Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Woolley checked off the names all the way down her spine . |
| 2 | Leo Abse commented on the effects this legislation had on kinship ties when he recorded the support given by people in South Wales to his efforts to reform the divorce law during the 1960s : ‘ Welshmen who had endured the depression had no time for the unctuous pleas for the need at all costs to maintain the unity of family life ’ . |
| 3 | In 1968 Brian MacArthur suggested in The Times that of the two major educational developments under the Wilson government since 1964 the movement towards a national system of comprehensive education had received most attention : ‘ yet the development of the polytechnics , some of which will start with around 5000 students , is potentially the more revolutionary ’ . |
| 4 | Julian Barnes ( pictured left ) was then on the staff of the Oxford English Dictionary Supplement , and Martin Amis worked for the Times Literary Supplement . |
| 5 | Londoner Ken Butler moved to the Fens 12 years ago , where space has never been at a premium , to carry on his profession of carpenter specialising in reproduction furniture . |
| 6 | Teesside led after the foursomes 31/2 , 21/2 and the match was squared when Ian Liddle lost the top singles to Bradford 's match play champion Mark Cook . |
| 7 | But Jay 's spine became electric as Pergolese 's Stabat Mater came through the speakers sure as it had filled the dusk of her dream . |
| 8 | Daisy heard about the lessons that afternoon . |
| 9 | She asked whether Mrs Robbins knew about the services available for the old . |
| 10 | Billy looked at the girls perplexed faces . |
| 11 | Little Stu stayed with the women most of the time , and Ross was in the pram , but Billy and Sandy went wild . |
| 12 | Grosvenor High School headmaster Ken Reid called in the police last week after pupils confessed to being offered soft drugs by another pupil . |
| 13 | In a speech marking the party 's inception , Olszewski warned of the dangers inherent in delays to " the process of cleansing " . |
| 14 | In a bizarre twist , Sir Patrick Mayhew went on the hustings last Tuesday … with who else but East Belfast Tory Jim McCormick ! |