Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve Savage of Grafton met him several times after Frankfurt . |
| 2 | The Royal College of Surgeons offered him 60 guineas for it , but he sold it to John Gamgee in November 1860 for 100 guineas . |
| 3 | In 1983 , when a much smaller number of students completed IT Advanced Courses , 14 per cent were unemployed at the end of their courses ( 1 ) , a figure which halved in the following six months ( 2 ) . |
| 4 | The Court of Appeal made it nine years . |
| 5 | Then , like a host who becomes most animated when his guests are leaving , this leader of the campaign against garrulousness gave me succinct directions to Old Aberdeen . |
| 6 | Eventually , though , they got their man , and the wait was worth it because the greatest vocal stylist in rock gave us two hours of inspired Gaelic mumbo-jumbo that was tough , joyful , sometimes sad , but ultimately fluid , festive and free , a celebration , a party for 1,800 delighted fans . |
| 7 | His frequent presence in Peking afforded him unprecedented opportunities of acquisition among the art objects released on the market as the old social order of China broke down . |