Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss LaMotte spoke more forcefully than I would have expected : she is surprisingly handsome when animated . |
| 2 | he may already be classed as a great batsman , but luck rode with him when square-leg umpire David Archer ruled not out after Lara dislodged a bail turning Bosch to long leg . |
| 3 | Mrs. Steed died not long after she signed her statement on 16 December 1985 . |
| 4 | NIGEL Clough knows perhaps better than anyone how England are flirting with a losing game that can become a terminal habit . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alan Sugar show rather better than Prince Charles , Ben Elton or Mick Jagger . |
| 7 | Archbishop Fisher went so far as to tell him that he was a possible future Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 8 | Archbishop Fisher went so far as to write a very tough letter to the editor in defence of Ramsey . |
| 9 | It 's the same reason why bullfighters go into the bullring and Nigel Mansell drives as fast as he does . |
| 10 | Sir Ian thinks further ahead than most governments care to go . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Prince Charles declared as early as 1969 that his choice of bride would not be easy . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Distillery sub Philip Dykes probably had the visitors best chance to score in the 66th minute but he headed a Tom Cleland cross well past when he should have done better . |
| 15 | RENEE HENRY remembers quite clearly when she decided that she was going to live . |
| 16 | They say Mr Pritchard knew full well when he moved in that it was condemned |
| 17 | Mrs Blakey asked as casually as she could , pushing a packet of wafer biscuits towards Kate . |
| 18 | Mrs Cranbrook unbent so far as to show approval . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 " . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Lee Fagan scored no less than four goals in the first half , one with a great shot from outside the area . |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | Mrs Naulls awoke as easily as she slept . |
| 25 | In The Wealth of Nations , Adam Smith showed how even though each individual pursued his own self-interest , nevertheless through the invisible hand he was led ‘ to promote an end which was no part in his intentions ’ . |
| 26 | Danny Kaye , Liza Minnelli and Judy Garland looked on blankly as he sifted through the books . |
| 27 | ‘ I speak not only of the Army — although as Colonel Moore knows probably better than I , the acts of heroism you see there in the face of pain — wounds , cuts , torn limbs ’ — he looked at Mrs Crump ; she swayed slightly — ‘ severed arteries , gashed heads ’ — Mrs Moore was unaffected — ‘ and all the terrible lacerations and disfigurements received on the human body in modern warfare ’ — Miss D'Arcy nodded ; she was intrigued — ‘ but I speak of the self-inflicted torments of the Indian , the Negro and the Mussulman . ’ |
| 28 | Campbell Stephen prophesied as late as 1932 that the Labour Party would not function if the ILP disaffiliated from it . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | John Maynard Smith went so far as to submit the super-forgiving Tit for Two Tats . |