Example sentences of "the [adj] [adj] [noun pl] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Across the bay flames leapt high from the burning house and she could hear the crackling of burning vegetation , the sudden sharp retorts as wood popped and split .
2 Orson Welles was too busy with his radio show , Bela Lugosi could never get any master plan together beyond his next insane experiment , Vincent Price would n't rank with the major bad guys until horror pictures caught on again , and Zachary Scott 's thin moustache betrayed his lack of substance as a mastermind .
3 As far as the game in Paris was concerned , the only lingering doubts before kick-off concerned the margin of the French victory .
4 Several groups have tried to locate the wreck in the past 20 years since technology made possible the recovery of its contents .
5 Consequently , it is rather amusing to have Gergiev tell you that the only thing he misses about the bad old days before perestroika is the order .
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