Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernice sucked in air with a rasping gasp that hurt her throat . |
| 2 | THE West Country , together with East Anglia , came out top in a recent satisfaction survey by the National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts . |
| 3 | Tinka presented a course of work for backpain control , which not only got us ‘ tightening our tummies ’ and protecting our backs , but opened up Medau to a new and very large community of back-pain sufferers . |
| 4 | My thought processes were still numb , but I got feebly into action , moving more and more strongly as I sought out wood for a fresh fire . |
| 5 | However , the chairwoman of the Scottish Labour Party , Johann Lamont , ruled out support for a Scottish parliamentary council and was heckled when criticising the SNP 's action in voting with the Government last week . |
| 6 | Went down town on a few errands . ’ |
| 7 | He now took up residence in a small house at South Bank , Regent 's Park , in order , according to one authority , to be near his medical advisers . |
| 8 | Several young couples took up residence in a neighbouring parish at the start of their married lives but returned later to inherit the family property . |
| 9 | Maggie had been stewing meat , and now she rolled out pastry with a heavy glass roller like the one Mrs Martin had used in the Bradfords ' kitchen . |
| 10 | I mean he gave up work for a long time did n't he ? |
| 11 | HRP can only be given for complete tax years ( 6 April to 5 April ) , so if you simply gave up work for a few weeks in order to help out , you would be unlikely to qualify . |
| 12 | She edged out Hatoof in a tight finish to the Prix Marcel Boussac at Longchamp on Arc day and holds Central City — also in today 's Newbury field — on earlier running in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot , when the pair were second and third to another unbeaten filly , Marling . |
| 13 | It was during this period that a young buyer for Adidas based in Liverpool ( but originally from Yorkshire ) set up shop in a small back-street in Liverpool City Centre . |
| 14 | In their second year , Robyn and Charles moved off campus and set up house in a small flat in Brighton , commuting to the University by local train . |
| 15 | Anyway , the Tallentires never gave up their music because when Grandfather Tallentire set up house in a little farm called Northside he went to buy an organ but took a fancy to a piano and came back with that instead . |
| 16 | Six months ago we reported interim results , fifty eight percent down on the previous year but held out hope for a stronger performance in the second half , in the event our os optimism was justified . |