Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They appeared at last and he got them safely off in one canoe . |
| 2 | In addition , it found itself not only with inadequate facilities and accommodation at home but also facing strong public criticism , which it was unused to . |
| 3 | She did not greet him , but drew him quickly inside into another wide marble-floored hall , so similar in form to the previous one , with its glittering crystal lights and its wide forked staircase , that for a moment he felt only confusion , a sense of time warped , speeding him at once back and forwards . |
| 4 | Feeling stupid and wretched and impossibly wet , her cord trousers clinging horribly to her legs , her sweater feeling ten times heavier with the weight of water , she glared ahead of her as Leo courteously helped her back on to firm ground . |
| 5 | Then , barely 1,200 employees worked at the yard and the employee-led VSEL buy-out team built it back up to 2,500 . |
| 6 | ‘ I found it very hard at first , lacking confidence about how I looked . |
| 7 | Told her definitely off for this year . |
| 8 | They dropped it down again to forty one . |
| 9 | Such dedication manifested itself not only among professional religious like the Dominican nuns in the Rhineland known for their mystical experience , or Franciscan tertiaries like Angela of Foligno , who was converted after her marriage and , once a widow , devoted her life to God , but among lay women in the Low Countries and Germany known as Beguines . |
| 10 | The non-Roman , Eastern influence on the Celtic Church manifested itself most obviously in Irish monasticism . |
| 11 | And this style lent itself very well to uniform hats and caps . |
| 12 | Ornaments and statues were cast in a mould and the material lent itself very well to this technique , preserving crisp detailing . |
| 13 | De Gaulle , however , defended it not just in economic terms but on the grounds that inflation would imperil the franc and throw France on the mercy of foreigners . |
| 14 | Mediaeval explorers from the south made little impact on their society , but incursions of southern whalers , sealers , missionaries , fur traders and administrators on an unprecedented scale during the 18th and 19th centuries exposed them more fully to southern civilization , often with devastating results ( Hall , 1987 ) . |
| 15 | His immense desire to have something outside himself that he could look up to and worship expressed itself not merely in that idealistic phase that he 'd just gone through , but in his attitude towards mathematical truth . |
| 16 | The auburn-haired equestrienne delivered herself of a pithy speech , gave the young man , now scarlet beneath his whiskers , no chance to reply , put out a hand and thrust him physically aside with such force that he staggered back and bounced off the door of Woolworth 's behind him , and strode on . |
| 17 | A Sikh Conservative Councillor — Mr Mangat — expressed it quite clearly in 1973 : ‘ The best hope for Sikhs in this country lies in abandoning the turban and making themselves as inconspicuous as possible . |
| 18 | Our National President , Steve Gauld , closed the Convention and we offered our thanks and gratitude to all those who had made the weekend such a success , to Tim Cain who kept all the sessions to time ; to the exhibitors who supported us so well ; to all the members and outside speakers who made presentations ; to the staff of Keele University who served us so well in all areas ; and to Joe Bennett who organised the whole thing , sorted out the speakers , took our bookings and generally made sure it all went well . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll never forget that day Portugal went 3-0 down to North Korea in the '66 World Cup , and he pulled them round single-handed with four goals . |
| 20 | Then he covered himself all over with trailing strands of goose-grass and big burdocks and he even found ways to alter his smell . |
| 21 | He assured Helen , ‘ I did not know I loved you so tenderly until this trial , sweetheart ’ . |
| 22 | If only … but she pulled herself sternly out of such wishful thinking and prepared to continue her journey . |
| 23 | He feels that as he loved her so much during this time , he ca n't believe she was n't feeling the same way . |
| 24 | Really sad , because you loved him so much at first . ’ |
| 25 | A team from RAF Luqa restored her more fully in 1973 and Faith was presented to the National War Museum . |
| 26 | The explosive pain of it brought me hellishly back to full savage consciousness and to a revived desire not to become part of the eternal mystery just yet . |
| 27 | ‘ The only thing which disturbs me is if you brought me down here on false pretenses . |
| 28 | The installations of the great freight yards and stations of these systems reflected these concerns and Chicago represented them most profoundly of all . |
| 29 | Many were , therefore , in positions to take economic advantage of the transport system , which connected them not only with each other but also with major centres . |
| 30 | I dare say he 's bred you true to a Welshman 's bounden duty , and taught you the sacredness of a blood debt , but I think it was not he who sent you here alone on such an errand . |