Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the 60s we watched incredulously as the HVS category bulged evermore lopsidedly as these great pioneers stuffed it with their goodies — Wombat , Carnage , Macabre , Vagabond , Sundance Wall — today as touch a collection of E points as you 'll find anywhere . |
| 2 | Miss LaMotte spoke more forcefully than I would have expected : she is surprisingly handsome when animated . |
| 3 | Mrs. Steed died not long after she signed her statement on 16 December 1985 . |
| 4 | NIGEL Clough knows perhaps better than anyone how England are flirting with a losing game that can become a terminal habit . |
| 5 | Only wingers Rory Underwood and Simon Halliday went so far as to deliver confirmation of their departures from the international scene after the 24–0 win against Wales at Twickenham on Saturday . |
| 6 | In Peru , where uncuttable contacts were made to plants of Triplaris americana ( Polygonaceae ) , Crematogaster ants invaded more frequently than otherwise , even carrying off larvae and usurping the resident Pseudomyrex dendroicus . |
| 7 | Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alan Sugar show rather better than Prince Charles , Ben Elton or Mick Jagger . |
| 8 | Archbishop Fisher went so far as to tell him that he was a possible future Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 9 | Archbishop Fisher went so far as to write a very tough letter to the editor in defence of Ramsey . |
| 10 | It 's the same reason why bullfighters go into the bullring and Nigel Mansell drives as fast as he does . |
| 11 | Sir Ian thinks further ahead than most governments care to go . |
| 12 | Sir Geoffrey spoke more cautiously than Mr Heseltine when he urged ‘ the energetic use of existing agencies and resources , private and public sector alike , to give potentially fruitful initiatives a helping hand ’ , and praised the work of the Welsh Development Agency . |
| 13 | All hell broke loose , Mount Stewart was besieged by the media , and one Fleet Street paper went as far as accusing MacDonald of duplicity . |
| 14 | Prince Charles declared as early as 1969 that his choice of bride would not be easy . |
| 15 | On two occasions Shah Jehan went so far as to declare Dara his desired successor , while adding that the matter rested in the hands of Allah . |
| 16 | Distillery sub Philip Dykes probably had the visitors best chance to score in the 66th minute but he headed a Tom Cleland cross well past when he should have done better . |
| 17 | RENEE HENRY remembers quite clearly when she decided that she was going to live . |
| 18 | They say Mr Pritchard knew full well when he moved in that it was condemned |
| 19 | Mrs Blakey asked as casually as she could , pushing a packet of wafer biscuits towards Kate . |
| 20 | The result of the meeting was an agreement that Mr Asquith should consider the proposals made to him , and let Mr Bonar Law know as soon as possible whether he would join the Government under him . |
| 21 | Mrs Cranbrook unbent so far as to show approval . |
| 22 | A commission to paint Comic Strip comedian Rik Mayall ended rather abruptly when Mayall asked for fuel of an alcoholic nature during his afternoon sitting and , on learning that the artist voted Conservative , began doing Hitler goose steps around the room . |
| 23 | Dave said : ‘ The Tap and Spile legend lives on even though the Greenside will not be as we would like it until mid-summer . ’ |
| 24 | The perceptive Boris Chicherin spotted as early as 1858 that The Bell was " better at throwing government and society into confusion than at suggesting the precise path they should follow " . |
| 25 | Back in 1933 work was begun on a racer for the 1934 MacRobertson race from London to Melbourne and Jacquelin Cochran got as far as Bucharest before damaging it in a landing accident . |
| 26 | Lee Fagan scored no less than four goals in the first half , one with a great shot from outside the area . |
| 27 | Kip Bertram went so far as to describe the letter as ‘ venomous ’ , and Norman Smith , managing director of Total Book Distribution , said it was ‘ insulting and naive ’ . |
| 28 | Mrs Naulls awoke as easily as she slept . |
| 29 | The Royal Africa Company did no worse than other traders in taking slaves across , but its commercial difficulties with its customers were probably worse than the average . |
| 30 | The Education Officer of Matagalpa Prison went as far as to say that when systems of exploitation can be brought to an end , crime as a major social phenomenon will disappear . |