Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He totted up the number of points according to guidelines worked out by Denplan with categories from A to E. In my case , the extent of dental work meant I scored 158 points , putting me in the most expensive category , E. |
| 32 | Only when he saw the two girls actually standing up to peer at him past the curtains of Healy 's window did he show any reaction . |
| 33 | And that 's why at that time , near the end of the war , and when the talk of nationalization become greater , the hope of nationalization because as I said before , never in our wildest dream did we think that Labour would get in with such an overwhelming majority . |
| 34 | And never in my wildest dream did we imagine that Labour would get in with the resounding majority that they did get in . |
| 35 | ‘ It never did , Fernando ; not for one second did I have any doubts of how deeply I felt for you , only doubts of how deeply you had felt for me . |
| 36 | The soft little click the door made when she closed it caused him to turn his head , and not by one flicker of an eyelash did he betray any emotion of her entrance . |
| 37 | The loser then was Ray Laccohee who might well have been more than a match for Dale overall had he played more competition golf . |
| 38 | Shortly before the second anniversary of her wedding Mrs Tristan Gage suffered a miscarriage which kept her in bed for several cosseted days surrounded by every possible luxury and attention , including the embarrassed affection of her husband who had rather more idea how mares and hound bitches might feel at such moments than women , and the deep concern of her mother who , throughout her own twenty-six years of marriage had herself miscarried eight times . |
| 39 | The 1988 Criminal Justice Act extended it to cover all crimes where a few thousand pounds are involved . |
| 40 | The Natural History Museum wanted me to complete some ecology wallcharts of ponds and streams , sponsored by British petroleum , who have a long standing relationship with the Museum , aimed at encouraging and supporting a better understanding of current environmental issues . |
| 41 | I am invited from time to time to sow the seeds of Medau , and last time Brown Owl allowed me to present each girl with a Medau leaflet . |
| 42 | For example in the UK , the range of vocabulary can be indicative of level of education attained ; this can influence the type of job procured which determines economic bracket of income and in turn determines the person 's social class according to the Registrar-General 's classification ( p. 272 ) . |
| 43 | " Heaven sent me to plough this field , and in order to do so , I must have oxen . |
| 44 | When you worked er before the war did you experience any wage cuts ? |
| 45 | The agricultural working class , deprived of a subsistence on the land by the enclosures of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries , thronged to the cities of the Midlands and the North where the economics of laissez-faire forced them to work long hours in wretched conditions for miserable wages , and threw them out of employment altogether as soon as there was a downturn in the market . |
| 46 | The Labour leader said he felt certain Cabinet ministers should consider their positions too . |
| 47 | A Maryland medical board ordered him to perform 100 hours of service in an Aids clinic . |
| 48 | Married men with children were the group most likely to reply that taxation made them work more hours . |
| 49 | Colour made us take more care with our choice of clothes . |
| 50 | This was partly because of the structure of the lexicon used which enabled efficient storage and search , and cut off non-productive alternatives at an early stage . |
| 51 | However , in March 1676 , the King commanded them to execute these laws with renewed vigour . |
| 52 | It was claimed that trustees of the NUM ( the President , the Vice-President and the Secretary ) were in breach of their duties and the High Court ordered them to recover these assets and hand them over to the sequestrators . |
| 53 | The court heard he ignored professional advice that the animal should have an operation , leaving it to suffer chronic and constant pain . |
| 54 | But the court heard he passed SIX slip roads where he could have turned off . |
| 55 | From meetings at Highlander , between other organisations and community groups , an active organisation evolved which demanded more information from state and federal agencies on the contents and safety aspects of chemical dumps , and became involved in ‘ more than occasional direct action ( in a few cases , civil disobedience ) to stop the dumping . ’ |
| 56 | Then her hairdresser persuaded her to do some modelling . |
| 57 | As director of the British Museum ( Natural History ) from 1919 to 1927 , Harmer 's equanimity enabled him to have good relationships with the trustees and he steered the Museum smoothly through a difficult time with tact and judgement . |
| 58 | When the water boiled she made more tea in the silver pot , refilled the milk jug , found clean cups and a plateful of almond biscuits , and carried the tray back to the terrace . |
| 59 | The FTSE Index was 18 points up at 10pm but this was later halved before a later rally saw it close 12.1 points up at 2363.5 . |
| 60 | She would have written to the man to protest , but there had been no address , and only when she had power of attorney did she find any link with Venice — the Banco D'Oro . |