Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [noun sg] [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew from the frequent worried glances the other woman sent in her direction that Candy had seen through the act , but she 'd managed with some effort to avoid her , always finding some pretext to disappear in the opposite direction whenever Candy appeared on the horizon . |
| 2 | ‘ You have a very positive standing , my dear young lady , ’ said Mr Stanforth patiently , and perhaps a little patronisingly , too , for this was where money entered into the reckoning , and very young concert artists and music teachers with a living to make must surely react to the alluring image . |
| 3 | This , though maybe we did n't realise it then , was when shopping moved into the future . |
| 4 | Sales of Hennessy and Hine cognac have also suffered , particularly in Japan where consumption dropped during the year . |
| 5 | Gone are the days when Grandma lived down the road and Auntie Maud was just around the corner , each of them providing a comforting and experienced shoulder for the young mother to lean upon . |
| 6 | I do n't think that I shall every forget the day when sugar came off the ration and at last we could make toffee . |
| 7 | This remarkable phenomenon was mildly reminiscent or 1983 , when Octopus came to the market and acquired a ‘ concept stock ’ valuation , i.e. one that was well clear of current market realities . |
| 8 | Athelstan was always surprised at-the effect he caused ; here he was in a place where man died for the price of a few coins , but at the sight of the lighted wax candle , the sound of the small tinkling bell and him swathed in a cope , the coarsest men and women stood aside as if they acknowledged the great mysteries he carried. , |
| 9 | I 'd been banging up dikes for a couple of years when smack came on the scene and I just sort of carried on as I had been doing , y'know , with the smack instead of the dike . |
| 10 | The tailings lake was begun in 1967 when production commenced at the mine . |