Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [adv] [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ensuing chaos was almost life-threatening and the timid always ran the risk of reboarding without food or being left behind when the train steamed out . |
| 2 | The British successfully tested the H-bomb in May 1957 , while Bomber Command was gradually acquiring aircraft which could strike at key Soviet cities . |
| 3 | This fear of American inroads into areas that Britain used to control effortlessly was not confined to civil aviation ; the British also resented the activity of US oil companies in the Middle East , and US attempts to break into the British-dominated international rubber market and the sterling bloc . |
| 4 | The British also conquered the island of Newfoundland , and were not faced by any such problems there . |
| 5 | The British never made the mistake of trying Gandhi again . |
| 6 | The Japanese also viewed the alliance as a considerable accolade . |
| 7 | On either account , of course , a judicial tendency will remain to pre-empt jury decision on the question whether the accused actually held the belief claimed . |
| 8 | The good always overcame the evil . |
| 9 | But the good far outweighed the bad . |
| 10 | The hurt never left the depth of his eyes and each day of his life he knotted a black tie . |
| 11 | First one , then the other gingerly descended and as the one with the keys circled the car , checking each orifice and lock , the other brazenly mounted the bonnet and cast his arms and gaze further , far across to the disappearing outline of the receding crag of hill . |
| 12 | The Mercantile also hosted the launch of the Guinness Celebration of Irish Music recently . |
| 13 | The Swiss arrogantly ignored the advent of new electronic watch technology until it became obvious that markets for their mechanical products , believed to be the best in the world , had all but disappeared . |