Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Leeds meanwhile he interested himself in educational ventures and became widely known for public service . |
| 2 | In March 1982 the Daily Telegraph suggested that ‘ we need to consider why the peaceful people of England are changing … over the 200 years up to 1945 , Britain became so settled in internal peace ’ . |
| 3 | He tried now to think with savage pleasure of the dismay likely to afflict his mother , once her female companions heard of it . |
| 4 | The results of the special analysis of the After Redundancy study reported here add to previous research by showing that early retirement must be seen , not only as an alternative to secure employment , but as economic insecurity as well . |
| 5 | He was a key figure in the Quakers ' side for six seasons and played an equally important role with Bristol City until he moved abroad to play for Turkish side Beskitas . |
| 6 | The tissue pepsin value changed inversely compared with secreted pepsin , which suggests that pepsin is released from stores more readily , both in the resting and stimulated state , at day 3 than at day 7 ; although this tendency was seen in all groups . |
| 7 | I loathed my father 's new house , which seemed always to smell of damp washing , but her visit had clearly enlivened my mother . |
| 8 | Annette came back shining with suspicious goodwill . |
| 9 | Beyond , a heat haze shimmered above the fields which sloped upwards to a wood which seemed about to explode in midgy darkness . |
| 10 | In general , Labour seemed relatively to suffer from high poll tax levels even where it was not in control of the council . |
| 11 | The idea came vividly to mind during Fantastic voyage ( 15 March ) , by far the best so far of BBC2 's SF Film Festival series . |
| 12 | He did n't sleep , despite being tired , but sat up into the small hours with an object of study that he 'd previously dismissed as fanciful nonsense : Chant 's final letter . |
| 13 | Even with no lesbian volunteers , some women continued to call ; women who 'd never heard of Lesbian Line , women who could n't call during the hours they were open , women who 'd swallowed media distortions of separatist groups , women who preferred the service or needed information Switchboard had . |
| 14 | He cursed her , and blessed her , and fumed away on her errand as far as the door ; and turned there to say with genuine fury : ‘ Am I mad , that I turn you loose to take your chance among wolves ? |
| 15 | John Müeller had come to London from Nürnberg , had changed his name to Miller and settled down to work in close collaboration with Philip Miller at Chelsea . |
| 16 | After Shaw hit her unfortunate pinnacle ( ‘ Puppet On A String ’ ) , she decided not to grow into desperate pantomime but discover the importance of real life as far away from the music business as possible . |
| 17 | As a result they went on to argue for sole custody in step-parent situations on the assumption of children having one ‘ psychological parent ’ with whom they maintain a continuous relationship and bond . |
| 18 | I looked up the subject , Justice , in the new dictionary , and it said , To Treat Justly , or to Treat Fairly , and then it went on to talk about legal justice . |
| 19 | She went on talking about roast beef . |
| 20 | He drew open the neck of the leather bag that lay beside him , and reached inside to withdraw with loving care that same psaltery he had once played in Donata 's bedchamber , polished sounding-board and stretched strings shining like new . |
| 21 | Said Danny , ‘ After I and a BR Personnel Manager had welcomed the men and women , Alan took over to talk about National Insurance contributions and benefits . |
| 22 | It was past midnight and we shivered through to dawn in guilty contemplation of our good fortune . |
| 23 | In the early 1930's , both the Buckau and the Barbara had their rotors taken off and they went back to work as ordinary motor vessels . |
| 24 | I thought plenty believe in fresh meat and that . |
| 25 | She knew how to listen with active goodwill , while at the same time her sceptical and meditative temperament saved her from any impulse to change or manipulate clients . |
| 26 | But once the rural population became fully integrated into industrial work , capitalist societies have shown a markedly different development . |
| 27 | She took a lot of convincing : distrust was deeply ingrained in her , she dared not believe in good fortune ; she was conditioned to thinking in terms of Lajos and adjustment took some time . |
| 28 | And even that did not make for encouraging listening . |
| 29 | Barton did not care for Indian food and ate sparingly from the vegetarian buffet . |
| 30 | Otherwise dates did not appear on western coinage until the thirteenth century . |