Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she lit him up the stairs , and went before him into the panelled solar , where Rhodri rose from a tall chair by the fire to receive him . |
| 2 | No trace of the plage de l'Arsenal , where Camus glimpsed for the first time the beauty of the Mediterranean . |
| 3 | He 'd been shown to the interview room where Scott sat with a uniformed officer close by the door . |
| 4 | At last they came to a clearing , where Vic headed for a mossy log . |
| 5 | Although Nizan adhered to a clear set of communist principles between 1935 and 1939 , his psychological state fluctuated in accordance with national and international political events . |
| 6 | Although Hawke prevailed with a substantial majority , most political commentators believed that it was a pyrrhic victory which had left him considerably weakened and vulnerable to a future challenge . |
| 7 | A worse offence than Tutilo committed in a similar cause , to win her for Ramsey . |
| 8 | All of the eruptions except Krakatoa happened in the northern hemisphere , and together they show a clear pattern of behaviour . |
| 9 | By way of final illustration , we can apply Nozick 's refutation to Descartes ' sceptical argument about dreaming , and hence perhaps do better than Descartes did on the last page of the Meditations . |
| 10 | The smoke began seeping through the now closed door so Ralph hurried towards the other exit . |
| 11 | Although Didcot finished on a high , they in the end , had to give the visitors best in this seven-goal thriller , and will be cursing their luck for the way they made so many errors . |
| 12 | Although Franco exploited to the full his position at the head of a non-participant and strategically important European state , he knew that the war would not last for ever . |
| 13 | On the other hand , Charles had an undeniable impact on the subsequent history of France — arguably no less of an impact than Alfred had on the subsequent history of England . |
| 14 | Sophia had , in a sense , married beneath her , for although Mark came of a good clerical family he was without private means . |
| 15 | Even by daylight we could not tell who he was until Cadfael turned up the whole side of his face to the light . |
| 16 | But if Nietzsche stood with the earlier philhellenes in this way , he was explicitly against them in another . |
| 17 | She said that until England returned to the Old Faith , her people would never be happy but always divided against themselves , always backbiting and fighting with one another . |
| 18 | IF SURFING ROSE IN THE Eighties as the new British cool sport meets yuppie accessory lifestyle ( complete with accompanying surf jargon and fluorescent add-ons ) , then by 1992 the fad had got stupid . |
| 19 | The audience muttered , and shifted impatiently in their seats until Sylvia appeared on the small stage . |
| 20 | If FUNCINPEC emerged as a clear victor , Prince Ranariddh might supplant his father as the natural leader of Cambodia . |
| 21 | The couple fought a long battle to get welfare benefits but they were unsucessful until Anita went to the new carers ' centre in Banbury . |
| 22 | But if Britain spoke with a moral voice , it had to put its own house in order . |
| 23 | He did not move until Bill slid into a heavy sleep after midnight . |
| 24 | It was a big , old house ; a lot of doors for a single man , if Parker lived in a single room . |
| 25 | If Chlothild waited from the 490s until 523 the feud can not have been uppermost in her mind . |
| 26 | If Madonna emerged as a classy lady it would n't surprise me . ’ |
| 27 | I dried my trouser legs in front of the fire until Signe returned with a toasted ham sandwich and coffee . |
| 28 | The chance did not arise because Pascoe left in a purple-faced fury . |
| 29 | Dot waited quietly till Gloria emerged from the jostling crowd holding up a fawn coat , triumphant like the A.R.P . |
| 30 | I think Tony gave him confidence because Tony looked after the day-to-day worries of how one paid for what one was going to do . |