Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This time , he appeared in the heavyweight division where he produced similar results , throwing his three opponents in the preliminary rounds for ippon ( 10 points ) .
2 Also we went down to the H.Q. at Pages Park where we saw some men putting up photographs of the line in the past .
3 After we got that fixed , we stopped in Yellow Stone Park where they had these loos that were just holes in the ground and I dropped the keys to the van down one of them .
4 After we got that fixed , we stopped in Yellow Stone park where they had these loos that were just holes in the ground and I dropped the keys to the van down one of them .
5 He then moved to University where he spent eight years in research and development in Artificial Intelligence and particularly Expert Systems .
6 In 1876 she went to Girton College where she gained third-class honours in the mathematical tripos in 1880 , and showed her flair for experimentation and designing scientific instruments .
7 He 's already put them to good use at Halifax Rugby League club where he enjoyed four years of success .
8 Blair and I also walked out to another , superb loch where we had splendid sport , Scarilode ; about two hours ' walk along a good track from Market Stance , past Rueval , where Charles Edward Stewart lay waiting for Flora Macdonald , prior to his flight from the Hebrides .
9 Despite the trials of many peasants in 1922 , the Nikol'skaia villagers tolerated the party cell although they disliked some individuals within it .
10 We had every other Sunday off , you see , but otherwise we worked and did n't get any extra for it but of course the girls like myself well erm we could n't lift these huge urns of tea so they had two men keep them on , you see , and er , and we were er perhaps I know one day we did n't finish until five o'clock in the morning
11 Raymond Williams 's assessment of Stephen Duck 's collapse as a poet once he entered polite society has already been commented upon .
12 It was used to argue that all members of the household should contribute to local revenue if they used local services .
13 Would that passionless person mind if she got bad notices ?
14 How could his son become a priest if he read such books ?
15 He said they could have a picnic if they brought some cake out into the garden , but they did n't seem to understand him .
16 Does n't listen to a word I say , like , the women 's no good cos I told some things about which would really made yet more of his hair fall of the top of his bald head , I said I said look , a working women needs a working man to help support herself and her children , I said , er no , nobody is going to be able these days , a woman not going to be able to support herself on twenty hours a week , which is what Karen does , putting out bread in the Asda .
17 Like the brick she was , Trish had kindly offered to subsidize my share of the rent until I found another job .
18 It was always worse going down , and spiral stairs were the very devil in the dark if you had big feet .
19 They even , praise be , asked skiers at the end of the day whether they had enjoyed the experience , hopefully so that they could take positive action if they had any complaints or worthwhile suggestions .
20 One of the ARA stewards then approached these young men and told them that they would not be allowed on the march if they carried Anti-Nazi League placards .
21 He chose a child as his lover because it fed that ego ; he lost her because he never cottoned on to the fact that children are children , no matter how grown-up they might appear .
22 And the central government 's socialism , it 's restriction of socialist rights to Libyan nationals , set the seal on the discrimination between foreign and national labour because it encouraged Libyan employers to employ foreigners .
23 In one hit-and-run case , one of the jurors had the effrontery to challenge the coroner 's authority , stating that he was a cyclist himself and that pedestrians were often at fault because they took insufficient care .
24 I know he was a ratepayer because he repeated this fact in the subsequent inquiry , a dozen or so times , adding that he did n't pay rates to have his hat ruined , a view I could understand .
25 So to the beach Kaptan and I would go , or walk around the garden , pulling out weeds , me trimming back the undergrowth while he handed spare tools up the ladder .
26 No doubt they chose their paper partly with that bias in mind while they felt that television bias was being inflicted upon them against their will .
27 When Charlotte had finished , emphasizing how vital it was to find the document the kidnappers wanted , Natasha poured them both more tea before she made any remark .
28 The chair of the NEC said that it was forced to take action after it uncovered widespread irregularities and blatant corruption on the part of both recognized political parties — the National Republican Convention ( NRC ) and the Social Democratic Party ( SDP ) .
29 She felt towards her religion as she imagined some women felt towards their dreary , loveless marriages : something trying , but inescapable ; cluttered with apparently futile chores , yet from which there was no question of escaping .
30 OF GBW topped the honours in the finals of the London Breweries Squash contest as he took top spot in the veterans event .
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