Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my heart became filled with fear when I saw no prisoners . |
| 2 | R.A. Hamilton asked that more mature trees be obtained and the chairman agreed to attend to this matter . |
| 3 | What the quarto labels ‘ the First SONG ’ runs right through from ‘ Come all ye songsters ’ to ‘ Sing while we trip it ’ Purcell divided this into no fewer than five separate numbers : the countertenor solo ‘ Come all ye songsters ’ ; the trio ‘ May the god of wit inspire ’ — without the chorus repeat specified in the quarto , but duly followed by what it labels ‘ a Composition of Instrumental Musick , in imitation of an Eccho ’ ; a chorus which , instead of repeating ‘ May the god of wit ’ , sets the first line of the second stanza , ‘ Now join your warbling voices all ’ ; and finally a solo , ‘ Sing while we trip it ’ , this time with the specified chorus repeat . |
| 4 | These were also powerfully promoted by domestic service at a time when even the meanest clerk expected to employ at least a resident maid-of-all-work . |
| 5 | Champagne became established as a political unit in the early eleventh century when the house of Vermandois united the counties of Troyes and Meaux . |
| 6 | With the war over and M. Guérigny back from the front , the brother and sister became intoxicated with the experience of freedom . |
| 7 | Deaf dogs can manage surprisingly well , with their eyesight and sense of smell helping to compensate for their lack of hearing . |
| 8 | But the court did not accept the legal conclusion which the defence sought to draw from that fact , since Megaw L.J . |
| 9 | A common ruse involves masquerading as the Queen 's cousin / picture keeper / chief valuer . |
| 10 | This technique involves washing off the protein residues and then seeking an immunological reaction with commercial anti-sera for different animal species . |
| 11 | This technique involves asking for the order in such a way that if the timing is premature the presentation can continue with the minimum of interruption . |
| 12 | A West German ship with a cargo of uranium concentrate bound from Antwerp to Genoa disappeared and its cargo later turned up in Israel . |
| 13 | Further , women felt a responsibility to remain locked into that system of kin support in a way not replicated for men , who were more at liberty to ‘ get better jobs , migrate , emigrate and abrogate all responsibility for parents and siblings ’ ( ibid . |
| 14 | After the expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal in 1759 , the building became used as a barracks , and British troops were stationed here during the occupation of the island . |
| 15 | The building became known as London 's Nonconformist Cathedral ; unlike the Tabernacle , the Temple was elaborately furnished with stained glass windows and a tower of 145 feet in the ‘ Italian style ’ . |
| 16 | However , when the opportunity arose to participate in the Programme as a SCOTVEC National Development Officer , the changes began again to figure fairly prominently . |
| 17 | Shortly after graduating in 1987 , the opportunity arose to work with former Napier student , Tom Kidd . |
| 18 | The air above and beyond the ridge became filled with wind-swirled smoke and the echoes of distant blasts . |
| 19 | To raise the enormous sums required , the government learned to float long-term loans , which Parliament agreed to underwrite by appropriating the yield of specific taxes for the payment of interest . |
| 20 | The crucial events around which the case centred occurred at a dinner party given by the General , when Aitken and some others were present . |
| 21 | When William left school at about the age of twelve , he hoped to become a gardener but his skin became inflamed with constant outdoor work . |
| 22 | This suggests that it is the major influence of the transmural pressure on this parameter calculated according to the Law of LaPlace . |
| 23 | Nobody really minded — Mum exchanged 2 recipes and my silly wee sister got invited to 3 parties . |
| 24 | As it is , your Council has effectively decided to challenge Structure Plan 1985 , policies HP8 and EP5 , since your decision to support housing at Colt Hill was made with no reference to timing . |
| 25 | EXTENSIVE damage expected to run into hundreds of thousands of pounds was caused by floodwater to properties in the West Wales market town of Cardigan following Thursday night 's heavy rain . |
| 26 | The main impact of this measure was that many landlords used the freedom to evict allowed under decontrol to sell previously let properties into owner-occupation . |
| 27 | Where the transferor became entitled to his interest on a death in connection with which the settled property bore estate duty , then for the purposes of the latter allowance the four-year period can be regarded as beginning with that death . |
| 28 | I left the University fired with enthusiasm to go to live in Moscow to practise the language . |
| 29 | You can really only make your decision to go netting in a particular area that same day . |
| 30 | If there is to be a completion audit and the consideration is to be assessedor adjusted based upon this audit — which is often the case with an asset sale — what is the point of this warranty ? |