Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [vb past] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also substantial cross-group agreement on the selection of this feature , with most groups arguing that the 'summarising " nature of this sentence made it a strong candidate for an opening to the story . |
| 2 | When he was at school another boy told him the Chinese see a rabbit in the moon . |
| 3 | The rare ability shown in the digging and publication ( 1928 ) of this site gave her a promising place in Palaeolithic studies , reinforced by her first book , The Upper Palaeolithic Age in Britain ( 1926 ) . |
| 4 | Eventually , John summoned up courage to ask permission to use different music : Ravel 's two-handed piano concerto in G. Presumably he was happier working with that , but few people found it an apt choice for the subject of the ballet , about a witch who destroys her lover . |
| 5 | What is clear is that the military origins of nuclear power in this country gave it a powerful boost as an infant technology , and that the umbilical cord has not been severed . |
| 6 | Those who worked for ‘ Laura Ashley ’ at this time found it a mixed experience . |
| 7 | and I said yeah she said that lady sent her a ten pound note . |
| 8 | ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her . |
| 9 | I 'll admit that hearing about that sermon gave me a cowardly frisson of fear . |
| 10 | Each of the lower feeders had their own cropping techniques , and a general assumption can be made that such techniques had themselves a co-evolutionary impact on plants . |
| 11 | That Emilia thought her a mere child revealed how little she understood ; but then Louisa herself had only limited comprehension of what remained dark and unspoken in this woman who studied her , almost coldly , summoning resolve . |
| 12 | These activities gave him an enduring influence in the development of young musicians . |
| 13 | Both these factors gave him a freer hand to negotiate . |
| 14 | Landor 's want of training and his impatience to press on with all speed made him an unreliable surveyor , and there were those who impugned the veracity of his hair-raising escapes ; but in energy and resourcefulness , in courage and power of endurance , he was the equal of any of the previous generation of great explorers . |
| 15 | The correspondence of John Gates , gentleman of the Chamber in the following decade , shows that many people considered him an effective channel for their suits to the King . |
| 16 | For years I tried to paint around grasses and tried masking fluid ; however neither approach gave me a satisfactory result . |
| 17 | But her own body told her a different story which , lying here for the long days of rest which had been prescribed for her , she had heard clearly enough through the bird-twitter of Linnet and her mother , and Tristan 's determined joviality . |
| 18 | Even his own father thought it a big weakness . |
| 19 | ( A sentimental view if one contrasts it with Nina Hamnett 's , who said that most people found him an awful nuisance . ) |
| 20 | Most respondents found it a useful medium for aiding some cosmetic task or other . |
| 21 | He held his hand to his mouth in mock apology as both girls gave him a straight look . |