Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even relatively small preferences made year by year by the same committee add up over a decade to a major strategic shift in budget priorities . |
| 2 | I scoffed at such nonsense , and leapt up the beach , lanyard in hand , only to fall flat in the surf , as the waves turned sand from firm to quick . |
| 3 | William Dement conducted a number of experiments to establish the extent to which subjects lost track of time during REM sleep , in association with Nathaniel Kleitman and Edward Wolpert . |
| 4 | The two brothers had conversation after conversation on the theme of religion , the younger one sticking to his guns . |
| 5 | Sex in Miranda 's experience was n't a matter of spectacle , but of darkness and touch , magnified by her senses ' usually exacerbated state , the extremes of the night , of smoking and drinking and hunger and tiredness , and she was a blind swimmer through walls of warm water , and knew nothing of the practice and technique of the models in the pictures crammed edge to edge in the shop . |
| 6 | Our solicitors filed action for breach of trust , fraud and embezzlement this morning . |
| 7 | Everywhere the unprepared Elves suffered defeat after defeat at the hands of their Chaos-worshipping kin . |
| 8 | There is evidence to suggest that young swains showed interest from time to time but were probably defeated by lack of time and opportunity on the one hand and by Hannah 's shy , reserved nature on the other . |
| 9 | There was a full moon and we marched until midnight , the camels tied head to tail in groups of three or four . |
| 10 | And we gazed into the little flickering fire , grieving once more for the parents brought face to face with reality . |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers went nap in front of their biggest gate of the season to inflict a heavy defeat on promotion chasing West Ham . |
| 12 | Shoes spun end over end in vague orbits about their owners . |
| 13 | The insecticidal and bactericidal properties of aromatic plants helped ward off disease by killing air-borne bacteria and deterring fleas and lice . |
| 14 | Allies received attention in proportion to their contribution to the Western alliance . |
| 15 | Thus , when the parks were reconstituted at local government re-organisation in April 1974' experience of the park purposes outweighed experience of farming by about two to one among the minister 's appointees . |
| 16 | The rule of sport by amateurs kept capitalism at bay in British sport . |
| 17 | Swift attacks like these , combined with the defence-in-depth system , fed the ‘ lucky Arsenal ’ myth , which grew as the Gunners won game after game after having the smaller share of play . |
| 18 | The simple fact that pianos with and without checks existed side by side in the Vienna of Mozart , Haydn and Beethoven also shows that at least two different schools of playing the piano co-existed around 1800 . |
| 19 | German and Polish peasants and farmers lived side by side without producing unendurable national conflict within their communities , without producing enduring hatreds . |
| 20 | Sprawled out across it were a rabble of Russian fugitives , whilst ahead a thin dark line of guns crept foot by foot towards the safety of the opposite shore . |
| 21 | GEC supplied the equipment for assembly at BREL Crewe , and although software problems delayed entry into service until the early part of 1989 , the prototype batch of ten ( another twenty-one are on order ) were a regular sight on King 's Cross-Peterborough commuter and some Leeds service by the end of the year . |
| 22 | The authority or aristocracy and armed excise officers came face to face with the fact that a substantial part of the rural and urban population alike either connived at , or were intimidated by , the activities of well-organised armed gangs . |
| 23 | On the afternoon of Saturday 27 July 1689 the two armies came face to face at the pass of Killiecrankie , about midway between Pitlochry and Blair Castle , where the road ran through a narrow valley beside a deep gorge . |
| 24 | Wheat and cattle existed side by side in the Weald with a wide variety of local wood-based industries . |
| 25 | She might tell herself he was arrogant and aggressive , but she could not suppress another little voice whispering that those very qualities went hand in hand with others that drew her irresistibly — courage , strength , utter dependability . |
| 26 | The Mezey Report 's general recommendations were accepted by the Redbridge and Waltham Forest AHA , whose officers had responsibility for management of two of the psychiatric hospitals , Goodmayes and Claybury . |
| 27 | As Spaniards came face to face with their country 's impotence , backwardness and inescapably second-class status , there arose a confused chorus of demands for the ‘ regeneration ’ of what was widely seen as a ‘ decadent ’ nation . |
| 28 | The forwards exerted pressure from time to time , with Thompson and the substitute Garcia both going close to scoring . |
| 29 | Extreme right-wing groups offered support in exchange for the release of imprisoned right-winger , General Salan . |
| 30 | The Hague Rules eliminated uncertainty of liability by setting standards of responsibility and establishing a mandatory minimum of compensation . |