Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] [adv] [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In view of the confessions made the jury were satisfied and formally pronounced John guilty . |
| 2 | The inspector and I were silent and inwardly praised God . |
| 3 | A resounding yes from all but Kat , who contrarily stated that she thought the direct , uncensored attack of rap is beautiful and even quoted NWA as an example of this . |
| 4 | It was this that eventually scuppered Horner . |
| 5 | Leonora , the creative one , was perfectly happy to get on with her knitting in her little nook in the shop , help with the customers when trade was brisk , type what correspondence was necessary and otherwise leave Elise to the hard sell . |
| 6 | His attitudes are best illustrated by this typical passage from Thucydides ( iv.83 : 424 BC ; the details of the diplomacy are irrelevant ) : Perdikkas ' diplomacy was subtler than just pitting Athens against Sparta and conversely : before the great Peloponnesian War broke out he shrewdly persuaded the Greek cities near Olynthus to coalesce into a federation ; this was an act designed to weaken the greater confederacy of the Delian League , since Athens ' policy ( Thuc. iii . |
| 7 | Another nanny beat Diana on the head with a wooden spoon if she was naughty or alternatively banged Charles and Diana 's heads together . |