Example sentences of "of [num] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For collectors and aviation enthusiasts the early autumn of 1992 produced no less than four major auctions with an accent on matters aeronautical . |
| 2 | The failure of the programme of 1918 stemmed above all from the lack of real agreement at the time ; despite the negotiations , the coalition 's electoral manifesto and campaign of 1918 went little further than Lloyd George 's letter to Bonar Law . |
| 3 | The usurpation of 1483 happened so quickly that many of the duchy servants were presented with a fait accompli , whereupon as usual they backed the crown ( which now happened to be worn by their erstwhile chief steward ) . |
| 4 | The usurpation of 1483 happened so quickly that many of the duchy servants were presented with a fait accompli , whereupon as usual they backed the crown ( which now happened to be worn by their erstwhile chief steward ) . |
| 5 | On the contrary , their fight for survival in post-war years was even grimmer than the trenches — and this is most eloquent indeed , for tens of thousands died terribly within and around those rat-infested mud-holes of Hell and Damnation . |