Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Craven family of Ashdown Park eventually bought Compton Beauchamp in the middle of the nineteenth century , but never lived there . |
| 2 | Although a large proportion of Karavas were poor , some members of this caste successfully took advantage of entrepreneurial opportunities within the expanding market economy . |
| 3 | Recklessly deciding that the appointment was to become effective on All Fools ' Day , April 1 , IBM Corp duly named Louis Gerstner to the posts of both chairman and chief executive . |
| 4 | The crusade eventually produced Jess Willard , who , in April 1916 , challenged Johnson in Havana , Cuba . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , in the mid-1950s , Dr J. G. O'Mara of Iowa State University successfully applied Givaudon 's colchicine technique to a hybrid of rye and durum , and hence produced hexaploid triticales ; one set of chromosomes from rye , plus two sets from the tetraploid durum makes three — and double it , to make six . |
| 6 | The election of a successor eventually took place in February 1752 , when two candidates presented themselves , the Rev. William Jackson and the Rev. John Chorley Knowles . |
| 7 | The next day , to its credit , parliament overwhelmingly rejected Mr Kuchma 's resignation . |
| 8 | The Prince politely shook hands with six Peggottys , two Betsy Trotwoods , eight Mr Pecksniffs , seven Mr Fezziwigs , eight Mrs Fezziwigs , two Doras , a couple of Little Dorrits , two Miss Flites , a villainous gentleman who announced he was the convict Magwitch , and numerous other Lionisers too nervous to announce their identities . |
| 9 | Handover of the building only took place a couple of days earlier so many hands had made it possible for Mass to be celebrated in a beautiful setting . |
| 10 | Since under Israeli law a minister 's dismissal or resignation only took effect 48 hours after the initial announcement was made , Shamir left just enough time to clear the Cabinet of Labour ministers before the Knesset vote . |
| 11 | Since culture of PBL in the presence of cycloheximide greatly reduced ELISA index values ( mean 0.87 [ 0.11 ] ) , the antibodies detected must have been newly synthesised . |
| 12 | YESTERDAY The Scotsman wrongly described Edinburgh plumber Lawrence Allison as the winner of a competition to find the plumber of the year . |
| 13 | ( iv ) If the creditor is aware , or ought to have been aware , that the surety has been subjected to undue influence by the debtor , it would be unlikely to be sufficient if the creditor merely took steps to ensure that the surety understood the nature of the liability he or she was accepting . |
| 14 | Bit long winded C C Q then put your back up . |
| 15 | William had to fight a much more serious war in Ireland , where the Catholic majority naturally saw James as their best hope for power ; the successful defence of Londonderry and the victory at the Boyne in 1690 became immovable parts of the Protestant tradition ; the Treaty of Limerick and the Protestant failure to honour the treaty 's promises of religious toleration became unforgettable parts of the Catholic view of the history of Ireland . |
| 16 | The trial only revealed Godoy 's political and moral isolation and convinced Napoleon that these ‘ dirty intrigues ’ made either faction an impossibly unreliable ally . |
| 17 | No less culpable was Artemesia 's father , ’ The trial only took place because Artemesia 's father , Aratsio , considered the rape a violation of one of his household objects which was now devalued.This was the only reason Tassi was taken to court , this and the fact that he stole some of Aratsio 's paintings . ’ |
| 18 | The turbine eventually gave way to a pair of diesel engines . |
| 19 | Of course , if this is correct the chronicle presumably reached St Augustine 's by way of the Cathedral , Christ Church . |
| 20 | The new administration duly took office on Dec. 10 , marking a return to civilian and democratic government following seven years of rule by successive military juntas . |
| 21 | Refusal in payment , forgery or any other misuse thereby became treason or sacrilege and attracted savage penalties . |
| 22 | The majority held that , whilst an honest but unreasonable mistake would negative liability , such a defence should be put to the jury only where the defendant expressly asserted belief in consent and where there was some evidence beyond his mere assertion . |
| 23 | Creggan suddenly felt strength and great certainty . |
| 24 | His reply so angered Mrs Ellerton , who has an interest in local history , that she wrote to the publishers in Shropshire . |
| 25 | Under the system of research funding proposed in the White Paper the principle of plurality of research funding will be maintained , giving institutions access to block funds for research alongside targeted funding for specific projects from the research councils . |
| 26 | The story goes that an angry auto body painter noticed his masking tape only had adhesive along its edges and told the salesman : ‘ Take this tape back to your stingy Scotch bosses and tell them to put more adhesive on it . ’ |
| 27 | Then Curtis fell , and in quick succession so did Bailey and Smith . |
| 28 | The controversy created by the research suddenly put Hector 's dolphin firmly in the public eye . |
| 29 | Ulster 's opposition to Home Rule long pre-dated Law 's leadership and he had rarely even spoken on Irish affairs in parliament before becoming leader . |
| 30 | She sat with her until the exhaustion of grief finally drove Ana to sleep and silence , then Maggie went to wait for Felipe . |