Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Archbishop Fisher went so far as to tell him that he was a possible future Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 6 | Archbishop Fisher went so far as to write a very tough letter to the editor in defence of Ramsey . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | All hell broke loose , Mount Stewart was besieged by the media , and one Fleet Street paper went as far as accusing MacDonald of duplicity . |
| 9 | Prince Charles declared as early as 1969 that his choice of bride would not be easy . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They say Mr Pritchard knew full well when he moved in that it was condemned |
| 12 | Mrs Blakey asked as casually as she could , pushing a packet of wafer biscuits towards Kate . |
| 13 | Mrs Cranbrook unbent so far as to show approval . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 " . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Lee Fagan scored no less than four goals in the first half , one with a great shot from outside the area . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | Mrs Naulls awoke as easily as she slept . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The Lewisham Council went so far as to apply to the High Court for an Order of Mandamus requiring the Commissioner of Police to seek to have the march banned . |
| 23 | Campbell Stephen prophesied as late as 1932 that the Labour Party would not function if the ILP disaffiliated from it . |
| 24 | While the process of evolving an all-new and unique Bentley coupe began as early as 1984 with the commissioning of design studies and quarter-scale models , work did not begin in earnest until 1986 when experience from the Turbo R and other developments was available . |
| 25 | Thus in Norway handicraftsmen migrated more readily than factory workers , later sailors migrated when sail declined before steam , fishermen when oil-driven craft replaced sailing boats . |
| 26 | In nearby Sumatra , the Batak men went as far as deliberately slicing open their penises and inserting pieces of stone , which became firmly embedded as the wound closed over . |
| 27 | And half way through the second act , when Ptolemy accused Caesar of driving him from his palace and Caesar said , ‘ Go , my boy , I will not harm you ; but you will be safer away , among your friends , here you are in the lion 's mouth ’ , Stella imagined St Ives spoke more severely than usual . |
| 28 | John Maynard Smith went so far as to submit the super-forgiving Tit for Two Tats . |
| 29 | Peter Robinson went so far as to say that until late 1974 ‘ there was no party ’ . |
| 30 | She rather suspected that Vendelin Gajdusek thought so too when a swift glance to his face showed a hint of a smile was playing around his mouth . |