Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [adv] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , they would meet for lunch at the Grill and Cheese at the Corner House , where Ken regularly gave a private performance for the other people waiting to be seated . |
| 2 | Although Psion also unveiled a bigger-than-expected £2.2m loss for last year , against a £546,000 profit in 1990 , news that Series 3 sales had grown from 4,000 units in January to 14,000 last month spurred the shares . |
| 3 | Although Bullock undoubtedly made a major contribution to the teaching of English , there is still much to be done . |
| 4 | They were usually billed as the star attraction so John obviously made a good profit out of them but they were still paid at the same rate as all his juveniles , five shillings a week . |
| 5 | She must have changed greatly in this time , although Gatsby still has a fixed , perfect image of her , seeing her more as goddess , than an ordinary human being , with bad as well as good points . |
| 6 | The tropical research should be supported not just because Britain now has a large immigrant population from tropical regions , but because it could be one of the country 's most significant and meaningful contributions to the Third World . |
| 7 | Because Revson just did a small number of American races and spent the rest of the time on the FI circuit . |
| 8 | After all , Sarah was involved in a long-term relationship with Paddy McNally while Andrew still had a soft spot for Katherine ‘ Koo ’ Stark , an American actress who had excited considerable media interest because of her appearance in soft-porn films . |
| 9 | Letting agents Sanderson , Townend and Gilbert are to check whether Rumbelows still want a 3,000 sq ft site . |
| 10 | When Putiatin rapidly proved a dismal failure at the Ministry of Education , the tsar replaced him with the much more enlightened Aleksandr Golovnin . |
| 11 | All appeared to be on the point of settlement when Bismarck suddenly unleashed a vicious press campaign , reinforced by his own parliamentary speeches , in which this shameful cession of ‘ German land ’ was denounced . |
| 12 | The fourth day was no different as Australia patiently built a solid but modest total of 285 all out . |
| 13 | TWO-GOAL Billy McConnell took on the role of super sub at Olympia yesterday as Holywood dramatically overturned a 2–1 deficit to move within sight of the Harp Senior League title with a 6–2 hammering of Annadale . |