Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [verb] [conj] [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The letter was from Her Grace 's private secretary and gladly agreed that Lord John Rossendale should be given a ticket for the ball . |
| 2 | Ardmore 's runway is more generously dimensioned and better levelled than North Shore 's but North Shore is perfectly adequate too . |
| 3 | The National Trust for Scotland have an on-going programme of work on the island , keeping the cottages of the former islanders in a good state of repair , maintaining a small museum and generally ensuring that St Kilda and the St Kildans will never be forgotten . |
| 4 | He is as impulsive and easily distracted as KLF leader Bill Drummond , and similarly shifts queer guises ( with scant regard for commercial consequences ) at an extraordinary rate . |
| 5 | There is a human characteristic that we like to think , see things in , in very clear cut ways and you 're saying we should n't go overboard and just think that Boris Yeltsin because of his courage standing on the tank and , and helping to prevent the coup , we should n't go overboard and think that he 's er the most marvellous human liberal democrat who ever walked the earth . |
| 6 | But Faussett failed to appreciate the true significance of his discoveries ; in his journal , kept for the years 1757 to 1773 and later published as Inventorium Sepulchrale under the editorship of Charles Roach Smith in 1856 , the remains were attributed to the period of Roman occupation , while Smith preferred a purely British origin . |
| 7 | This robbed us of our president and also meant that Mr Adshead was unable to talk to us . |
| 8 | But he 'd made it swallow a hook beforehand — ( Serafine opens her mouth and wiggles her little finger inside , and both Xanthe and Miranda squirm at the sight of her soft tongue , imagining the laceration , the capture. ) — And this little hook 's at the end of a thread , and the thread 's attached to a trapeze of sticks hanging above . |
| 9 | The Marina of Porto Portals is 2km away , and both Magalluf and Palma Nova are within easy reach by bus . |
| 10 | He anticipated and insured himself for the re-emergence of Richard Nixon from the political wilderness in 1968 , and correctly judged that Ronald Reagan would defeat Jimmy Carter in 1980 ( which was not such an inevitable result as the next eight years made it seem ) . |
| 11 | Moreover , even of the rulers who were more strongly and self-consciously influenced than Maria Theresa and Charles III by the attitudes and assumptions of the Enlightenment none , with the exception of Catherine II , regarded himself as absolute in any complete sense . |
| 12 | The NZRFU did not follow Otago 's cancellation line , but a special meeting of available councillors met in Wellington and virtually demanded that South Africa clean up its drug act otherwise the All Black tour was in jeopardy . |
| 13 | It was proposed by Mr. James Cowan and unanimously agreed that Hector Macfadyen be appointed Secretary and Treasurer . |
| 14 | Almost as large and heavily built as Caspian Tern , but in summer has orange-yellow bill and more distinct crest , in winter ( but not during the moult ) has unstreaked white forehead , and at all times has more deeply forked tail , paler undersides of primaries , and higher-pitched call , a trilling ‘ kir ’ . |
| 15 | Her beliefs and principles were accepted by the company and never challenged but Mrs Taylor had failed to recognise this . |
| 16 | A draw could suffice for Barcelona , but only assuming that Sparta Prague do not beat Dynamo by four goals or more in Kiev . |
| 17 | Mr Wright was also arrested but not charged and Mr Attwooll said his involvement was innocent . |
| 18 | Smaller parts vary in quality , but hardly suggest that La Scala were casting from strength . |
| 19 | You move to America but hastily return after Ted Kennedy invites you for a drive . |