Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | G thereby got hold of the barley , disposed of it and absconded . |
| 2 | The SEATO Pact effectively became moribund in the wake of the American military withdrawal from Indo-China in the mid 1970s , and was not reinvigorated . |
| 3 | The ports , such as Harfleur , at the mouth of the Seine , could develop ship-building facilities , and the control of the lower Seine effectively made Rouen into a sea port and a shipyard . |
| 4 | in the City of Nottingham and eventually became Chairman of the Licensing Bench . |
| 5 | The other MP nominated to the Committee , who eventually became President of the Institute , was William Tite ( 1798–1873 ) . |
| 6 | Commissioned as an administrative officer , he eventually became adjutant to the commander of the tactical air force , based at Larisa in central Greece , and made a point of being around whenever any representatives of civil suppliers appeared at headquarters to make presentations . |
| 7 | She furiously grasped hold of a clump of soggy weed and after more slipping and sliding finally managed to heave herself out . |
| 8 | After half an hour of marching towards the ever-loudening village dog , they eventually found shelter for the night . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , dear — you poor old hag ! ’ her friend murmured sardonically , grinning as she deftly caught hold of the cushion Laura had sent flying across the room towards her . |
| 10 | They eventually approached Berwick from the north-west , rounding the skirts of Halidon Hill , and from there able to look down on the grey town at the wide mouth of Tweed , two miles off . |
| 11 | Shortly afterwards he apparently became tutor to a son or sons of Sir Thomas Hoby [ q.v. ] , of Bisham Abbey , Berkshire , whose wife Elizabeth [ q.v. ] commended him to her brother-in-law William Cecil ( later Baron Burghley , q.v. ) , whom Hayes apparently served in unknown capacities for at least twenty years . |
| 12 | More sensitive than their counterparts at the beginning of the decade had been to the technical qualities of Hollywood films , the critics of the time constantly drew attention to the gap between the aspirations and the achievements of British films . |
| 13 | They lost every deposit , and so contributed £128,000 towards the election , but received almost no coverage in the national press , TV or radio in return . |
| 14 | Not getting a reply fast enough came top of the list , especially when you know there must be somebody there , so when there 's a telephone just ringing and nobody answers it . |
| 15 | Thus John V of Portugal ( 1706–50 ) gave public audiences regularly twice a week at which he personally received petitions for the redress of grievances . |
| 16 | On entering the luxurious interior of the shop and making our way to the carpet department , there were friendly ‘ good mornings ’ from the staff who obviously recognised Eddie as a regular . |
| 17 | She only received £6,000 of the loan . |
| 18 | And Allison revealed : ‘ Ekstrom only joined Gothenburg on the understanding that he is allowed to talk to other clubs interested in buying him . |
| 19 | One time , he patiently informed Ira about the Navaho code talkers . |
| 20 | The night was still but a mist was descending slowly ; he stood looking towards platforms 2 and I when he suddenly heard footsteps on the ballast approaching him . |
| 21 | The British became a dominant influence in Persian life during the nineteenth century ; but to this day many Persians believe that Britain merely exploited Persia for the sake of India throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 22 | I only started work for the exam in February . ’ |
| 23 | Interestingly , however , the most highly conserved regions of the protein are in the less well understood amino terminus , strongly suggesting that this portion of the protein is critical for its function . |
| 24 | The blonde Beverly Hills 90210 beauty was racing on a powerful jet-ski at Malibu Beach when she suddenly lost control of the machine . |
| 25 | SCOTTISH educationists rarely disparage the ‘ trendy , progressive ’ teaching methods so maligned south of the Border . |
| 26 | In particular I think it should be recognised that the role of the unions , NALGO and G M D in helping that process of change has been quite fundamental and for that reason , because we appreciate and value the essential way in which the unions have contributed to the process of changing the organisation I consider that the they much trailed proposals from the opposition groups to cut , or in the other case , to reduce the NALGO office are quite misguided . |
| 27 | Virtually nothing is known of Freeman 's early years ; he shrouded his early life in great mystery and even the details of his secondary schooling — which apparently took place at a boarding-school in north London — remained unknown to his closest relatives . |
| 28 | The ‘ awfully sudden death ’ which had cast ‘ a great gloom ’ over the town of Bishop 's Castle apparently took place in the office of Thomas Griffiths , solicitor and Town Clerk of the borough since 1851 . |
| 29 | Like Powdermaker ( 1967 ) , who recorded fieldnotes in Mississippi only when she was away from her field data , I found I only took notes at the time if I was willing to risk begin interrogated about what I was going to do with the information I was recording . |
| 30 | The astounding indulgences granted Winterbotham by the regime apparently formed part of a scheme to woo ranking foreigners and through them impress their governments with Germany 's mounting might . |