Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only in the Empress 's own apartments was there any sign of normality , where Eugénie had installed herself with her personal maid , her secretary and a handful of courtiers who had come from Saint Cloud to be with her . |
| 2 | But I followed landmarks — the glade of birch saplings ; the drift of unmelted snow where Kāli had helped herself to a frozen drink : the huge pine tree whose trunk had been gouged to a tenth of its width for jharo . |
| 3 | On certain feast days , the gates of the inner sanctuary where the reliquary was kept-were opened , and it became visible , in its tabernacle behind the statue ; when they were shut , visitors had to peep through the bars : the grille was shiny where hands had gripped it on either side to get a glimpse . |
| 4 | The plant , David , had died although Rachaela had put it in a window . |
| 5 | Although Artemis have removed them from these frames they will be offering them to some of the purchasers as interesting records of the plates ' history in their own right . |
| 6 | Coup attempt |
| 7 | Although Britain has marginalised itself by its recent actions , if it fails to ratify the Maastricht Treaty the markets will hedge against the whole EMS edifice collapsing and the perceived risk will create fresh currency pressures . |
| 8 | They later discovered he 'd broken his leg in a road accident 6 weeks earlier , and although Odey had taken it to the vet he 'd ignored advice to have it operated on . |
| 9 | Physically , she was looking better than Harriet had seen her in a long while . |
| 10 | What if Ben had left it with the man in Lancaster ? |
| 11 | If Nenna had brought them with her to Grace , they must certainly have been ruined by the damp . |
| 12 | Man of the match Smith admitted he would not have been surprised if Hick had pipped him to the award . |
| 13 | I ai n't took them down cos Marie 's got plenty of pictures on her walls . |
| 14 | 7 ‘ RAILWAYS : If Napoleon had had them at his disposition , he would have been invincible . |
| 15 | It 's not as if Roy 's had it on his toes , is it ? |
| 16 | He asked if Anna had mentioned anything at all about her attacker that might prove useful to him . |
| 17 | And it was indescribably eerie — so that I almost began to wonder if Posi had brought me to the right planet . |
| 18 | But , as Bruiser might say , if God had wanted me to be a diplomat , he 'd have painted pinstripes down my backside . |
| 19 | Until he had died for man 's forgiveness , until God had raised him from the dead by way of vindication , the Spirit which rested upon him was not available to be passed on to others . |
| 20 | If people had taken me as a sincere , genuine man who was worried , I think we could have avoided all that has happened . |
| 21 | If we look at rule six , and we 've all been given rulebooks , if people have brought them with us , what we have to do is bend that rule so that it applies to branches , not members . |
| 22 | If Farrel had got her into trouble , it was easily the less distressing alternative . |
| 23 | If Britain had suggested something like this several years earlier , it might have found some support within the Six , but by 1957 they had already passed far beyond that point . |
| 24 | Irritated with herself for reminding him , Julia turned back to face the front and said nothing more until Bill had dropped them outside a big yellow house on the edge of Fiesole . |
| 25 | She rose , tripping round the table as if Benjamin had asked her for a dance . |
| 26 | But even if Flaubert had described himself as a lethargic meliorist , I should make the same point : what a curious vanity it is of the present to expect the past to suck up to it . |
| 27 | It 's important that , for those of you sort of who are more into the sort of detailed arguments that are going on , it 's significant that whatever else was the case , this did not happen as a result of a single major mutation which was then established by selection , because Williamson 's got lots of intermediate populations . |
| 28 | Dana had not appeared for the promised fitting or for the rehearsal , excusing herself at the last minute because Roman had wanted her for alterations to one of the outfits she was to wear . |
| 29 | There was a truce between Rose and Gabriel , but none between Shirley and Gabriel because Gaby had discovered it to be Shirley who had leaked her secret to Rose . |
| 30 | Because Vitor had thanked him in his own language , the waiter took them both to be fellow compatriots and proceeded to chatter away in Portuguese , remarking on the sunny weather , suggesting choices of food and wine , complimenting them on Thomas 's cuteness and good behaviour . |