Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this case obviously did not concern accountants directly , it proved crucial to subsequent claims against them . |
| 2 | Moreover , addition of the recombinant human TBP protein alone did not stimulate transcription activity . |
| 3 | But it omits a crucial sentence that appeared in the scientists draft report which read : ‘ These figures appear to be minimum values because a ) the decrease in the isotopic ratio in blood probably had not reached equilibrium in 1979 and b ) they reflect solely the contribution of the petrols affected by the lead isotopic ratio change , ’ |
| 4 | The President also undertook not to veto decisions taken by the Cabinet . |
| 5 | In those days a French chef simply did not serve vegetables crisp . |
| 6 | Master and dame then went off to pass time with a neighbour , while the young people sit and talk happily around a good coal fire : " More free from care than knight or squire " . |
| 7 | The daughter 's second interview unfortunately did not take place until shortly after her mother had been admitted to long-stay care but it illustrates well the mixture of feelings which can be expressed . |
| 8 | But that wedding evidently did not take place , and in December 1753 it was Ann Bowden whom he rushed to the altar in Exeter , his bride being already heavily pregnant with the first of their many offspring . |
| 9 | Sayre intentionally did not include time and movement information in his encoding scheme . |
| 10 | The committee already had prematurely exalted views of its importance , for it deferred to the next meeting the question of how to apply to the King for royal patronage — patronage of an institution which had no actual existence . |
| 11 | Bough tried to put his troubles behind him as guests arrived for a lunch yesterday held behind drawn curtains . |
| 12 | He said the bus services in the town often did not have ramps needed to get a wheelchair on board , and long journeys by bus were often more uncomfortable than travelling by train . |
| 13 | The Unionist leader then went immediately to see Lloyd George , with whom he had conferred before his visit to the Palace . |
| 14 | The same group gave demonstrations at Tenterden in support of a ‘ Come and Try It ’ day organised by Jenny Whitaker , and the team again turned out to help Elsie Streek with her lecture-demonstration at Sidcup . |
| 15 | Even after the fact , their violent behaviour just did not make sense . |
| 16 | The same kind of reasoning , on a smaller scale , leads to the conclusion that the common ancestor of the oil-bird and the cave swiftlet also did not use echolocation , and that these two genera have developed the same technology independently of each other . |
| 17 | Even when the highest part of a secular model was more obviously tuneful than that of ‘ Misericorde au martir amoureulx ’ — as we shall see , such songs were very fashionable in Paris at this time and the composer took few pains to disguise it ( e.g. Gombert 's Mass ‘ Je suys déshéritée ’ on a chanson attributed in the earliest source , Attaingnant 's Trente chansons musicales ( Paris , 1533 ) to Lupi , in later ones to Pierre Cadéac ) , the incongruence evidently did not disconcert contemporaries . |
| 18 | my Lord , er , er , in , in my submission the , the , the highest really could put their case is that if the matter were referred your Lordship simply did n't stay proceedings or permitted them for example to apply for interim payment or permitted them to take some procedural steps to pursue their action so that they were n't unduly delayed should they succeed at the end of the day and that would be a major concession because it would run against a normal rule cos on a reference the entire proceedings are stayed , that 's not a case just saying even if that is done , er that anybody is saying that particular measure is or is good is not good or may not be forced in the interim |
| 19 | The helper obviously did not do part of the actions denoted by the infinitives in these sentences . |
| 20 | A senior aide of the President was quoted as saying that the new version still did not meet Walesa 's demands . |
| 21 | In other words , the project probably did not change schools , but change may have been most likely to occur in schools which were open to the innovation and to the ideas of equality presented by the project . |
| 22 | Piggy unfortunately had also got diarrhoea caused by the fruit . |
| 23 | A large chunk of his early career was spent trying to tame a series of fearsome Cadillac-powered Allards , and his own sports car idea basically revolved around putting chap but ample US V8 power into a light and well-mannered European chassis . |
| 24 | The loss of the two ports was serious , as the English now had only limited access to Normandy and to the capital , Rouen , which had come to replace Paris . |
| 25 | He puffed thoughtfully on the cigar then turned back to face Whitlock and Sabrina . |
| 26 | Hibernian lost an early goal then hit back to beat Falkirk 3–2 . |
| 27 | The rule used calculated sail area as one factor in determining a rating , which typically indicated a larger sail area on a masthead boat of similar rating , while the fractional rig actually had more sail area . |
| 28 | While indomethacin alone did not affect amylase secretion , together with cyclosporin A it caused significant ( p<0.01 v controls ) inhibition of enzyme secretion ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 29 | The thin-faced man with a Slavic face in the seat nearest the exit door at the front already wore specially made fur boots of a curious design with pointed toes . |
| 30 | Sarah 's mother also came often to see Julia , and to discuss the wedding . |