Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From having been at the very centre of public affairs , the Frost family sank back into almost impenetrable obscurity . |
| 2 | The Cambridge Committee brought over at least seventy guaranteed children from Germany , mostly teenagers , who were all given a decent education . |
| 3 | And if the Newquay lot turn up round here we have to really run 'em down . ’ |
| 4 | Despite what was then described as the worst financial recession for fifty years , the Mallaig train sold out in just nine days , there being no shortage of takers for seats which by now were creeping up towards the £40 mark , and beyond the pockets of the traditional excursion-train traveller . |
| 5 | This new hawkish perspective builds upon a strand in US policy going back at least to Kennedy , which argues that the USA must possess a force structure that would enable a nuclear war to be fought and won ( Ikle , 1973 ) . |
| 6 | Although set up fairly soon after the coordinating committee , the Inservice Panel got off to rather a slow start , with its early meetings being characterised by fairly unstructured discussion of how it might function and what it might aim to achieve . |
| 7 | Toll charges for lorries using the Severn Bridge went up by more than 100% 3 weeks ago and road experts believe traffic in Gloucestershire may have gone up by as much as a third as drivers look for a detour . |
| 8 | However , the Leeds charge came out at about double that figure . |
| 9 | Jack the tiny Shetland pony weighs in at only a few stones and is just over two-feet tall . |