Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett secretly marvelled at the cool composure of his opponent . |
| 2 | After her reception in the village store , she was not keen to go back with further questions to establish that Veronica still lived in the Red House . |
| 3 | The great spate of English translations of Paracelsus also belonged to the 1650s , confirming that the peak of his influence in England connected with what is arguably the unsurpassed golden age of British science and medicine , coinciding with the formative years of such figures as Boyle , Sydenham , and Willis , all of whom were affected by paracelsian influences . |
| 4 | At roughly the same stage , Arsenal also went through a dire spell with a similar sequence of only one goal from six outings . |
| 5 | Occupation outside the main fort at Ilchester clearly began at an early date and probably included native elements . |
| 6 | The name of Gary Wolstenholme also remained on the big scoreboards all morning . |
| 7 | Musgrave also went to the fair at Guibray , and there among the freak shows was The Largest Fat Boy in France : Aimable Jouvin , born at Herblay in 1840 , now aged fourteen , admission a penny farthing . |
| 8 | The LDP also suffered from the continuing consequences of the Recruit scandal ( in October Hishashi Shinto , one of the country 's most senior industrialists , was given a suspended two-year sentence for his role in the affair — see p. 37780 ) and the resignation from the party of a former Cabinet Minister , Toshiyuki Inamura , after being charged with large-scale tax evasion [ see p. 37917 ] . |
| 9 | As the traditional champion of the small farmer the LDP also benefited from the electoral system 's tendency to give votes in rural constituencies up to three times the value of urban votes . |
| 10 | Becky also commented on the new suit , but not until she had finished checking a lengthy column of figures . |
| 11 | St Teresa of Avila also spoke of the obscure type of revelation , which both Julian and Muhammad described as ‘ spiritual visions ’ : |
| 12 | There was no pretence of archaeological intentions — the subject had n't evolved by then — Pompeii simply acted as a large open pit mine for works of art . |
| 13 | Ellen almost flew across the small room and , to my astonishment and probably to everyone else 's , greeted me with a warm kiss . |
| 14 | Bernice almost laughed at the comical expression of shock that passed momentarily over Molassi 's normally impassive features . |
| 15 | Life for Jack Rothera soon settled into an interesting routine and nothing untoward happened to disturb the smooth operation of his signal box . |
| 16 | Ross duly appeared in a multi-million pound advertising campaign and the rest , as they say , is history . |
| 17 | Ruth constantly complained about the fidgeting child next to her . |
| 18 | Yeah , oh cos that 's when she said Frank , Frank only came for a short while or something ? |
| 19 | Rees thereupon complained to the European Commission of Human Rights that , by refusing to alter the recorded sex on his birth certificate , the United Kingdom , through its law , is depriving him of the legal status corresponding to his actual condition , to which he is rightfully entitled by Article 8 . |
| 20 | ‘ What were known all over the world as ‘ English gardens ’ were the most pervasive influence that England ever had on the European way of life' , wrote Lord Clark . |
| 21 | AGE CONCERN Scotland yesterday called for a public debate on methods of restraint applied to frail elderly people cared for in residential homes or by relatives . |
| 22 | NEW European flyweight champion Robbie Regan yesterday agreed to a voluntary defence of his title against Danny Porter in Cardiff on January 19 . |
| 23 | England also began with a 3-0 win , against Finland . |
| 24 | Hugo 's career at Bury probably lasted from the late 1120s until the 1150s . |
| 25 | His 21-year-old aunt Carol also leaped over the waist-high wall as Richard Ward struggled with the controls of his car . |
| 26 | His 21-year-old aunt Carol also leaped over the waist-high wall as Richard Ward struggled with the controls of his car . |
| 27 | Ireland nearly equalised in the second , but were held back and Sandra Colamartino scored her second try for Scotland in the final minutes . |
| 28 | Adverse currency movements in Brazil and a worse result in Puerto Rico also contributed to the increased deficit , although the latter showed some improvement in the second quarter when compared to the first three months of the year . |
| 29 | Memories of Cheddar , of Wookey perhaps , echoed through the ‘ caverns measureless to man ’ , and the Culbone landscape which had inspired in his latest writing in Osorio now glowed with the imaginative intensity of his opium vision . |
| 30 | Corbett nodded , smiled his thanks and went over to where Alexander now slouched in a half-drunken stupor . |