Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To understand , you must picture my Christmas , a time of dread , a time when nothing real ever came through the letter box , only cards . |
| 2 | But in 1869 , the year of the completion of the first American transcontinental railway , the greatest examples of the picturesque still lay in the future . |
| 3 | As well as the choirs , the following also appeared in the cast : Pharaoh 's backing singers . |
| 4 | Delegation without enabling authority is of little value , the person delegating will never be free from the task and the subordinate never fired with the enthusiasm and dedication which comes with having authority . |
| 5 | This is well enough attested by the existence of a Hornblower Club in which aspects of his life could be canvassed seriously and by C. Northcote Parkinson 's ‘ biography ’ , The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower , with its elaborate statement of provenance ( the lifting of a hundred-year-old embargo on three boxes of family papers ) . |
| 6 | Something good always happened with the wind skew-whiff . |
| 7 | The tears which had not been far away came to the surface . |
| 8 | The crucial ingredient that turned his clothes into something outstandingly elegant always came from the woman wearing them . |
| 9 | As the unashamedly extravagant Continental R in the most outrageous shade of red majestically revolved on the stand to an upbeat and immensely loud recording of ‘ Land Of Hope And Glory ’ the last thing on anyone 's mind was how the CFCs in the air conditioning were going to rip the ozone to pieces . |
| 10 | Towards the edge of the wood , where the ground became open and sloped down to an old fence and a brambly ditch beyond , only a few fading patches of pale yellow still showed among the dog 's mercury and oak-tree roots . |
| 11 | The reformers ' wish to separate the sacred from the profane also led to the repression of many of the popular ballads of the day , which combined a godly lyric with a well-known tune . |
| 12 | As justices of the peace they were burdened by central government with a growing number of responsibilities ; the more prosperous also intruded into the market towns , maintaining houses in Chichester or Lewes as well as the lesser centres , and replacing townsmen as Members of Parliament as the costs of the job became more onerous and the social distinction of election more desirable . |
| 13 | Treaty and statutory also contributed to the fairness of the ocean bills of lading by establishing liability boundaries and reconciling the conflicting interests of shippers , carriers , and insurers on loss of or damage to the cargo . |
| 14 | The judgement of the dead gradually came under the authority of Osiris , reaching its developed form by the New Kingdom . |
| 15 | Luke laughed with genuine amusement , but something hard and unyielding still lay behind the surface gleam in his eyes . |
| 16 | He said if anything bad ever happened in the school , it was certain to be his daughter who did it . |