Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pos pn] [noun] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still less did his son care a hoot for such mundane details , except insofar as techs might provide amusement for himself and fellow members of the Lordly Phantasm brat gang … |
| 2 | The Congress soon found its desire to implement a return , regardless of political considerations , opposed not only by Israel but by the Arab states , and even the Palestinian Arab Higher Committee itself , which did not welcome this challenge to their authority in the management of negotiations with the enemy . |
| 3 | When Lesley finally collapsed her attacker hijacked a taxi then dumped it and fled to a pub . |
| 4 | Many parents still expected their sons to have a ‘ sound ’ mathematics education and I 'm sure the idea of playing with bits of coloured paper and Sellotape instead of doing ‘ proper ’ maths like they had to , would have horrified some of our parents . |
| 5 | AFTER a pre-tax loss rising last year from £4.7 million to £41.1 million , Clyde Petroleum yesterday asked its shareholders to provide a further £34.1 million through a one-for-four rights issue . |
| 6 | Southwestern Bell Corp , St Louis , Missouri and the Cox Cable arm of Cox Enterprises Inc , Atlanta yesterday formally announced their agreement to form a UK partnership in cable television and local telephony . |
| 7 | Radovan Karadzic , the Bosnian Serb leader , yesterday ordered his forces to open a helicopter corridor to evacuate refugees from Srebrenica , the Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA said . |
| 8 | THE mother of North Wales schoolteacher Fiona Jones yesterday broke her silence to condemn a three-year delay in bringing her French killer to trial . |
| 9 | He also announced his intention to form a neutral Cabinet , and instructed all ministers and vice-ministers in his administration to leave the party by Sept. 30 . |
| 10 | Saddam also reiterated his threat to launch a direct military attack on Israel , announcing the existence of a new Iraqi missile , the al-Hijara ( " stone " ) , which could reach " the target of evil , when the day of reckoning comes , from any place on Iraqi soil " . |
| 11 | He also felt their might prove a shortage of pace in the Lions ' back-row . |
| 12 | The desire for defence economies also increased his desire to see a relaxation in East–West tensions . |
| 13 | He also honoured his commitment to form a neutral caretaker Cabinet and , after talks with the main presidential candidates — Kim Young Sam of the DLP , Kim Dae Jung of the Democratic Party , and Chung Ju Jung of the United People 's Party ( UPP ) — he reshuffled his Cabinet on Oct. 7 . |
| 14 | Lunch was ready , Bodo , pressed to stay , was persuaded , two bottles of wine were opened , a good , warming goulash brought in , and then , as Herr Nordern rather ceremoniously raised his glass to offer a toast , the telephone rang . |
| 15 | To date , the Oxfordshire scheme has at best only partially met its intention to promote a greater ( contractual ) accountability in schools . |
| 16 | ISRAELI and Palestinian leaders today urged their peoples to embrace a historic bilateral agreement to be signed soon , saying the chance of peace was worth sacrifices . |
| 17 | Chairman of the bench Lawrie Wild said his colleagues felt a site visit was essential in the light of such heavy protests . |
| 18 | Only rarely did its opponents win a victory like that of George Norris , the progressive Republican Senator who successfully opposed government plans to sell off dams and nitrogen-processing plants at Muscle Shoals in the Tennessee Valley . |
| 19 | WHINGEING Tony Cottee talked himself out of a job , then watched his stand-in play a major role in the Everton tragi-comedy that followed , writes Graham Fisher . |
| 20 | She put down the receiver , turned round , then felt her nerves give a hefty twitch as she found that Julius was still standing very close . |
| 21 | Bertha , of course , never went anywhere , but Rabbi Moishe sometimes wished his daughter-in-law had a little more — humanity ? no , no , he must n't judge — a little more inclination to mix with the other married women ; he respected his daughter-in-law , she was holiness itself , as frum as an angel , and as for housekeeping . |
| 22 | She could almost feel the electrical impulse of them , some challenge there that made her feel threatened … and yet made her heart beat a fearful tattoo inside her chest , recognising that danger was a roller-coaster ride and that fear was often closely followed by exhilaration . |
| 23 | In 1930 , however , its name was changed to Revista Comunista , and the editors explicitly stated their intention to produce a theoretical journal rather than an information bulletin as hitherto . |
| 24 | ‘ Is it any wonder that , while I might have been too hard-headed to accept what is happening to me , I could not deny I actually felt my heart give a tug that night ? ’ |
| 25 | PLUMBER Alfred Lange , 70 , never gave his wife Gertrud a penny for housekeeping in 40 years of marriage . |