Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [conj] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were bulletholes in the ceiling — which might have been there before the ‘ pomps checked in and the queensize bed was a tangle of ugly tie-died sheets and surplus clothing . |
| 2 | At a meeting of Warsaw Pact Foreign Ministers held at the invitation of the Czechoslovak government in Prague on March 17 , participants disagreed over whether a united Germany should belong to NATO or be neutral . |
| 3 | The a mini drew up and a young woman in a mini-skirt got out . |
| 4 | In early April the excitement built up as the first shoals of mackerel were expected . |
| 5 | A burst of tentative clapping petered out and a strange unease ran round the audience as Sir Thomas failed to rise . |
| 6 | Later I found out that a standby wife had got halfway down the aisle before turning back , remorseful at abandoning her husband , leaving one empty seat — my seat , I brooded , as I waited for the next flight . ) |
| 7 | We were very upset when we found out that a dual carriageway might be built in the fields past the wild duck pond behind our home . |
| 8 | It certainly seemed that a chapter of my life was closing , and I felt even more disgruntled when I found out that the other girls had all managed to get postings near their homes for their final few months in the Service . |
| 9 | He had slept badly and woken badly and was fighting against the sort of headache that usually came on after a big case was finished . |
| 10 | My father and Diggs came along after the young man passed word along the line of people beating their way along the dunes , but I did n't take any notice of those two , either . |
| 11 | If if a major proposal came along and the local authority wan district wanted to grasp it with both hands they could use the er existing erm development plan process to do so . |
| 12 | W was the W P C came in after the armed officers went in . |
| 13 | The mischievous side of the bright-eyed youngster 's character certainly came through when the English Opera Group recorded an LP of the production ; he munched nuts , not realizing that the microphones were picking up every tiny sound . |
| 14 | The manager came over and a furious argument ensued , nearly leading to blows . |
| 15 | In the 1860s , the supply of cotton dried up because the Mexican cotton growers had started replacing North Americans , who had become involved in their civil war , as suppliers of cotton for England . |
| 16 | The officers of Jubert 's company , then in reserve , were playing cards when word came back that the forward positions had been overrun and had to be instantly retaken . |
| 17 | She wanted to put the phone down and pretend it was n't happening but the noises came back and a different voice said , ‘ Sergeant MacDonald is n't here at the moment . |
| 18 | A frightening and under-hand piece of work that must be addressed , since a whole new generation of Pop kids are now getting into ‘ the bobby socks and engine-stripping { Weltsschmertz } of Grease — a musical that came out before The Manic Street Preachers were born . |
| 19 | One evening the stars came out and the whole sky shone as clear as polished jet . |
| 20 | This came about because the general feeling in the European capitals was that France was a victim of Prussian provocation and that the candidature should be withdrawn . |
| 21 | It all came about when the eleventh hole was accidentally built nearly twenty metres closer to the house than intended . |
| 22 | there was this witch doctor and Scooby Doo was — he was standing by the witch doctor and the witch doctor went in and he went — he went chasing him Scooby Doo went in the cupboard with Shaggy and got some clothes on and they were acting on and then the witch doctor pressed the button and they turned on again then and then Scooby was acting and then they just take him and he keeped on switching it until they all came round and the all clothes fell off him . |
| 23 | The gunman had stopped shooting and made off after a passing motorist arrived on the scene , the court heard . |
| 24 | The Morning Post joined in when the First Sea Lord , Sir Francis Bridgeman , resigned in 1912 and Bonar Law took up the issue too , suggesting that Bridgeman had been " brutally ill-used " by Churchill . |
| 25 | ‘ John was trying to buy two cans of beer from street vendors and was haggling with one of the women , when the other joined in and a real barney developed . ’ |
| 26 | The battle was also a landmark in the conduct of the war , for henceforth both sides dug in and a complex line of trenches soon stretched from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier . |
| 27 | Gedanken 's tummy turned over as the awful truth dawned on her . |
| 28 | Hands up all those who turned off when the final whistle went at Parkhead . |
| 29 | Then others opened up and a miniature battle ensued . |
| 30 | Two policemen climbed out as the second car arrived , and when the four officers had gathered , they entered the hotel . |