Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Host surrogacy , I V F surrogacy was not done in this country erm so we ha we made the decision to go ahead as it was with partial surrogacy . |
| 2 | Brian got the urge to come home as his 60th birthday approached . |
| 3 | Dexter found the effect comforting rather than disconcerting : he had been won over by the man 's charm . |
| 4 | They noticed the car run wide as the defendant made a left turn and the officers decided to stop the vehicle . |
| 5 | As the overnight election results came in , the Bank of England activated a programme to sell more than £2 billion of gilt-edged stock to help fund the Government 's high public spending . |
| 6 | On the other side , to mollify France , it was agreed that British participation in the revamped body would involve the stationing of British troops in West Germany unless a majority of its partners consented to their withdrawal ; however , Britain reserved the right to do so if an emergency situation elsewhere demanded a redeployment of its military forces . |
| 7 | Considerable stress is laid on the accessibility and approachability of the landlord organisations , especially given that most tenants stated a preference to speak rather than write to housing staff about their problems . |
| 8 | She made no attempt to move away as his arms slipped round her . |
| 9 | One of us ( D.G. ) developed the model described below before it was explained to him by the second author ( R.S.C. ) that VGPs are plotted in an asymmetrical way that appears natural to the palaeomagnetist but is confusing when considering the theory . |
| 10 | The respite was not to last however for , just as she heard the guards wondering aloud if they had hit her , someone on one of the freighters pointed her out with a cry . |
| 11 | After months of sporadic negotiations , Iran and the United States on May 13 signed an agreement to settle more than 3,100 US financial claims arising from the 1979 Iranian revolution . |
| 12 | I watched the clock ticking away as I approached , and when I passed through the finish line I held my arms up to heaven and with my eyes closed said ‘ Thank you god . |
| 13 | He needed the means to get abroad as the nation drifted closer to war with Germany . |
| 14 | Shannon felt the bed sink slightly as he sat down beside her , and suddenly realised to her horror that the towel she 'd wrapped about herself had slipped off as she slept . |
| 15 | Luke 's voice was deep and magnetic and Robyn felt the anguish twist inside as he gazed into her face , and the once dreamt of words were spoken . |
| 16 | The high turn-out — 79 percent of the 93,367 electorate — meant the count took longer than expected and the result was not declared until just before 3 a.m. on Friday . |
| 17 | ‘ But why did the keys fall faster than the paper ? ’ |
| 18 | A spokesman for the Eastern Health Board said the attack affected more than 80 of the hospital 's 200 beds , including a new children 's ward which opened on Friday . |
| 19 | Masklin said the Ship goes faster than light goes , which is probably wrong , otherwise how 'd you see anything ? |
| 20 | In formulating the original agreement with Fields , Branson had ensured a clause be written in stipulating that , under the Articles , Virgin as the majority shareholder had the right to appoint more than two ‘ A ’ directors , and thereby gain a majority of the board , if it was ‘ not satisfied with the financial position , or the management position of the company ’ . |
| 21 | Until William Green 's death in 1823 there were not many options open to those people who had the leisure to travel even if they could resist the siren songs of the ‘ Lakes ’ poets . |
| 22 | In his Essay on the Principle of Population of 1797 , Malthus had argued that the human race always had the potential to breed faster than the food supply could be increased . |
| 23 | Many schools have , where possible , extended the provision to include more than one all-purpose Home Corner room , and sometimes children have a ‘ kitchen ’ , ‘ lounge ’ and ‘ bedroom ’ in which to play . |
| 24 | This compared with 26 per cent of the women without an intimate tie with husband or boyfriend , but who reported a confiding relationship with another person ( seen at least weekly ) , and with 41 per cent of those who had a confidante seen less than weekly or who had no such relationship at all . |
| 25 | He had no doubt played here when he was a child , climbed trees , even swam in the river that … |
| 26 | Come on , now — ’ He had no need to say more because Cameron had risen to his feet in the greying light and a song was coming from him in a steady flow of sound and a hard gravelly voice that resonated like a pipe . |
| 27 | Luke moved so fast that she had no time to back away as he turned her into his arms and held her to him , so close that she could feel the hard outline of his thighs through the damp towel , the heavy steady beat of his heart against her breast . |
| 28 | Although this is the story of a war I had every reason to treat seriously while I was close to it , I offer no excuse for the fact that the account begins on a trivial note . |
| 29 | Even when , as we show later , Brazil had an opportunity to do so when it invited the multinationals to establish its automobile industry , it chose not to exercise its power for fear of discouraging potential entrants . |
| 30 | And I had an incentive to work hard because the higher you go , the more exams you pass , and the more money you get . |