Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His coat and waistcoat swiftly followed it and his fingers ripped away the neckcloth about his throat , heedless of the ruin they effected . |
| 2 | Of the two reasons given here the first is unconvincing in the light of the Group 's proposals on the amount of learning progress that each level would encompass . |
| 3 | There must be very few bird reserves situated only a few minutes ' walk from the centre of a town which turn out to be as rewarding as Radipole Lake , another RSPB reserve . |
| 4 | Now there are cars parked right the way up and even on to the roundabout , and I think a lot of these erm persons erm with the cars are probably from the Polytechnic . |
| 5 | With the dress ordered , church and reception booked , invitations sent and wedding lists prepared probably the last thing on your mind is YOU ! |
| 6 | Pedestrians scampered blindly across the road to catch waiting buses , the cars jerked ahead a few yards every time the traffic lights turned to green . |
| 7 | Waves washed away the words on the page as they swamped islands , ships , sailing craft and poets ' daughters . |
| 8 | Into extreme old age he would lecture about Temple 's mind in words rendered all the more penetrating by the obvious gratitude which the memory brought . |
| 9 | ‘ But it is n't , ’ she cried , frantic now as her words brought home the enormity of what was happening . |
| 10 | His positive coaching methods pulled together the warring provincial factions and his gentle but firm weeding-out resulted in Evans — who yesterday took an accidental blow to the head in training but will play today — becoming captain . |
| 11 | Text and images linked Currently a common method of combining text and images in a range of database types , including CD-ROM . |
| 12 | ODDEST sight of the week : top Tory ‘ mandarin ’ Allan Clarke giggling at the readers ' tips in Viz : ‘ Taxi drivers , why not pop into your local garage and have your indicators fixed then the rest of us would know where you 're going … |
| 13 | You can indicate which SPRs are to be Closed or Replied to at this page , in preparation for making these relationships fixed once the SSR is submitted . |
| 14 | The missionary officers had their groceries delivered twice a week by lorry from the nearest store which was nine or ten miles away . |
| 15 | Study 5 had two conditions , one set of drivers described fully all the salient information in a film , a second set of drivers described specifically the types of risks that were present in the film . |
| 16 | As the dead pharaohs sailed downstream the fellahin appeared on the banks lamenting , the women crying and tearing their hair . |
| 17 | Usually the mother offered and the prospective adoptive parents requested either a weekly sum or , more commonly , a premium or lump sum of anything between £5 and £100 . |
| 18 | From their feet stretched away the plain of shaggy grass , a wild lawn of weeds , buttercups , dandelions and lady 's smock in full bloom . |
| 19 | For this reason , in each of the trials discussed below the window size is varied from 1 to 10 words . |
| 20 | The last few feet required only a very slight rearward movement of the yoke to arrest the sink , and she touched with just one stiff-legged little bounce . |
| 21 | Again just two lanes open can slow things and a quick glance elsewhere well no real troubles reported just a look at the A One Stanford still the roadworks on the go there both north and south will slow things down . |
| 22 | No one , it seemed , was safe , and these flies provided much the best explanation why children from the most privileged and hygienic households succumbed to infectious illnesses . |
| 23 | Mr Plowden added : ‘ Last year 's forecasts of a 66 per cent rise in demand over the next 20 years brought home the enormity of the environmental threat posed by current minerals policy . ’ |
| 24 | I do realize that there are problems in finding suitable sites and that possibly that costs would be involved in setting them up , but for the reasons I 've outlined we should take the bull by the horns and make an effort to find sites and budget for the costs involved so the benefits can be felt as soon as possible . |
| 25 | But to many of the naturalists actually involved , the new discoveries required only a revision of traditional ideas rather than a revolution . |
| 26 | Then the heavens opened for torrential rain , thunder and lightning and the resulting floods washed away the bridges on the high road from Bridgend to Port Ellen and on the low road over the Machrie river . |
| 27 | The choice of rent structures involved therefore a weighing of the interests of tenants as a whole ( including impoverished tenants ) with those of the general body of ratepayers . |
| 28 | Braverman believes that as a consequence of the changes outlined above the skills required of most routine white-collar workers are now minimal . |
| 29 | Opaque scummy floods lapped only a metre below her feet ; a foul smell made her nauseous . |
| 30 | Unwin and his colleague Parker in their 1901 essays brought forward the arguments of the Beau Ideal to support the rustic vernacular with which they designed their mass housing . |