Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] and [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hot sport , heavy drink , the aphrodisiac of leisure and the compulsion to press into the very gut of pleasure combined now and then to threaten choppy waters , even a storm . |
| 2 | ‘ … a person shall not be convicted of rape or indecent assault upon his spouse , or an attempt to commit , or assault with intent to commit rape or indecent assault upon his spouse ( except as an accessory ) unless the alleged offence consisted of , was preceded or accompanied by , or was associated with — ; ( a ) assault occasioning actual bodily harm , or threat of such an assault upon the spouse ; ( b ) an act of gross indecency , or threat of such an act , against the spouse ; ( c ) an act calculated seriously and substantially to humiliate the spouse ; or ( d ) threat of the commission of a criminal act against the person . ’ |
| 3 | There was usually a good deal of flexibility in the organisation of these political departments : their number and scope altered easily and often to meet changing demands . |
| 4 | Where blood was shed , the secular courts of the land came more and more to take an interest . |
| 5 | Christianity seemed more and more to mean clericalism and once the Second Crusade of 1147 was over the popular religious fervour that had been channelled into it needed a new outlet . |