Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the army 's innately conservative values became increasingly influenced by ultranationalist thought , the villages from which many soldiers came continued to be seen as fertile areas of support . |
| 2 | Osaka merchants became increasingly specialized in function and their number expanded rapidly . |
| 3 | But this also means that as the morphology of species matured over great periods of historic time , other forms became more adapted to life on land , while yet others returned to the water to escape the increasing competition . |
| 4 | Fears that President Clinton will raise cigarette taxes triggered overnight falls in Philip Morris , and sent BAT 34p lower to 926p , with Rothmans losing 19p to 603p . |
| 5 | ( These cars became commonly known as Pantographs ) . |
| 6 | Her angular Norfolk vowels seemed especially suited for goats . |
| 7 | Voices raised angrily floated to Cheryl 's ears . |
| 8 | Ignoring her , Drew filled up Perdita 's glass , then , seeing Daisy 's eyes had suddenly filled with tears , asked her if she 'd like another vodka and orange . |
| 9 | By the time the Earthtrust team arrived , two nursing calves had already died of starvation after being separated from their mothers . |
| 10 | Losses had also accrued from discounts and subsidies to private and public banks , and from exchange rate speculation . |
| 11 | It is as if the words had suddenly come to life inside my head . |
| 12 | Vulnerable places on her neck and throat were kissed before his lips found their way to her breast , where her nipples had again firmed into rosebuds . |
| 13 | Again , this was a 1960s fad which lasted only a very few years ( c 1966–69 ) , although split-screen sequences had occasionally appeared in fantasy films such as musicals in the 1940s and '50s . |
| 14 | While these books had probably disintegrated by Leapor 's time , it is striking that poor scholars might be taught Latin . |
| 15 | By summer 1990 , 44 schools had successfully applied for grant maintained status . |
| 16 | He raised one hand to the back of his head ; his fingers came away stained with blood . |
| 17 | She waited until the glare of the headlights hid finally faded from view . |
| 18 | Frantic attempts to have my bags recalled came to nought and by half-past-one the Taiwan Timberland lookalikes hit deep slush at Torino after a salivating glimpse of Monte Bianco and blanketed environs a few feet to the left wingtip. 10 December must have been a great day for skiing . |
| 19 | A large number of these responses had direct bearing on school curriculum . |
| 20 | On the way down to their holidays in Cornwall his parents had always stopped at Stonehenge for a slow coffee break while he had crossed the road to walk around the stones . |
| 21 | It also ignored the fact that most Lionisers had already heard of Rochester and were aware of the importance of Rochester in the canon of the Great Lion . |
| 22 | The six countries had already agreed on Feb. 25 to disband the Pact as a military alliance [ see pp. 38026-27 ] after the Pact and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) declared in November 1990 that they no longer regarded each other as enemies . |
| 23 | The three northern countries had recently agreed by treaty to unite under one king , the fifteen-year-old Eric , and Eric had sent envoys to propose a marriage for him with King Henry 's second daughter , Philippa , and as an opportunist gesture by the way , a second match between Eric 's sister Catherine and the prince of Wales . |
| 24 | In the first place , although non-convertible bank notes may have been a new element , many — perhaps most — commercial transactions had long depended on paper bills rather than value-for-weight coin . |
| 25 | The balance were kept overnight at Prestwick as RAF ground handling crews had yet to arrive at Renfrew . |
| 26 | Several thousand refugees had also fled to Hungary . |
| 27 | The possibilities sketched above relate to emergency planning , the search for hazardous sites , and risk assessment . |
| 28 | The investigators had also come into possession of what was said to be Fhimah 's personal diary , improbable though it must have seemed to them that a trained intelligence agent would keep one or put anything in writing , let alone the incriminating English word ‘ taggs ’ ( sic ) in the middle of an entry in Arabic and then , according to media reports , leave the diary behind for the investigators to find . |
| 29 | Plants had already seeded in crevices around the foundations , preparing to take over the instant man 's will failed . |
| 30 | Another participant pointed out that the Northern Ireland budget over the last five years had only increased in line with inflation . |