Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they became confident , she moved them into faster and more daring exhibitions , inciting them to dive skilfully for a titbit or a ‘ lure ’ . |
| 2 | The US President received him in 1978 and so did the Queen — but the purges went on . |
| 3 | She thanked him for that as well . |
| 4 | I realized what a marvellous actor he was when I saw him in this and only wished that he had n't relied so much on the funny voices and hidden behind the easier way out of doing the characters that he could do so easily — and it was easy for him . |
| 5 | Corals offered him at 5-1 but soon had to come down to join Ladbrokes at 4-1 . |
| 6 | Though committed to increasing the number of bishops in England since the council of Hertford in 672 ( HE IV , 5 ) , he did not attempt ( so far as is known ) to partition Wilfrid 's vast diocese of York until Ecgfrith quarrelled with Wilfrid and expelled him in 678 and even then king and archbishop appear to have been in agreement about the subdivision ( HE IV , 12 : V , 19 , 24 ; Vita Wilfridi , ch. 24 ) . |
| 7 | When Mrs Thatcher first came into power , she got hold of the pound note , held it up and tore it in half and then tore it into a quarter , and she said this is what the pound 's worth under the Labour government . |
| 8 | You despised me for that and finally told me you hated me . |
| 9 | In the Nicaraguan setting all motivations became elemental , and their very primitiveness — together with their drama — perhaps commended them to dramatic and imperfectly democratic Americans . |
| 10 | The Home Secretary again referred the matter to the Court of Appeal who considered it in private and then rejected it . |