Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun prp] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In fact , Joshua 's retirement to the safety of his estate had freed Dowd to wander until the old man 's demise , when he was drawn back to offer his services to Joshua 's son Nathaniel , only revealing his true nature once he 'd made himself indispensable , for fear he was trapped between his bounden duty and the zeal of a Christian . |
2 | They would have preferred England to lose in a genuine climax than to win by such underhand means . |
3 | English intervention was anyway short-lived , for by 1630 the threat of imminent financial disaster at home had forced Charles to withdraw from the European conflict . |
4 | Colonel Ford , worried that he was losing his veteran Captain of skirmishers , had begged d'Alembord to stay for the impending campaign and implicit in the Colonel 's plea was a promise that d'Alembord would receive the next vacant majority in the battalion . |
5 | ‘ How do you do ? ’ said Julia , realising that she was shaking hands with the man who had sent David to fight with the Italian partisans . |