Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MIDDLESBROUGH suffered a major blow to their promotion hopes when they spurned the chance to climb into third place . |
| 2 | The detective who found the money believed at first the notes must be forgeries . |
| 3 | Pretreatment with TCV-309 ( 50 µg/kg ip ) did not affect basal secretion but reduced by about 40% the initial peak secretory response to caerulein and significantly ( p<0.05 ) enhanced the protein outputs in next hours of caerulein infusion . |
| 4 | Peggy heard the laughter coming from next door before she left the woodland , and it further burst on her as she opened the kitchen door . |
| 5 | His son , a bachelor of twenty-five , became King Henry V , and he experienced a couple of attempts to usurp him during the first year , but by August 1415 he was able to sail with an invasion fleet of 1500 vessels to France , where he withstood an attack launched on 25th . |
| 6 | ‘ And you saw the trust accounts for last year , remember ? ’ |
| 7 | Peregrine and Charles sped down to join spectators all of whom knew the difficulties presented by first steps in skiing , and who were now gathering to watch their less proficient comrades make fools of themselves . |
| 8 | With Llanelli held to a draw , Neath took the opportunity to leapfrog into third place with a 27–15 home win over South Wales Police . |
| 9 | O & Y said the company had until next week to find the money . |
| 10 | But this time the British four were technically superb , and had the Australians trailing in fourth place . |
| 11 | All day long she had wondered how he had managed to bamboozle his way into a consultancy , but first the calm , unflappable way he had dealt with Steve and now here , with the devastated relatives , Kathleen had an opportunity to see at first hand the qualities that set him apart as a consultant . |