Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] [conj] [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Monday the figure rose once more when Frenchman Michel Bou passed away surrounded by the hi-tech machinery of Glasgow Southern General hospital 's neurological unit . |
| 2 | If the buses came as far as Clifton Road it would be alright but any further away and people would have practically walked into town by the time they got to the nearest bus stop . ’ |
| 3 | Heavy boots clattered suddenly outside and Jack Dodson panted his way through the door . |
| 4 | However , piling operations began almost simultaneously and Alan Muir , construction director of Muir Construction of Inverkeithing , the main contractor , said that though the earth-moving phase at the beginning of the contract went on for four weeks , the piling operation began almost as soon as the firm moved on to the site . |
| 5 | Without using any money , some of the escapees got as far as North Wales , Yorkshire , and Scotland . |
| 6 | The plan worked so well that insurers Lloyd 's paid out the £1.8 million claim . |
| 7 | It worked well enough until Jessica Tandy grasped Morgan Freeman 's hand and said , ‘ Do you know , Hope , you 're my best friend . ’ |
| 8 | The failure of the programme of 1918 stemmed above all from the lack of real agreement at the time ; despite the negotiations , the coalition 's electoral manifesto and campaign of 1918 went little further than Lloyd George 's letter to Bonar Law . |
| 9 | The former Home Secretary took common ground with Mrs Thatcher in opposing a Brussels-dominated and economically illiberal ‘ Fortress Europe ’ and went much further than Mr Lawson or the pro-European cabinet majority in calling for a central bank on the looser American rather than Bundesbank model . |
| 10 | He died soon afterwards and Samuel Cooper executed a chalk drawing of the boy on his death-bed . |
| 11 | Immediately after half-time they went further ahead when captain Nigel Johnston drove a short penalty for Jonathan Tate to take play to the front of the Limavady posts and from the resultant maul Johnston himself drove over to score with Crothers converting . |
| 12 | The film capital is a huge sprawling city which seems to stretch indefinitely in all directions ; they even said that the outskirts of Los Angeles reached as far as San Francisco ! |
| 13 | After the unveiling ceremony a special train hauled by No 2 The Countess went as far as Castle Caereinion before returning to Raven Square . |
| 14 | It was a considerable risk ; he knew perfectly well that Graham Moloney would certainly disagree with him with some violence . |
| 15 | And Glentoran went even closer when Gary Smyth hit the inside of the post after Keenan had fumbled a Hillis cross . |
| 16 | The dealer knew full well that Bruce Springsteen was not signed up by Towerbell . |
| 17 | Sir Geoffrey spoke more cautiously than Mr Heseltine when he urged ‘ the energetic use of existing agencies and resources , private and public sector alike , to give potentially fruitful initiatives a helping hand ’ , and praised the work of the Welsh Development Agency . |
| 18 | Alex spoke more quickly and Michael Banks lost the flow less often . |
| 19 | She caught the drift of his thinking , switched on an open smile as if to compliment him on his loyalty , and said : ‘ I think you 'll find Hilda 's part in my husband 's life put perfectly fairly when Mr Kronweiser 's book comes out . ’ |
| 20 | The A.82 continues to Inverness along the Great Glen , accompanied as far as Fort Augustus by a disused railway track from Spean Bridge . |
| 21 | Favourite Silver Wizard ran too freely and Willie Carson said : ‘ He 's gone over the top . ’ |
| 22 | To the dismay of a large and loyal crowd , Bedford had simply allowed things to happen , and counter-attacked only twice when Tim Young 's pace in pursuit of the high ball briefly unsettled the Waterloo defence . |
| 23 | " After we ran away from you we travelled as far as Quang Nam — that 's where we met the French recruiter who arrived here tonight with your truck , " said Dong hesitantly . |