Example sentences of "[coord] was [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the conditions held that ‘ where a youth or girl was being adequately cared for by foster parents or was satisfactorily settled in life with sound views and reliable character … then the Movement might and should reduce , or in some cases discontinue , its welfare work . ’ |
| 2 | This provoked a public outcry [ see p. 37913 ] and was widely seen as evidence of his autocratic style of government , already reflected in his combining the presidency with the chairmanship of the ruling Peronist party [ see p. 37651 ] . |
| 3 | The ‘ Douglas ’ was installed for the use of doctors , and was closely followed by subscriber exchanges for other businesses like the Iron Consortium , otherwise known as the ‘ Iron Ring ’ . |
| 4 | The roof was too high and was partly made of glass . |
| 5 | The national side were not alone at the fort , which nestles high in the hills and was partially enshrouded in mist yesterday . |
| 6 | Nurse Walton stared into his dark blue eyes and was immediately filled with pity for him . |
| 7 | So in 1911 Steel-Maitland offered to join the Halsbury Club in order to guide it on to safer lines — and was immediately accused of disloyalty by Walter Long . |
| 8 | A guide droid , alert for strangers , approached hir and was immediately thrown into confusion by hir pheromones . |
| 9 | The little ship had given remarkably good results and was immediately put into service to carry bulk cargo across the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea . |
| 10 | Mr Edwards accepted and was duly elected as Treasurer until the election of Officers at the next Annual General Meeting . |
| 11 | As Mademoiselle Lavaux had said , much of the furniture dated from a different era , and was ornately carved in dark , heavy wood . |
| 12 | This story was completely untrue and was successfully challenged in front of the Press Council . |
| 13 | Grace Stanislaus of the Bronx ( NYC ) Museum of the Arts delivered a demagogic , platitudinous rehash of the multicultural musings of the past decade , and was loudly applauded for p.c. effort . |
| 14 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 15 | It attracted considerable public attention and was also regarded as proof in certain circles that many elements in the society of Northern Ireland whose ultimate political purposes differed in very marked degree could cooperate in peaceful and lawful demonstration in favour of certain common and limited objectives . |
| 16 | Her husband Mervyn worked at the Swindon railway workshops for 46 years and was frequently exposed to asbestos . |
| 17 | The peppercorn was valued very highly and was frequently used in trade between the East and the West . |
| 18 | When he broke off in the middle of the sentence , she glanced up at him curiously and was completely taken by surprise when he pulled her into his arms and kissed her . |
| 19 | Subsequently , however , the problem was perceived from a progressively more politicised perspective , and was ultimately understood in class terms as a violent struggle against a specific form of oppression . |
| 20 | He had something up his sleeve … an idea had germinated and was already going into action . |
| 21 | His classical A Treatise on Aphasia and Other Speech Disorders ( 1898 ) was the topic of his Lumleian lectures and was later translated into Italian and German . |
| 22 | He began banging his head against the wall , vomiting up his food , lost a great deal of weight and was eventually taken to hospital . |
| 23 | John Howard became the spokesman for the group and was eventually released on parole to return to England to negotiate the exchange and release of his fellow-prisoners — a task he successfully accomplished . |
| 24 | She had an unhappy childhood in Weston-super-Mare , and was briefly sent to boarding-school in Devizes at the age of eight . |
| 25 | They were five people in one small room , and hardly a word was said between them until Gus Hambro had a large brandy under his belt , and was visibly returning into circulation . |
| 26 | By half past ten , Deirdre ( Molloy ) Kavanagh had parted with all her little triangles of tricoloured pastry , taken off her apron , drunk a few glasses of champagne , told several guests that broccoli was out of fashion , and was busily engaged in conversation with a television journalist who had just returned from making a programme for Charles in Iran . |
| 27 | In giving judgment I recorded , at p. 623 , that there appeared to be no requirement under the rules and no practice to give such particulars in the committal order and called for a revision of the practice which has , I believe , now taken place generally and was certainly followed in M. 's case . |
| 28 | It revealed a chief executive who lacked a clear sense of direction , who compromised too early and too readily , and was insufficiently determined in pursuit of his objectives . |
| 29 | The inn was generally the largest of the three , providing accommodation as well as beverages , and was typically located in market places or on through routes . |
| 30 | Tuesday , 23rd : After a brief meeting at the High Commission with the Education Adviser , I gave a second lecture on ‘ the Logic of Polite Conversation ’ at J.N.U. , and was afterwards invited to lunch by the English Department , in the company of the Vice-Chancellor and various members of staff . |