Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few tried vainly to coalesce into a hardier entity . |
| 2 | I had already moved onto a better job by then , along with all the other officers who had worked on the loan . |
| 3 | He had clearly emerged from a rougher mould than the well-mannered and smooth-tongued Golding . |
| 4 | We wanted very much to ask Eliot round before departure , especially as we had now moved to a bigger flat . |
| 5 | Throughout the rehearsals our choreographer , Geraldine Stephenson , had often pleaded for a larger space than the laundry in which to practise the swooping choreography she had devised . |
| 6 | As of the end of March the Security Council had yet to agree on a further resolution to establish definitive ceasefire conditions . |
| 7 | All subjects studied were regular smokers but the duodenal ulcer patients were significantly older and had therefore smoked for a longer period ( Table I ) . |
| 8 | On the morning she was expected in the office for the signing ceremony , Stephen Navin , Virgin 's lawyer , telephoned the singer 's lawyers , only to learn that she had actually signed for a larger sum to CBS the day before . |
| 9 | He said he had never come across a clearer , more perfect case , with so many vital details so well remembered . |