and beneath the pepper trees .
2 Poor John Durbeyfield 's death had more importance than his family realized at first .
3 ‘ They did , Michael , but they also liked the fact that our cellars connected with next door , which connected with next door to that , which I believe led out to the East River . ’
4 The first thing I would point to is that our training costs for last year averaged out at £5,100 per trainee .
5 I am fascinated to notice that your profession has at last started not merely to say that , but to criticise those who refuse to allow so manifest a fact to be stated in order that it may be examined .
6 In her letter she asked Gwenellen to ask me if my aunt had at last decided to put poor Old Red out of his misery ?
7 His words hit her like a sudden icy shower , and her self-control snapped at last .
8 It did not escape Sarah 's notice that Michael was treated as the head of the family and her husband relegated to second position .
9 The firms engaged in the renovation scheme were called to a meeting with officials at Stormont and their contracts terminated on 11th and 12th September as part of retaliatory moves against the Provisionals .
10 Concepts , criteria , definitions , and their implications seem at first just verbal and so a matter of convention or even arbitrary .
11 Fill in the special entry form you 'll find in the card and if your entry arrives by next Sunday you can play the pools for 10 weeks for a tenner with an extra week FREE .
12 Then , ‘ The money , ’ she said with a snap , as her brain clicked into fourth gear .
13 SOUTHPORT boss Brian Kettle is keeping his feet firmly on the ground as his side prepares for next Saturday 's FA Cup first round trip to Blyth Spartans .
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