Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] [vb past] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turnover for the six months to the end of March almost doubled to £101m and the interim loss fell from last year 's £6.2m to £5.6m ( tour operators traditionally make a loss during the winter months when few people book holidays ) . |
| 2 | The sorry story began on 18th March 1612 , when a teenage beggar girl , Alizon Device , flew into a rage when a pedlar refused to give her some pins . |
| 3 | Her marriage in 1137 to the heir to the French throne seemed at first to be an ideal match . |
| 4 | ‘ It belonged to your father , ’ the old man said at last . |
| 5 | The Canadian government had until 26th August to appeal against the ruling and has already lodged an appeal . |
| 6 | Her neighbour , after helping himself well to leg of mutton as the vast dish had at last come round to him , said ( confirming her ) , ‘ Our guest of honour is a real femme du monde . ’ |
| 7 | I spun into the spotlight with arms raised , smile flashing , galloped down the stairs , trying not to look down , across the stage , bowing like a courting duck to the boxed panel en route , along the promontory jutting out into the midst of the wildly cheering audience and , as the extravagant applause began at last to subside , heard myself say : |
| 8 | West Ham doing so well in the second division went to first division Luton , and by half time they were in front , a Pariss goal after forty three minutes , but Luton hit back in the seventieth minute through Black , and these two sides must replay . |
| 9 | Argentina 's Jorge Recalde , who had been Sainz 's main challenger through the six-day rally fell to third place , 59 minutes behind the leader after both the rear and front drive shafts of his Lancia HF Integrale failed . |
| 10 | In parliamentary by-elections on Nov. 29 in the two Paisley constituencies in Scotland , Labour held both seats with sharply reduced majorities ; the Conservative share of the poll fell only marginally , although the Scottish National Party candidates moved from fourth to second place in each case ( and the Liberal Democrats fell to fourth place ) . |
| 11 | Franco 's propagandists spared no efforts to demonstrate that the international community had at last recognized the rightness of his principles , or to extol what they called the enormous political skill of the man who had foreseen the Cold War years before it became reality . |
| 12 | Most of the existing shares came from First Financial Management Corp , Atlanta , Georgia , which acquired 2.4m shares in connection with FIserv 's acquisition of Tomahawk Holding Inc and its Basis Information Technologies Inc unit . |
| 13 | And indeed the little creature merely sighed before lying motionless , the fateful twitching stilled at last . |
| 14 | Sergeant Charles Trumper was discharged from active service on 20 February 1919 , one of the early ones : the missing toe had at last counted for something . |
| 15 | The luxury tramcar had at last arrived ! |
| 16 | The fatal accident occurred on 5th December 1898 when a fall of earth trapped George Robinson against a tipping wagon , breaking his back . |
| 17 | More than one of the void screens had at last been overloaded . |
| 18 | ‘ And you , ’ he said softly , as she turned when the far door opened at last . |
| 19 | But the home tie with West Ham in the next round went to Second Division West Bromwich Albion . |
| 20 | The Palace had been unable to fill the outside-left berth adequately after George Clarke 's long reign had come to an end , but there was no doubt in any supporter 's minds that a worthy successor had at last been found when Bob Bigg made his Palace debut . |
| 21 | A uniform system had at last been achieved . |
| 22 | The Saint 's views on Rovers appear in Matchday , a new magazine devoted to first division football . |
| 23 | Initially , the establishment ( in 1989 ) of an entire museum devoted to 10th century design seemed to constitute a threat to the status of the V&A as an up-to-date institution . |