Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later they went to a jazz club in the King 's Road — Uncle Ted had never seen black walls before — where Eva slyly said to Dad , ‘ I think it 's about time we moved to London , do n't you ? ’ |
| 2 | Men in regular employment found their real wages rising and many families moved out to the new housing estates , where evidence rapidly came to light of female depression arising primarily from physical isolation . |
| 3 | Although Trusts only came into operation in April ninety one , the evidence suggests that many , that many have improved patient services in many w many areas waiting lists have been cut through greater efficiency and increased use of day surgery . |
| 4 | One line shows what has happened to personal wealth divided by personal income : if wealth merely rose in line with incomes ( which would be represented by a flat wealth line on the graph ) , the theory would suggest that it would not have any independent influence on savings . |
| 5 | The worst scenario for Nicky , I imagined , would be if Enya suddenly fell in love with another producer . |
| 6 | Bill was seldom able to put together a consistent run of appearances in our 2nd Division seasons 1921–25 but , when he did play , his graft and pluck were always appreciated by our fans and the press of the time because Palace continually struggled in Division Two and the hard-working , tenacious attitude which Bill always showed was a valuable asset against powerful and more skilled opponents . |
| 7 | The story of the Lionheart 's narrow escape was told by William Marshal himself and since William never suffered from modesty it may have been improved in the telling . |
| 8 | He kissed them away while Luce silently struggled for self-control . |
| 9 | By the 24th the invaders were in Kendal and town after town now capitulated without resistance . |
| 10 | According to the report many of the 30,000 Palestinians tried by military court since the start of the intifada in 1987 " have been convicted after confessions allegedly coerced by torture or other forms of ill-treatment " . |
| 11 | So , one night , it was decided to ask the audience if they wanted an Arts Lab , and during one of his talks to the audience , as David also acted as compère , he asked whether they would like an Arts Lab in Beckenham , with the folk club being the start of it . |
| 12 | Apparently not , as Bourne also advised against federalism . |
| 13 | And when Matilda finally pronounced in favour of a close-fitting robe of soft , unbleached linen , worn under a blue velvet over-tunic , laced at the sides to show the garment beneath , and trimmed with soft grey vair , her protests had quite died away . |
| 14 | When customers unsurprisingly got into trouble , it obligingly increased its advances . |
| 15 | MATCHWINNER Chris Kiwomya 's smile lit up Portman Road last night as Ipswich visibly grew in stature while sweeping Villa out of the Coca-Cola Cup . |
| 16 | Emily felt hurt and betrayed by a close friend who had borrowed a considerable sum of money towards down-payment on a house and then , when Emily eventually enquired about repayment , angrily claimed that she thought the money had been a gift . |
| 17 | When Margy eventually went to court for her new shoplifting charge the judge gave her a probation order . |
| 18 | Trinity held an early 6-4 lead , but were hit with two tries in the final six minutes of the first half as Saints finally clicked into gear . |
| 19 | The Civic Society takes the view that if land is being transferred out of industrial land and the District Council is going to allow this to happen , this casts doubt about how genuine the need is to find additional industrial land when land already allocated to industry is being lost . |