Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One third of this now sagged under water . |
| 2 | My party of five soon felt at home and relaxed here . |
| 3 | A patch of red soon appeared in retaliation at the other end of the ground but both were quickly silenced by the twin evils of an unimportant match and a cold , dull afternoon . |
| 4 | ‘ Things like that never happened at court in Queen Elizabeth 's days . ’ |
| 5 | The word spiritual has become for many fundamentally dissociated from religion and so serves to encourage an alternative , one that is more attractive because lacking both definition and the incubus associated with religion . |
| 6 | Over 1.2 million Tibetans have died as a direct result of China 's occupation , with countless more incarcerated in prisons and labour camps . |
| 7 | The value of contracts in 1986/87 only amounted to £120 million ( Stoker , 1988 , p. 186 ) . |
| 8 | Dicey 's concerns in 1914 also extended to apprehension about the principle of the rule of law : |
| 9 | Adopting this approach to the study of child abuse involves asking rather different questions from those usually asked by researchers . |
| 10 | The squeeze on consumption prior to 1969 now led to trade unions adopting a more militant posture in wage negotiations . |
| 11 | Clearly the biggest problem was what to do about the tour , scheduled to leave Oxford at 9.30 a.m. bound for Stratford-upon-Avon . |
| 12 | No did n't go any where at all just stayed at home . |
| 13 | An official decision by the authorities to switch off electricity to student dormitories at 11 p.m. led to unrest on campus . |
| 14 | The official last car was E/3 Class , No. 1941 , which left Purley terminus at 11.24 p.m. crowded to capacity and there were crowds all along the road . |
| 15 | Eventually , if the train was on time , their journey which began at Paddington at 9 a.m. ended at Camborne Station at 9 p.m . |