Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leathery tans long since fell from favour , but a healthy glow is still considered the picture of vitality . |
| 2 | Its army was invincible ; its palaces unparalleled ; the domes of its many mosques quite literally glittered with gold . |
| 3 | Servants no longer slept within earshot of their masters , but were banished to garret or basement , and subsequently planted out in separate wings . |
| 4 | Our meals now regularly consisted of hummus , salad , chips and often meat , chicken or fried steak ( which George called ‘ buffteak ’ which was closer to the mark — and particularly apt when we were trying to cut it with the inevitable plastic knife ) , and glasses of Pepsi . |
| 5 | The first of our ancestors to develop lungs almost certainly lived in water . |