Example sentences of "[to-vb] [coord] [conj] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jonathon knew he had less than two miles to go and that his faithful horse would trudge him home as he had done many times before . |
| 2 | Prime Minister John Major announced to the House of Commons on Dec. 9 that the Prince and Princess of Wales , who married in 1981 [ see p. 31116 ] , were to separate but that they had no plans to divorce and that their constitutional positions were unaffected , adding : " There is no reason why the Princess of Wales should not be crowned queen in due course . " |
| 3 | More than 250,000 visitors have enjoyed the excitement of the York Model Railway — the land that took over 10,000 hours to build and where our High Speed Intercity train travels an amazing 14 miles a day . |
| 4 | In retrospect , of course , it is clear that his creative powers were beginning to wane and that his real work had been done . |
| 5 | With the Labour government unable to control a majority of seats in the Commons , it was occasionally vulnerable to policy defeats on the occasions when the other parties were able to unite or when its own backbenchers staged guerilla attacks . |