Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The May evening was warm and filled with a golden light , and as he passed the Maria-Therese gardens the scent of the lilacs hit him with an almost physical pain . |
| 2 | Those who listened to him critically were dismayed he could not see that it was not disapproval by pacifists , intellectuals or even cowards that made the Nazi assaults an atrocity . |
| 3 | It made the nifty moves a bit difficult . |
| 4 | ‘ Erik is the first to admit that when he first joined us , he found the physical demands a bit difficult , ’ said Clemence . |
| 5 | The West German Ambassador , Hermann Huber , who earlier in the day told the new arrivals the transfer of 4,000 to West Germany was a ‘ one-off action ’ , appeared again to tell them : ‘ For the time being we are letting you in . ’ |
| 6 | I was one of the selected few who were billetted ashore and joined the various boats every day . |
| 7 | After about four hours , I heard the familiar squeaks a bit further downstream , and in a while , they appeared , travelling through long grass , the female carrying one kit while another three followed closely . |
| 8 | Elaborate wood and iron work , overhanging eaves , portes cochères , and all sorts of architectural ornamentation all conveyed a sense of the romance of travel , identified the station as landmark , and offered the various companies the opportunity to distinguish themselves by particular ‘ house ’ characteristics . |
| 9 | British companies rarely welcomed headhunters positively ; they engaged them out of desperation , but it gave the good firms the chance to rise to the occasion . |
| 10 | The State Council gave the armed groups an ultimatum to lay down their arms by March 30 and to open transport routes . |
| 11 | Their heroic resistance first on the Bataan peninsula and then at the fortress of Corregidor gave the Western Allies a breathing space , but on 6 May the Philippines had to be surrendered . |
| 12 | Five Nations regulars Gavin Hastings , Craig Chalmers , Tim Rodber and Jean Baptiste Lafond were among Back 's victims yesterday as rampant Leicester gave the multi-talented Barbarians a stuffing of festive proportions . |
| 13 | The two planned by-elections gave the Protestant Unionists the opportunity they needed to maintain the momentum of their electoral challenge . |
| 14 | One of her first arrivals at Heathrow gave the British tabloids a field day as she climbed off a long-haul flight from Australia in the same travel-weary outfit she had boarded in . |
| 15 | Another break for bad light gave the fast men a breather . |
| 16 | Under King Charles II Bishop Cosin turned the hall into a chapel after the dilapidations of the Commonwealth general , and gave the medieval windows a clerestory . |
| 17 | Powell 's conversion gave the Welsh students the lead , only for Mardon to find his kicking rhythm in the 81st minute . |