Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [conj] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking at the tangle of bushes on either side , she soon realised that to make a thorough search of the undergrowth was out of the question . |
| 2 | The obituary in the Journal of the London Association of foremen , engineers , and draughtsmen recalled that ‘ she was a remarkable personage with a great knowledge of engineering matters and considerable versatility of talent ’ , and ‘ how cheery and thoughtful for the happiness of others she was … she was the only lady , it is believed , who ever wrote and read a scientific paper , illustrated by diagrams and drawings made by herself , before the members of a Scientific Institution . ’ |
| 3 | Most of the illustrations were drawn by Lancake ( forty-eight of the first hundred ) , J. S. Miller both drew and engraved a considerable number , while Mynde and Jeffreys appear most frequently amongst engravers . |
| 4 | In the past , if a government lost a vote in Parliament over a major policy issue like the Maastricht treaty , it automatically resigned and called a general election . |
| 5 | Modern plastics and silicones have made pipe connections so easy : no more messing about with tarred hemp and mortar , which inevitably cracked and leaked a few years later . |
| 6 | Queen Elizabeth then rose and made a wonderful speech in reply , and proposed the toast of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London . |
| 7 | It 's the Bāhan , one of the demons the gods defeated In the past , who then reformed and became a lesser deity . |
| 8 | He plunged up the embankment , taking a grateful breath of fresh air , then turned and extended a large imperative hand to Catherine Crane and pulled her up beside him . |
| 9 | It nosed against Tallis , then turned and ejected a tiny , stinking drop of liquid from its shrivelled glans . |
| 10 | Woolley side-slipped and fell behind it , then climbed and injected a long burst into its belly , searching forwards until he saw the bullets slashing up between the wing-roots . |
| 11 | The bank then decided that remaining a regional bank was too risky , so it should try to become an international one . |
| 12 | Well I would have bought maybe dried fruit and er extra coal token , you know you bought your coal tokens and your milk tokens , maybe bought an extra coal token and erm maybe went and get a dozen cakes or something like that . |
| 13 | On 27 July 1991 , in South Korea , six academics belonging to the Seoul Social Science Institute were arrested because of articles and books they had published which allegedly discussed and advocated a socialist revolution . |