Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Left influence was sustained increasingly by events overseas , events over which most Labour supporters felt they had little control and which most of them probably saw as secondary to their still-lingering economic burdens . |
| 2 | Several informants in my study articulated the view that their parents preferred them to speak British English : Mom — mom likes me to speak mostly English , she said when I go out into , you know , upper class society , and I start speakin " Patois dey might not understand , and take me as an idiot . |
| 3 | She was the target of a bomb attack during her visit and French officials said they suspected Iraqi government agents . |
| 4 | Their accountants advised them to put further capital into the business or sell it . |
| 5 | The Japanese seizure of Manchuria in 1931 went relatively unchallenged by the Western powers as an intra-Asian affair , but as Japanese ambitions grew they aroused growing concern in nations further afield , notably the European powers with territories in Southeast Asia , and the US with its Pacific interests . |
| 6 | Members of the star-studded cast objected strongly when producers insisted they shoot one scene with LIVE WORMS in their mouths . |
| 7 | Clothes were irrelevant … only flesh mattered to her where Damian was concerned , because she did not just want the hard , ambitious chairman of the board , but the man of flesh and blood whom she loved more powerfully than she could put into words , and only the silent communication of their bodies allowed her to express that love … |
| 8 | Founded in 1937 by Erica Fiah , African trader and leader of the African Welfare and Commercial Association , the paper was initially a platform for that Association , and Fiah told his readers that effective improvement for Africans required them to have political power as well as economic and educational advancement . |
| 9 | His wide grasp of the practicalities of sports administration and the problems inherent in the voluntary nature of sport and its governing bodies enabled him to bring sound judgement in policy formation within the CCPR . |
| 10 | Talk of a pre-emptive Israeli strike against the missiles meant the Saudis felt they needed stronger air defences to guard the missiles … and so the British arms sellers moved in . |
| 11 | Talk of a pre-emptive Israeli strike against the missiles meant the Saudis felt they needed stronger air defences to guard the missiles … and so the British arms sellers moved in . |
| 12 | Greenside experts saw him miss three birdie opportunities , from six , 10 and 15 feet . |
| 13 | Speech and Drama teachers found themselves gaining unexpected support from ‘ the authority ’ . |
| 14 | These have been included in the FRED because respondents stated they found similar material in the discussion paper helpful . |
| 15 | The French authorities did something to safeguard communal property among their Moslem subjects in Algeria , even though Napoleon III ( in the Senatus-Consulte of 1863 ) found it inconceivable that individual property rights in land should not be established formally among the members of Moslem communities ‘ where possible and opportune ’ , a measure which actually had the effect of permitting Europeans for the first time to buy them out . |
| 16 | Tests revealed it contained formic acid , which a doctor from Newcastle University said could be lethal to a child if only teaspoonful was swallowed . |
| 17 | Many students realised they had little hope of going abroad and sought instead other escape routes from their situation . |
| 18 | These budgets allowed them to maintain pre-existing activity and referral patterns and have resulted in massive variations in per capita allocations between fundholders . |
| 19 | Bosnian Muslims said they wanted more territory than had been offered under a proposed peace plan . |
| 20 | ‘ Tories made us axe 3,000 town hall jobs ’ |
| 21 | European movements of national liberation were the most important forms of popular rebellion during their lifetime , but the intellectual atmosphere of mid-nineteenth-century London as well as their own convictions made it seem that nationalism was a temporary phase , and that internationalism was the norm , or at least the force that would grow most powerfully in the future . |
| 22 | But Macoun was there during an unusually wet season , and when the first white settlers arrived they faced immense hardship until they developed techniques for coping with this semi-arid environment . |
| 23 | Only in the evenings did I spend some time with Mr Rochester , and I was careful not to allow him to hold me in his arms or kiss me . |
| 24 | The England hooker , who has already said that he would have accepted only the usual expenses had he undertaken this summer 's tour of the Republic marking the South African Rugby Board 's centenary , has now been quoted as saying that ‘ remuneration was mentioned . ’ |