Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And on Sunday afternoon I often went to Kidlington , to eat large teas and remember another world . |
| 2 | In fact , the first piece I ever wrote about fish was on this topic . |
| 3 | It will be noted they provided the bulk of the players for the Canadian side which so impressed against France and New Zealand in the World Cup . |
| 4 | They seem , however , to have had little support amongst the lords , and the opposition which undoubtedly existed to Gaunt 's reversal of the acts of the Good Parliament lacked leadership and co-ordination . |
| 5 | The outcome of this meeting however , was that the Task Force not only decided to question the research priorities of the ARC , but also their methodology which typically relied upon research contracts awarded to outside firms of consultants to whom : — |
| 6 | There seemed to be wide horizontal bands of light which slowly changed in intensity , with brighter spots growing and fading in places mysteriously against the deeps of eternity . |
| 7 | I 've been seriously caught out more than once on early ambitious trips — the ice axe which nearly stayed at home was worth its weight in gold . |
| 8 | She was the only midwife in our district and if the women could n't afford her the neighbours helped , a practice which often ended in tragedy . |
| 9 | She experienced a sense of detachment before cutting herself , and the act seemed to relieve feelings of anxiety and tension which usually arose from problems in her relationship with her boyfriend . |
| 10 | He failed to appear at court to answer a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm which allegedly happened in Durham Prison last July . |
| 11 | Corporal Wix was the retired soldier who now worked for General Francis . |
| 12 | Ballymena worked hard but it still was n't enough against a low-key Portadown side who only clicked into gear at the finish . |
| 13 | Restored in 1960 for the Temora Aero Club she eventually fell into disuse and was sold to Ray Windred of Dungong , New South Wales , as a basket case . |
| 14 | Secondly , the young stranger who also passed through Godstowe at the same time — was it just a coincidence , or was he connected with the murder victims ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Passion 's prisoners , ’ she offered with acid amusement but none of the simple pleasure she usually took in alliteration . |
| 16 | Aside from Boyce and Lee , these include Edward Howard , a CIA employee who finally defected to Moscow taking with him a hoard of secret information about his work ; the Walker trio who for 17 years handed over details of US Navy cryptograhic equipment to the Russians in exchange for $750,000 ; Bruce Ott , a USAF airman who tried to sell the Russians a copy of the SR-71 spy plane operating manual ; Robert Miller , an FBI agent who passed on secret documents to the Russians ; Ronald Pelton , a communications expert with the NSA who for five years gave the Russians details of his work ; Clyde Conrad , a retired US Army sergeant who for five years is alleged to have handed over top army contingency plans to the East ; and Jonathan Pollard , a US Navy counter-intelligence analyst who was paid $50,000 by Israeli intelligence for top naval information , a particularly embarrassing incident . |
| 17 | Well my Lord , all we know is that erm when the report was served on the defendant it then came through court they were going to have to call Mr and then last week it was suggested er that er not only did they not agree but that they were going to try to prevent it being admitted in evidence . |
| 18 | He gave her his best smile , a greeting he normally reserved for waiters . |
| 19 | It was an exercise to prove the existence of a Nonconformist unity which only came into existence by the exercise . |
| 20 | Most of the fairways are affected by crosswind which yesterday gusted to 30mph , making the par-5s genuine three-shotters , and the quartet of par-3s anything but short . |
| 21 | Hated that slim body with its perfect skin which always nestled into Jacob 's embrace . |
| 22 | We wanted to attract mature students with a high level of skills and commitment and were able , through the Nuffield Foundation , to provide student grants for the first part of the course which either paid for secondment salaries of allowed people who were , for instance working interpreters , to forego part of their normal paid employment . |
| 23 | As we see from the passage I just quoted from Barthes , the work or labour that the writer puts into composing his text is brushed aside as of no importance . |
| 24 | In 1912 he first used stencilled figures and letters in ‘ Guitare ’ , an oval painting owned by the Musée de Grenoble , and in 1913 adopted collage techniques , as in ‘ Tivoli-Cinéma ’ , a work which once belonged to Pablo Picasso . |
| 25 | FOLLOWING the success of the Midland Railway Centre two excursion trains to London for Christmas Shopping which both departed from Butterley Station , the Trust is now discussing the possibility of operating a number of other trips during the summer months with Regional Railways for 1993 . |
| 26 | Greater Manchester Police are now looking into other aspects of the murder inquiry including this interview with a policeman witness under hypnosis which recently came to light . |
| 27 | She had thin , brittle , permed hair , and , under the blue and white checked overall she always wore for work , her legs were stringy and knotted with varicose veins . |
| 28 | Pictured with Anthony , ‘ the 1066 Man ’ , are Joe Durie , Rose Saliba from La Manga , David Crook — Marketing Communications Manager at Pilkington Glass , and Anne Noakes — the coach who actually rallied with Anthony . |
| 29 | In keeping with the rationale of the legislation , the effect of the House of Lords ruling was to make guilty a tippee who knowingly traded in shares on the basis of unpublished price sensitive information , regardless of how the information was obtained . |
| 30 | Olive had been expecting so many horrors that hearing the question she almost laughed with relief . |