Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first days of the war saw the Saltash Territorials ordered to break up camp at Exeter and proceed to Falmouth . |
| 2 | Although Invergordon had cut back production like most other distillers , Dr Greig stressed that there would be no closures or job losses , though he also said that life was ‘ becoming more competitive all the time ’ . |
| 3 | Overstrain had brought on tuberculosis in 1939 and I had been having a lot of trouble with my eyes . |
| 4 | Joshua Morris had given up hope of ever reaching the promised land . |
| 5 | ‘ That would be the end of me , I 'd be nothing then , ’ he would mumble , and once Nathan tried to tap out code on his hand , so that he would understand messages in the event . |
| 6 | In the eighteen months since Mrs Thatcher had taken up employment at Dickins and Jones , the mood of the Party had perceptibly changed for the better , the great bulk of the membership having transferred its loyalty smoothly from the old Leader to the new . |
| 7 | Two years earlier Jones had given up work as a hod carrier when Wimbledon signed him from Wealdstone for £10,000 . |
| 8 | In August 1988 the CME and Reuters agreed to open up Globex to other exchanges , MATIF , etc . |
| 9 | Meanwhile the Elector Carl Theodor had taken up residence in Munich , and had invited the members of his court to join him there ( though they could stay on at Mannheim and retain their salaries if they wished ) . |
| 10 | Ariel had laid down Sycorax at the cabin entrance , under the dappled broad shade of a mango tree . |