Example sentences of "[det] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led her to the alarming conclusion that it was not they who were bigger , but she who was smaller — and a lot smaller . |
| 2 | Only 40% thought that there will be a united Ireland one day but few expected it in the short term — 16% expected it to come about in 25 years , 13% in 50 years and 11% in 100 years . |
| 3 | This provided her with the ideal opportunity to research and write a book about the local food , which resulted in the publication of The Taste of Cyprus ( Interworld Publications , £5.95 ) , an enjoyable look at seasonal Cypriot cooking . |
| 4 | While some described it as an important strengthening of the rights of children , others saw it as a willingness to overturn natural family links in order to pander to a child 's desire to acquire richer parents . |
| 5 | This helped them as a creative unit — in 1967 they came up with arguably their greatest single Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever and with the album Sergeant Pepper 's Lonely Hearts ' Club Band which , though it has n't aged particularly well , was certainly a quantum leap forward for popular music at the time . |
| 6 | This committed him to a punishing schedule for the next eight months , from the time the play went into rehearsal until it closed on 26 April 1969 after 161 consecutive performances . |
| 7 | Some criticised his method of combating Bodyline by stepping away to cut the ball to the off , but Bradman claimed that this exposed him to a greater risk of injury than the orthodox type of batting . |
| 8 | The man half carried , half pulled her into a nearby pub , where he propped her in a Windsor chair and went to fetch water from the bar . |
| 9 | This hit them like a communal heart-attack . |
| 10 | This decided us on a bold move to facilitate loading . |
| 11 | Some took it as a great laugh ; others as a brave attempt to champion a little-known music ; and others just hated it . |
| 12 | This took me in a gentle curve round the flanks of Great Coum towards the Barbondale road , Combe House , the track past Tofts , and back to my home for tea and crumpets . |
| 13 | They were made of metal and this presented him with a major problem . |
| 14 | This reminded her of a stately home . |
| 15 | This endeared me to the young Noones . |
| 16 | He grabbed hold of Steve by the scruff of the neck , half lifted , half dragged him to the front door . |
| 17 | I had taken no interest in Egyptian politics , but this struck me as a novel view . |
| 18 | This left her with a severe form of amnesia that reduced her memory span to 20 minutes or less . |
| 19 | This left them in the ludicrous position of having to claim that , out of loyalty to their sovereign lady , they were embattled against their sovereign lady 's mother . |
| 20 | Eventually arrived at hotel in Marinna de Ravenna , to be met by a complimentary bottle of Champagne and this set us off the next day , on a full tank ! |
| 21 | Later Nutmeg went back to all his friends ( looking himself again ) + they all told him about a strange white cat who called himself Nutmeg . |
| 22 | None the less , such was his amicable nature that all welcomed him as a playing companion . |
| 23 | It all swung him towards the burning reality of Kee . |
| 24 | this morning when , where we all watched it for the first time together and as , as Richard said you know , I 'm , I 'm squeamish about going to the dentist , so , and it cos er , it 's basically there 's a scene in the bar where they 're pulling this guy 's tooth out |
| 25 | They all treated him as a golden idol , and he 'd obviously begun to believe it himself . |
| 26 | The whole incident had been exaggerated with talk of a threat to the institutions of government , and many saw it as a further example of the insensitivity of the Republican administration to the human sufferings of the period . |
| 27 | Many saw it as an ideal opportunity for the Prince and Princess to put on a united front , quashing speculation over their marriage . |
| 28 | ‘ Alice Muir , ’ he writes , ‘ was a homeopathist and in 1878 treated old Mrs McNeil at the Boathouse in Brodick so successfully that two years later the latter presented her with an engraved tumbler glass . ’ |
| 29 | Now that she was too old to dance regularly she would understudy the Girls and they all recognized her as a marvellous dancer : |
| 30 | Both could have done with outboard motors , since neither managed it into the top eight . |