Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two of the boys from amongst these pioneers went on to study Mathematics at Cambridge , with great success , to Daniels ' pride : J. G. Adshead of Caius College , who eventually became Professor of Mathematics at Dalhousie University , Nova Scotia , and W. L. Edge of Trinity College , who held a similar post in the University of Edinburgh . |
| 2 | It is reported that , while out riding in Wychwood Forest , he suddenly came face to face with the shade of Amy Robsart . |
| 3 | In 1924 Mussolini survived a personal crisis when he was accused of colluding in the murder of Giacomo Matteotti , an opposition leader , and finally became head of state in 1925 when the Fascists banned all other parties . |
| 4 | Steam power finally gave way to electricity by the mid-1950s and in 1977 , the mill was completely gutted and re-equipped with modern machinery , much of it made locally by Simon-Barron of Gloucester . |
| 5 | ‘ Donkeys , Janet , ’ Gwendolen trilled again , but the will to fight had left her , and she easily ceded place of honour to Samuel . |
| 6 | Female labour was never used underground in Cornwall and it does not seem to have been much used at the surface either , until the growth of copper mining which rapidly overhauled tin in importance after about 1740 . |
| 7 | We should , of course , widen the context even further for , if in the movies preaching usually came hand in hand with melodrama , this should remind us that films were still firmly in the hands of showmen and they were free to use social comment and social settings as they thought best . |
| 8 | ‘ It was an extremely popular programme and we always saw eye to eye about it . |
| 9 | Cases involving taxi drivers usually took place at night in remote areas ; it was an easy form of attack . |
| 10 | I mean er and as I say you had everything erm when er I wanted coal I mean you had coal erm because after my husband ceased at the pit , er that ceased because , cos miners always had coal as part of their er it was part of their wages you see . |
| 11 | In this connection , it is interesting that many of the restrictions on economic life in the Pentateuch were to ensure that each family always had access to part of the society 's capital — namely a plot of land and some animals . |
| 12 | He also sought advice on drill from a Capt. Bradshaw , " to improve the bearing and physical condition of the boys " , and soon fifty pupils had joined the School Cricket Club , practising regularly on Stockport Cricket Club 's ground . |
| 13 | Later , he also became Minister of Defence of the republic ( renamed Russian Federation in January 1992 ) . |
| 14 | He later studied art in education at Exeter University . |
| 15 | She also studied badminton as part of physical recreation . |
| 16 | The Constitution also granted immunity from prosecution to members of the armed forces , police and prison services for their actions during the 1987 coups and during the period of military government up to the end of 1987 . |
| 17 | So when modernity in Berlin — in the arts , in the massive new development of the city — took shape , so to speak , against the state , it also took shape in opposition to the identity of the German Bürgertum . |
| 18 | Weber also saw ownership of wealth as an important criterion for distinguishing classes . |
| 19 | In small group discussions , happily married men with children clearly saw fidelity as part of their lives ; although not immune to other women 's charms , they were not prepared to jeopardize what they had for the sake of a night of passion . |
| 20 | In contrast to the morning papers , which suffered most heavily from the competition of the nationals , the evenings also had scope for growth in towns where an evening was not already established . |
| 21 | The inspectors also said teaching of religion in non-church primary schools was generally poor , and ‘ usually lacked rigour , clear purpose and explicit religious content . ’ |
| 22 | Since the gentry had tended to buy and sell land without reference to the administrative cohesion of the parcels they exchanged , two or more communes often existed side by side in a single centre of rural population . |
| 23 | In the past , raising productivity often went hand in hand with increased production ; now the emphasis will be on encouraging practices which will reduce costs , save energy , improve living and working conditions , protect and improve the environment and raise the quality and value of products leaving the farm . |
| 24 | It inevitably gave rise to speculation amongst his companions . |
| 25 | Her later career , from the time of her marriage to Darnley in the summer of 1565 , inevitably gave rise to writing of a very different and much more partisan nature . |
| 26 | Jewelled with moisture , it now had pride of place in my fridge . |
| 27 | In 1982 the Honduran government effectively took control of COLPROSUMAH by giving official recognition to a small splinter group . |
| 28 | In presidential elections held on Nov. 8 , 1988 , the Republican Party candidate and then Vice-President , George Bush , defeated his Democratic Party rival Mike Dukakis ; he duly took office as President on Jan. 20 , 1989 . |
| 29 | Charlie found he was continually spitting out mud and once even came face to face with a German who could n't blink . |
| 30 | Again , when civilized states extended their frontiers they frequently took occasion to prospect for and exploit sources of precious substances and most notably of gold . |