Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Germans occupied them in the second world war , the Americans rebuilt them afterwards , and then the north-west Europeans came back in the shape of the European Community and its powerful money . |
| 2 | The brown eyes regarded her in a contemplative manner until he said , ‘ You must meet Matt . |
| 3 | Its supporters regarded it as a happy augury that on the same day the Soviet Union finally called off its blockade of Berlin . |
| 4 | People whose parents baptised them into the Roman Catholic Church will probably be counted as Catholics all their lives — even if they never go to church ; for people to be counted as Baptists , however , they will have to have expressed a strong commitment to their faith and to have undergone adult baptism . |
| 5 | The provincials regarded us as a gassy , protesting , quarrelsome , cantankerous crowd , very good at cursing the enemy and cursing ourselves , but no good at effective fighting against the well organised political parties . |
| 6 | On the same day Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka said that she would firmly use the increased powers given her by the small constitution , including giving orders to ministers , which had not been possible before . |
| 7 | No such fears limited them in the 1880s and 1890s . |
| 8 | The suppressed anger in the tone of Emily Lightbody 's departing heeltips afflicted me with a premonitory dread . |
| 9 | The girls regarded it in a different light . |
| 10 | A poll carried out by the Mori organization claims to show that the UK public 's interest in environmental issues has fallen significantly since July last year , when nearly one-third of respondents identified it as a prime concern . |
| 11 | Others regarded it as a measured response to the Dublin government 's paper proposing ‘ new institutions ’ to satisfy the nationalist aspiration and provide ‘ executive functions for the development of practical north-south co-operation and co-ordination in all areas of mutual benefit . ’ |
| 12 | They had been coming over steadily ever since , in spite of warnings about the difficulties of living in a foreign land — warnings given them by the English Jewish establishment . |
| 13 | Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best ; but God disciplines us for our good , that we may share in his holiness . |