Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The newly styled firm of G. & J. Cary continued at 86 St James 's Street until 1850 , although apparently it ceased cartographic publication c .1846 . |
| 2 | This was the Preface to a selection of the poems , which Leavis was to handle roughly , as he felt that Eliot had no business to be praising Tennyson , any more than later he had any business to be endorsing Kipling . |
| 3 | Although originally we demanded experienced crews , many actually started their operations with PFF . |
| 4 | Sergeant Dixon ( stripes newly stitched ) was also enjoying himself , although initially he had serious doubts about whether he — or anyone else , for that matter — could successfully handle his assignment in the ridiculously short period of the three or four hours which Morse had asserted as ‘ ample ’ . |
| 5 | If only they had some grenades of the gas or choke or knockout variety ! |
| 6 | We have not yet been sufficiently educated to realize that the risk of dying from the greatest killer disease in the Western world could be drastically reduced if only we took preventative measures by eating sensibly and looking after our bodies . |
| 7 | It 's a very striking book because while on the one hand he admires the Bolsheviks very greatly for the hope that they have given to man , for the feeling that they have given to the world that new potentialities are there to be realized if only we had enough courage , yet on the other hand , even at that point , he was acutely conscious that the Bolsheviks ' attitude towards the equality of power was leading them in a fatal direction , and long before Stalinism began to take shape , he described in advance what he expected to come . |
| 8 | ‘ If only I had that opportunity such a rewarding experience working among people of that type . ’ |
| 9 | He said , oh if only I had that power ! |
| 10 | ‘ If only I had some money put by , ’ he told Rosie , as he was taking her home to the pub one evening . |
| 11 | If only he had some tools … |
| 12 | If only he had some security , if only his art supplies were replenished . |
| 13 | All his life , the fool thinks that if only he tried another woman , or holiday , or whatever , then this time he would really catch the mysterious something . |
| 14 | There were no strike pay , you just had a promissory note that er if ever they got any money they 'd pay you , you see ? |
| 15 | He always noticed pools of oil and empty coke cans round the house if ever he passed that way . |
| 16 | Now , she decided , if ever she had that kind of money , she would first ensure that her family would never again , for as long as they lived , be in need . |
| 17 | , because unusually he had sufficient time to compose and measure his shot . |
| 18 | This is considerably larger than the particle size used by Korth ( 1979 ) , but since even they had little effect on the small mammal bone , two large clasts were added as a third stage , weighing 368 g between them . |
| 19 | My wife and I returned recently from a visit to our son in South Australia , and whilst there we paid several visits to the local RAFA branch . |
| 20 | There were then two lean seasons before suddenly he had another taste of victory in the recent Sunningdale Foursomes . |
| 21 | De Gaulle , thanks to radio , was a voice and a symbol for the French before ever he sought elective office . |
| 22 | as down she went all tenderness and laughter . |
| 23 | The next morning I was sitting in the garden in the sun when suddenly I saw young Rupert of Hentzau on horse- back coming through the trees towards me . |
| 24 | As ever they found drunk drivers but across the area the numbers fell . |
| 25 | Though determined as ever he had more wisdom and caution than he had years ago . |
| 26 | He claims the shares are worth $125 , though how he chose this number is a mystery . |
| 27 | The Boards usually carried out the work of laying distribution mains themselves , though sometimes they used independent contractors . |
| 28 | For however he acquired that money he must have acquired it , Wexford was certain , during the 19th or the 20th of May . |
| 29 | Even the ex-scumnik , Tundrish , spoke with reasonable fluency , though in his case concepts sometimes seemed to be lacking to accompany the words which burbled from his mouth , as if as yet he possessed more words than meanings . |
| 30 | Their place in a group dominated by the Catholics no doubt reflected the regent 's desire for consent from Catholic and protestant alike ; and as yet she saw little reason to fear the Protestants , who must still have seemed to her far less of a threat than the strong Huguenot party in France . |