Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mum made him wear sensible shoes ( bit of an admission , this ) . |
| 2 | Moreover , as with the rank-and-file townsmen , the State 's bureaucratic weakness led it to impose crippling burdens on the leading merchants . |
| 3 | David was so upset about the prospect of going to a day centre that when the ambulance arrived he had uncharacteristic temper tantrums on the doorstep . |
| 4 | Only after this prompt action did he secure Congressional support , and , close on this , the support of the UN Security Council . |
| 5 | The ensuing struggle to detach the Ukraine from Poland and bring it under Russian rule did nothing to weaken Western influence . |
| 6 | The show came under attack before it even opened because one critic said it contained erotic love scenes , a roller skating comic and a simulated sex act . |
| 7 | His fundamentalist outlook led him to destroy Hindu temples across the empire . |
| 8 | A key change was to ‘ remove that part which the Bar told me implied undue interference by the Lord Chancellor , as a minister of the Crown , with the processes of justice . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Labour leader said he felt certain Cabinet ministers should consider their positions too . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The court heard he ignored professional advice that the animal should have an operation , leaving it to suffer chronic and constant pain . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Antonia 's friend said she grew heady thinking about her future life with the 43-year-old Yuppie MP for Putney . |
| 16 | It is also clear that Castro 's overriding concern with the security , both military and economic , of his revolution obliged him to conduct domestic policy with one eye on Moscow . |
| 17 | Accepting that contracted beds are a cost-effective , client-oriented solution , the Medway Health Authority committed itself to inspect nursing homes , monitoring standards and promoting good practice through a contractual process in addition to the statutory inspection and registration requirements . |
| 18 | I got to my feet and helped them , and Nell with teasing amusement watched me fold pink napkins into water lilies and said , ‘ Well , well , hidden depths , ’ and I answered , ‘ You should see my dishwashing , ’ which were the sort of infantile surface remarks of something we both guessed might suddenly become serious . |
| 19 | Only in the third game did she give free rein to her flair and Jackman was thrown off her stride by the abrupt increase in pace . |
| 20 | How by that stage in your career did you tolerate bad orchestras ? |
| 21 | My television harangued me to buy endless varieties of insecticide and creature-killer , whereas in Bali it is taboo to move into a new home before the geckos and house-spiders have taken up residence first . |
| 22 | In a statement the W.Midlands Regional Health Authority said they needed vacant possession for the property to be handed over to a private housebuilder for development . |
| 23 | His skilful use of coloured wash , ink and wax crayon enabled him to combine topographical accuracy with a marvellously apt rendering of mood . |
| 24 | Modigliani 's profound humanism and pessimism made him distrust political systems . |
| 25 | The centre helped him to get professional help . |
| 26 | Maud said that Leonora Stern believed it represented Victorian women 's fear , or any woman 's fear , of giving birth to a monstrosity . |
| 27 | Following the appointment of the first Minister of Town and Country Planning in 1943 , the government committed itself to create National Parks . |
| 28 | The availability of omeprazole allowed us to achieve complete healing of oesophagitis in all our patients which would not have been possible before this drug was available . |
| 29 | His work as a sales representative for Cornhill Life Insurance enabled him to obtain personal details on members of the police . |
| 30 | In 1783 his father 's will enabled him to establish full control of the business . |