Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [adv] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These time-fused torpedoes fired , Micky Wynn set off at 0230 for the sea down river , while Commander Ryder moved into midstream to check the position , coming between the wrecks — five MLs were now blazing hulks — to within 250 yards ( 230m ) of the Mole 's batteries as Able Seaman Savage and his mate , AB F.A . |
| 2 | Arnold Warneken , 34 , a Green councillor on Harrogate Borough Council , appeared before magistrates yesterday charged with recklessly causing a runway obstruction at Marston Hall Airfield at Tockwith near York last year . |
| 3 | ‘ The girls I trained with occasionally have a get-together . ’ |
| 4 | There were three double-faults in one game alone , including one which bounced before even reaching the service line on his side of the court . |
| 5 | Protection against unfair dismissal is available only to employees with two years ' continuous service ; anyone dismissed before then has no recourse to an industrial tribunal — |
| 6 | Anyone dismissed before then has no recourse to an industrial tribunal , either to claim unfair dismissal or to require the employer to provide written reasons for dismissal . |
| 7 | In the wake of the dismissal last week USL promised to vigorously pursue the case to protect its rights , convinced its claims have merit . |
| 8 | Haverford was writing his ‘ Jottings ’ , young Jacqueline was splashing in her arm-bands while her two older sisters tried to further define the watch marks on their wrists . |
| 9 | Like the Flying Dutchman , condemned for ever to roam the world 's oceans , the right hon. Gentleman is condemned for ever to attend debates on guillotine motions in an attempt to expiate his past sins in that area . |
| 10 | She loved being able to run over meadows and explore woods and paddle in streams , but she did n't like the cows she sometimes came upon suddenly filling a lane ; the great horned beasts scared her . |
| 11 | The day 's most surprising result occurred in Washington DC , where Sharon Pratt Dixon , an outsider with little political experience , came from behind to score a surprise victory against four other contenders for the Democrat mayoral nomination . |
| 12 | City twice came from behind to take a point against one of the second division 's form teams . |
| 13 | Brannen came from behind to snatch a World Student Games bronze medal at the same track last July and remains confident of overhauling Kruger , a training partner as well as chief rival , who amassed 4,012 points in the first five events . |
| 14 | The misery was shared by France 's Ville de Paris , who collided with Nippon and lost both the umpire 's verdict and most of the her bow , and New Zealand , who came from behind to cross the line 2ft in front of Il Moro di Venezia only to have the victory overturned when the umpires ruled she had brushed the finish-line buoy. 6univ |
| 15 | WELSH Junior international Michael Price came from behind to land a place in the semi-finals of the men 's singles second draw at the LTA VW Ratings North Wales Open tennis championships at Prestatyn . |
| 16 | The record seemed to openly encourage the backlash which , amazingly , The Smiths had thus far avoided . |
| 17 | The room had a fireplace , sink , cooker and another feature which seemed to particularly arouse the curiosity of our visitor : an enamel bath below the window . |
| 18 | And yet there were times , fleeting but strangely precious times , when he seemed to momentarily forget the war of nerves raging between them . |
| 19 | A friend and I in in our church we 've started erm a mother and toddler service and that seemed to really help a lot of the young mums they really look forward and they said could we have it more often . |
| 20 | Magic , however , seemed to precisely describe the success of the ‘ Carry On ’ formula after the Sergeant film . |
| 21 | Well , at that time my best pal went to the pit , his mother would n't let him enter in th for scholarship , but he did happen to come here for , Well , he seemed to always get a day 's day release from the year dot , I think , and er eventually he got some A levels . |
| 22 | Her hauntingly beautiful face seemed to perfectly encompass the vulnerability of adolescence . |
| 23 | He vowed to continuously challenge the Government . |
| 24 | They 'd just been told the George Hotel was n't important enough to be listed , but the protestors vowed to physically stop the demolition team if necessary and it looked as if they had the backing of the Planning Authority . |
| 25 | Geoffrey chose this moment to propose a game of I Spy , an idea which met with so marked a degree of hostility from Bridget that he lapsed into silence . |
| 26 | Averting her eyes , she stared down at the ironing-board , then , for the lack of any other brilliant alternatives , began to slowly move the iron back and forth across her blouse , her face shuttered . |
| 27 | There was a long , emotionally charged silence as they stared at one another , before he began to roughly shrug the jacket from his broad shoulders . |
| 28 | As his strong hands began to gently sponge the sand and sea water from her trembling body her emotions seemed to be spinning out of control . |
| 29 | Nell turned away and began to eagerly search the mass of notes , manuals and graphs stacked on desks . |
| 30 | A wave of hot colour swept over her as she wriggled to somehow attach the bedspread around her without letting it slip and giving this mocking character another full frontal . |