Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [adv] with [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darwinism destroys the presumption that a separate organism functions primarily to preserve itself ( as do simpler homeostatic systems which do not reproduce ) ; it shows me that even at the biological level my spontaneity only secondarily and partially serves myself , and invites the reflection that behaving consistently to my own advantage became conceivable only with the clarification of my viewpoint in contrast with others , which in turn implies that I have been assuming other viewpoints from the beginning of self-consciousness . |
| 2 | The jet crashed in a ball of flame , destroying 15 cars and damaging 10 more but further evidence of the good fortune became clear yesterday with the sight of the aircraft wreckage embedded in mud . |
| 3 | In this way , the unfortunate Guy Fawkes became linked indissolubly with the autumn solstice and its fire-lighting rituals , which were imitative magical ceremonies designed to keep the power of the sun from waning . |
| 4 | Six months later , in September , I followed this up with a circular to health authorities requiring them to put their services out to tender . |
| 5 | Leslie Orgel ( Salk ) recalled that only two weeks after Watson and Crick 's first paper appeared , the entire biochemistry department at Oxford travelled to Cambridge to view the structure and followed this up with a telegram : CONGRATULATIONS ! ( signed ) GENE . |
| 6 | Suddenly he shoved this aside with a groan , snatched up a clean sheet of paper , he wrote : |
| 7 | Picking it up , I rolled that up with the bundle too . |
| 8 | And though the surprise early closing of the bar peeved more than one punter ( and certainly one reviewer ) , the blasting semi-hardcore rendition of ‘ Bad Motorcycle ’ sent all home with a smile of their lips . |
| 9 | And though the surprise early closing of the bar peeved more than one punter ( and certainly one reviewer ) , the blasting semi-hardcore rendition of ‘ Bad Motorcycle ’ sent all home with a smile of their lips . |
| 10 | Exports to western countries increased from US$ 6.1 billion to nearly US$7.3 billion ; the number of joint ventures from 1972 to 1989 was ( in round figures ) 1,000 , whereas in 1990 alone the number of new joint ventures reached 4,000 perhaps with the help of a revival of commercial law the ‘ tortuous and costly road of socialism which leads from capitalism to capitalism ’ is made smoother and swifter . |
| 11 | The police became irritated too with the need to check her unsubstantiated claim that there were communist arms dumps and Russian involvement in plans for revolutionary uprisings . |
| 12 | Feminists have launched major political campaigns about male violence and backed these up with the establishment of national networks of centres to help those who have suffered male violence . |