Example sentences of "[adj] and [pron] [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The response of the prelates , magnates and commons was notably cautious and they declined to support either alternative . |
| 2 | In the eyes of the Department of Energy , wave power on a large scale is uneconomical and it ceased to fund such projects following reviews in 1983 and 1985 . |
| 3 | However , the pensione was not particularly comfortable and she preferred to spend more time away from it than in it . |
| 4 | Yes , it was not so much a deletion as er a reduction in the numbers because we were very mindful erm in going through the requirement erm and not making significant changes as far as the U K was concerned and we needed to make some savings in cost if at all possible and therefore we carried out a very comprehensive review of all the items of role equipment such as drop tanks er pylons , explosive release units and those type of things which had been provisionally earmarked for a very high intensive and fairly long running conflict and it was felt that if we were to make some savings then it was a sensible balance to reduce those numbers on the basis that we could save some money in the programme but at the same time many of these items could be bought later on at relatively short notice , clearly not within a conflict but in the years to come . |
| 5 | In answer to this the respondents who were in favour of this clause and its enforcement said that they now deemed that the sale agreements were null and void and they began to sell another brand of petrol at both garages . |
| 6 | And er what I did I got everything , you know the , I do n't think it was , and some warm water and I saw that my hands was well clean and I 'd got some very nice little silver spoons , only small ones . |
| 7 | Thursday dawned bright and blue and it decided to stay that way all day through . |