Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If two such solutions were displayed as in Fig. 24.2(b) , the overall impression given would be the same ; however , sufficiently long after initiation , the times at which the changes of level occurred in the two solutions would be totally uncorrelated . |
| 2 | Most of her life was spent pushing barges loaded with silt dredged from the narrow canals around Birmingham . |
| 3 | The sky was inky with cloudless black velvet studded by a million diamonds . |
| 4 | Grief welled into the deep-set eyes and the reply , when it came , was unsteady and uttered through tightened lips . |
| 5 | There were reports that Iraq had received another Russian system , the SS-21 , though specialist circles are uncertain about this and arrival was not independently confirmed — perhaps the confusion arose from the last digits of the SS-12 having been inverted . |
| 6 | The practice arose in the last decades of the nineteenth century within the ruling class . |
| 7 | Dark flakes of snow tumbled past the candlelit windows of the Countess of Ratho 's townhouse in Charlotte Square . |
| 8 | The white Straker family had long disappeared , their genes and blood melded into the vigorous bodies of their freed slaves , and only the Straker name lived on to be given new dignity by Bonefish and his family . |
| 9 | Beyond them , a brown light seeped through the columned groves of palm trees . |
| 10 | Do you think there 's a danger that the West could undermine Gorbachev 's position particularly with the delicate situation over Lithuania , if it 's not prepared to support moves to try and get tension reduced between the two blocks ? |
| 11 | The reply came in a few minutes ago listing ten different countries with which he does business . ’ |
| 12 | His position had torn Danjit 's knife-cut again and blood spiralled through the labyrinthine folds of his collar . |
| 13 | A chill wind came through the open doors to the balcony . |
| 14 | The biggest Nazi vote came from the rural districts , and the lowest came from urban areas , where the SPD , KPD and DNVP were still firmly based . |
| 15 | For an instant its bright light glistened on a thousand shades of wet green leaves . |
| 16 | Light came through the stained-glass skylights , which were predominantly green and blue , and through a wall of windows of clear glass that held the faintest hint of turquoise . |
| 17 | Apart from the lamps that gave a yellow glow to the leaves , the only light came from the big windows of the Communist club which was packed on both floors , its discotheque going full swing . |
| 18 | All the doors off it had been closed , and the only light came from the open archways at its beginning and end . |
| 19 | Congregationalism appealed to the better-off sections of industrial society . |
| 20 | Pleasure shone in the expressive eyes . |
| 21 | A dull light shone through the heavy windows . |
| 22 | Her mind raced around the nameless colours in the sky and the tantalising word warm which they refused to speak or explain . |
| 23 | A flicker of light showed in the heavy-lidded eyes . |
| 24 | On April 1st 1988 Llanthony Warehouse opened as the National Waterways Museum where the fascinating story of the inland waterways is told as never before … |
| 25 | A delighted twinkle danced in the cornflower-blue eyes . |
| 26 | The effect began within a few minutes but took an hour or more to reach a maximum . |
| 27 | In Vienna , emancipation began with the liberal reforms of 1848 , and by the 1860s Jews had obtained full freedom of migration . |
| 28 | The remnant strands of long white hair lay clumped and matted about the skull , and a stalk-like neck vanished into the white folds of her nightgown . |
| 29 | The year 's programme began with the National Monuments Record of Scotland Jubilee Exhibition and continued with ‘ The Architect and the Carpenter ’ . |
| 30 | Powder snow swept in chill flurries along the black path by the Cages , while above the wind shrilled in the swaying trees , harsh and irregular . |