Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun sg] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that er his former chauffeur joined the force , P C , he was in , he drove of course our first police car , well which he shared with P C , then when our cars got to number two , three and so on , he eventually came up , so that he retired as inspector , traffic inspector . |
| 2 | She gave her twins absolute love and loyalty , and received in return their respectful obedience . |
| 3 | There was a temple here from the seventh century , but it was dedicated to Zeus 's consort Hera , though in the early sixth-century reconstruction which endured throughout antiquity his primitive image , helmeted , stood beside hers enthroned ( above , p. 22 ) . |
| 4 | In a few cases I realised with surprise my growing frustration was due to my inability to interject my own comments into the workshop ( which has been filmed several years previously ) . |
| 5 | Mr. Philip Kirkwood announced with regret his impending departure from the Company . |
| 6 | had realised that Stalin had become extremely unpopular with the Russian peoples , so he decided , in February 1956 , to reveal some of Stalin 's crimes — in effect denouncing him — and from then onwards the Eastern European countries began in shape their own policies , instead of blindly following the policies dictated by the U.S.S.R. |
| 7 | They had been Promotionaries , on their respective sides of the Wars ( which were not , of course , between Good and Evil at all , as non-combatants of every species always assumed , but between Banality and Interest ) , with great things expected of them once their training and indoctrination was completed ; but they had each done something silly , something which called into question their very suitability for exalted rank , and now they were here , in the castle , with a problem to solve and games to play , being given one last chance ; a long shot , an unlikely appeal procedure . |
| 8 | At first all refused and then Miss Knox agreed on condition her two friends would follow . |
| 9 | Gareth wore of course his psychedelic jacket . |
| 10 | The Presbyterians drifted into Unitarianism whose rational approach attracted the ministers and the merchants but had little appeal to the poor ; there was no ‘ enthusiasm ’ about it . |
| 11 | In 1845 Webster took into partnership his assistant Miles Thompson , who had been with the firm since the 1820s , and shortly after that he virtually retired from active business . |
| 12 | ‘ The committee took into account his exemplary record , his contribution to the game , both with his county and nationally , and also the fine and suspension imposed by Northamptonshire . ’ |
| 13 | Hartlepool collected a £40,000 sponge to soak up some of their debts , Darlington took in exchange their outstanding midfield player . |
| 14 | As Ornithischosus increased in size its scaly skin replaced the bony armour as the danger from predators lessened . |
| 15 | Of equal , if not greater , importance , however , was the personal contact bonded by friendship which all youth groups advocated between members and personnel . |
| 16 | ‘ I gather the headmaster had to slipper him last week . ’ |
| 17 | Rather ruefully he ran his tongue over the two stumps that held in place his upper plate . |
| 18 | As observed in the previous chapter , Moscow also set on record its continued interest in the demilitarisation of the Indian Ocean although this scheme had lost momentum by the turn of the decade . |
| 19 | Equally remarkable were the ambition and determination that pushed to completion her final novel , which is also her masterpiece , South Riding ( published posthumously in 1936 and awarded the James Tait Black memorial prize ) : a rich regional study of social change and local government , it drew to some extent on her mother 's experiences as the first woman alderman in the East Riding of Yorkshire . |
| 20 | In the nine years he remained at school his closest companions were to include Bob Allen , Val le Grice , and Thomas Middleton ; but no friend proved more lasting or dependable than the gifted , tongue-tied Charles Lamb , son of a minor official at the Inner Temple . |