Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Oxford United a person occupying such a role would have been one of six or seven boys who were always at the front when conflicts arose with the rival fans . |
| 2 | All the way from the shrine down the hillside and through the pine trees , hundreds of flames glowed like the roving eyes of night-prowling animals . |
| 3 | However disagreements arose between the two parties and after taking legal advice Mr Manners challenged the terms of the Licence and argued that his occupation had all the rights of a protected tenancy . ’ |
| 4 | All parties to the Afghan conflict had been invited to talks , which were postponed after disagreements arose between the rival groups over the conference . |
| 5 | Much of the confrontation around oppressions arose through the national women youth worker conferences , which , as I have already mentioned , were predominantly organized by lesbians . |
| 6 | He was in what was once the farmyard , now largely grown over ; hens pecked amongst the weedy cobbles . |
| 7 | A bitter smile crossed his face as his eyes ranged over the top men in the giant corporation . |
| 8 | In 1986 , according to Friends of the Earth , a survey of the homes clustered on the surrounding hills found that three-quarters of 800 residents were opposed to the Rechem plant . |
| 9 | The massive corrugated-iron sheds towered above the mean houses clustering round them . |
| 10 | In single file we push past traders ranged along the narrow decks . |
| 11 | Long , slender legs showed beneath the swirling pleats of a school skirt . |
| 12 | Recognition that the members of organizations share group identities and have interests which may not coincide with others who are contributing to the same goals began with the Human Relations movement and its founder George Elton Mayo ( 1933 ) . |
| 13 | At some time between 11pm and 2am yesterday the intruders broke through the main doors of the leisure centre but were unable to get into the bar area . |
| 14 | The animals thrived in the rich grasslands , and by 1750 had become central to Nez Perce life . |
| 15 | Nuadu 's eyes went to the other captives and Fenella at once said , ‘ Yes , of course , all of you . |
| 16 | The sleek warships contrasted with the stubbier lines of the freighters , but there were other vessels as well . |
| 17 | Nivelle 's campaign in Champagne opened on 19 April and met with the same fate as most earlier attacks : some 120,000 Frenchmen fell before the German machine-guns and by the day 's end an advance of only 550m/600yds had been made , in tragic contrast to Nivelle 's expected g.6km/6mls . |
| 18 | Domesticated buffaloes lumbered through the flooded fields , too , hauling tiny wooden plows , or wallowed at rest in deeper hollows with only their scimitar-shaped horns and noses showing above the water . |
| 19 | They advocated returning the land to the peasants and drastically reforming the agricultural system ; in foreign policy the parties looked towards the European Communities ( EC ) and the Western democracies . |
| 20 | Her eyes fell upon the finger-printed pants again . |
| 21 | In a series of consecutive sections the hybridization signals observed with the human CFTR and hisD probes colocalized to the same airways and airspaces ( Fig.2 a-f ) . |
| 22 | Sometimes seditious speeches complained about the various injustices suffered under William , reflecting a Country Jacobite position . |
| 23 | It is important to recall exactly what these ordinary American lads did to the Vietnamese women , children , babies and old men they found in My Lai . |
| 24 | indeed visiting headteachers said to the young teachers from university , polytechnic and college courses in September 1989 , ‘ You tell us about it — inevitably you have had more time to learn about it than we have . ’ |
| 25 | The designs punched on the central roundels of the thin gold discs known as bracteates , several hundred of which have been recovered from Scandinavia , began by reproducing the image of a Roman Emperor and were originally inspired by the medallions presented by the Romans to native leaders who had rendered meritorious service . |
| 26 | Two fierce eyes glared at the terror-stricken sailors . |
| 27 | His eyes strayed to the rosy-cheeked children who were chattering happily and , to Meredith 's delight , he began to talk as if questioning his own feelings . |
| 28 | As the insects met a sticky death on her windscreen and brambles and gorse bushes clawed at the bright sides of her hired Fiat , she wondered if she should have stayed at home and if she would ever , in fact , see ‘ La Felicità ’ . |
| 29 | His damp back plucked at his shirt , and his legs prickled in the heavy trousers . |
| 30 | He managed to break its grip before both animals burst through the wooden doors . |