Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the spruce spar boom wanted to shrink and swell about twice as far as the plywood which was glued to it and this naturally gave rise to serious stresses near to where the two met along the glued joints ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 2 | The directive requiring this much took effect in 1980 , but Italy , after some sharp reminders , only altered its laws to conform last December . |
| 3 | Things really got going after lunch when those brave enough took part in one of the three fitness classes accompanied by some traditional charleston style music where some of the more experienced feet could be seen ‘ cutting a rug ’ . |
| 4 | This soon gave rise to such names as Hank Ballard And The Midnighters , Georgie Gibbs , The Clovers , Ruth Brown , Joe Hill and , not least , Leonard 's idol of many years , Ray Charles . |
| 5 | Shrewd military gentlemen were always aware of political realities , and upon entry some already had promotion in mind . |
| 6 | This generally took place at Easter preceded by confession , often in public , in which the social duty of making restitution for sin was stressed ; it might be succeeded by a parish party which played out at its own level the eternal being of love celebrated in the Mass . |
| 7 | Some still wore knee breeches , but tightly-fitting pantaloons buttoned round the ankle over the white silk socks were permitted . |
| 8 | As for the Danuese battalion , the Sons of Death , as they called themselves , a few still had revenge on their minds . |
| 9 | The fire still smoked , the damp still grew vegetable growths the colour of peaches on the wall between the grimy windows . |
| 10 | Even as a hybrid cushioning/stability model , which is a more accurate position for this straight lasted shoe , it 's heavy . |
| 11 | This inevitably gave rise to the following : that equilibrium between the classes which was established during the civil war and which depended not on the ‘ normal ’ economic processes but on the mutual military interests of the proletariat and the peasantry … |
| 12 | Rarity is another component of value and with this often went derivation from distant sources . |
| 13 | This often took place in the pub and involved thinking aloud . |
| 14 | This correspondingly gave rise to a hole in the planned running length of the second season and was discussed at Department head level some months later . |
| 15 | This immediately triggered talk about a triple ( or is it a quadruple ? ) dip , but many economists believe it will prove to be no more than a stutter . |
| 16 | Phillips and Williams ( 1982b ) found that over 10 per cent of the 1,000 applicants in South Devon were living in bedsitters or caravans , while about one in five were sharing a kitchen , bathroom or WC ; 5 per cent were living in accommodation that lacked at least one of these facilities , and some even lacked mains electricity or water . |
| 17 | CNT-inspired strikes between 1931 and 1933 frequently gave rise to clashes between workers and the two armed police forces , the Civil Guard and the Republic 's new Assault Guard . |
| 18 | Increased attention devoted to processes was first exemplified by measurements of the variables involved in the soil system including soil moisture , soil organic matter content , soil pH , and this then necessitated knowledge of the measurement techniques themselves . |
| 19 | As with Cuvier 's system , this approach to the unity of Nature is open-ended — there is always room for another newly discovered variant of the basic pattern to be fitted in . |
| 20 | This never took place ; successive dates were arranged , but the House had other more pressing business , and finally on 10th August the Speaker ordered the Bill to be withdrawn . |
| 21 | This never took place , and it sold to a phone bidder for $42,000 ( £23,300 ) ( est. $20–25,000 ) . |
| 22 | In so far as sexual stimulation is generally geared towards sexual intercourse , the purpose of their violent activity may well be regarded as sexual intercourse where there is evidence that this subsequently took place . |
| 23 | Fergal already had hold of Ellie 's long brown hair , and was jerking her head backwards . |
| 24 | Clause 7 thereof gave power to the first defendant , inter alia , to ‘ determine the remuneration of the receiver . ’ |
| 25 | The Ministry of Health insisted that it was not the business of maternity centres to offer family-planning advice , and the new Labour government in 1924 specifically forbade welfare centres from disseminating it . |
| 26 | The test is subjective , and it does not matter whether the accused actually had authority or consent . |
| 27 | Residents would be relocated from dying areas to those that still had life in them . |
| 28 | His wrist still throbbed from his fight with the Big Chicken but it seemed to be the only part of him that still had feeling ; the rest had retired bleeding but numbed into some secret cave of its own . |
| 29 | Is n't your creature 's brain stolen from a corpse that once had life and thought ? ’ |
| 30 | Inside on the left was a recessed door , now boarded and bolted , that once gave access to the best room . |