Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The play got as far as Wimbledon and then seemed to die . |
| 2 | On Monday the figure rose once more when Frenchman Michel Bou passed away surrounded by the hi-tech machinery of Glasgow Southern General hospital 's neurological unit . |
| 3 | ‘ This is intrusive , see , there 's the fault going up there and squirts of lava coming down . ’ |
| 4 | His condition deteriorated so rapidly that Brian was unable to reach his father 's bedside in New York before he died . |
| 5 | Those who understood this might leave a swatch of fabric lying around so that Laura could pick it up and believe she had discovered it herself , even if they had been trying to persuade her to use it for months . |
| 6 | Research shows very clearly that people recognize when they are being spoken down to , and they resent it . |
| 7 | As the Principal and Vice-chancellor of Napier University , Professor William A Turmeau said to the packed courtyard at Merchiston : ‘ Our institution opened right here as Napier College in 1964 and this is a really great day , for all of us . |
| 8 | The car slowed only slightly as Julie drove through a deserted Berkeley square . |
| 9 | After the unveiling ceremony a special train hauled by No 2 The Countess went as far as Castle Caereinion before returning to Raven Square . |
| 10 | Er Good er concludes that er stock lending is er no different from other aspects of er the market in general er as I understand it , stock lending as far as pension funds concerned , usually works with pension fund has this collection of stocks and shares . |
| 11 | And the vehicle got as far as Hucknall Marketplace , er and that was it . |
| 12 | When the threat passes , his fighting mood subsides relatively quickly and changes to a peaceful one . |
| 13 | KEVIN KEEGAN 'S Geordie dream lived on yesterday as Newcastle won their ninth successive match and opened up a five-point lead at the top of the First Division . |
| 14 | Soon the Malthusian spectre rose up again as populations soared . |
| 15 | At Chelsea they burned coal in winter as it tended to give an even heat , whereas wood burned too quickly and peat had a strong smell . |
| 16 | of a much more basic malaise and structural phenomenon , namely the inability of the marketable output ( largely industrial ) sector to grow as fast as productivity growth without the economy coming up against a balance of payments constraint , due to a high U.K. income elasticity of demand for imports , coupled with a much lower world income elasticity of demand for U.K exports . |
| 17 | Phytoplankton have adapted to low-light conditions , and even orient themselves in the water column to bask more efficiently and store energy with which they fix carbon during darker periods . |
| 18 | I uphold the law of this realm — and the law states quite clearly that vagrants are rogues and vagabonds . |
| 19 | The plan worked so well that insurers Lloyd 's paid out the £1.8 million claim . |
| 20 | The through service to London was interrupted on 10 and 11 September 1940 , by bomb damage outside Croydon , and a shuttle service was provided by Thornton Heath depôt running as far as Norbury Station . |
| 21 | The British Library Act state quite clearly that books may be disposed of if they are duplicates , though this raises the question of what exactly a duplicate is . |
| 22 | At last , at dinner one evening , the conversations and laughter died away raggedly as Duart stood up at the high table and raised his hand . |
| 23 | There were periods , notably 1720 – 40 and 1760 – 1770 , when home consumption increased more quickly than exports , but as Professor Cole has pointed out , exports over the century as a whole could well have accounted for 40 per cent of the increase in industrial output . |
| 24 | But Gloucestershire County Council knew deep down that Whitehall would n't be happy . |
| 25 | The girl smiled anxiously back and Cranston quietly cursed himself . |
| 26 | Fish never sleep , you see , so if this one does , then that 's half the battle won as far as friend Polgar is concerned . ’ |
| 27 | On the demand side , the effects of the rapidity of the synchronized upswing were reinforced by the materials processing sector responding less rapidly than others . |
| 28 | The Country Landowners Association wants the law tightened up so that travellers can be moved on after 24 , not the current 28 days . |
| 29 | Davidson emphasises above his own role in Provincial 's response a team effort , not only in the sense that he had to delegate a great deal in such a multi-faceted role — although ‘ logically planning goes together with finance and not only did we have the capacity to take on overseas but control of subsidiaries fits too ’ — to his deputies , and , but that the whole company was involved . |
| 30 | The legs being straight means there is no flexibility to move freely forward or back . |