Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The two young thieves eventually fled in terror . |
| 32 | Another , this time from a lance-corporal serving on the western Front and evidently of an extreme Nazi mentality , expressly referred to Hitler 's ‘ prophecy ’ in a malevolent tirade , thanking inter alia the Stürmer for remaining true to its principles on the ‘ Jewish Question ’ and applauding the introduction of the Yellow Star now also in the western occupied territories : ‘ … |
| 33 | The cold of the ground slowly seeped through Riven 's bedroll to chill his back , and he edged closer to the fire , sick of the aches in his bones and counting out in his mind the hours before he had to go on watch . |
| 34 | But here again the knowledge is so practical , so much preconditioned by behaviour , that it can be taught and is taught mainly by doing what they are told to do on particular occasions and by not being allowed to do or to touch certain things that are always within their experience . |
| 35 | Rather , as the polls came to trouble the Tories , the ‘ troubles ’ suddenly became of interest — purely because it appeared the Conservative Revolution might just be sustained with the assistance of that unlikely revolutionary , James Molyneaux , leader of the Ulster Unionists . |
| 36 | His eyes were still as still pools for a moment as he looked and then suddenly became like spikes . |
| 37 | The following features of a statutory redundancy payment emerged : ( 1 ) The obligation was imposed on the employer ; ( 2 ) It only arose on dismissal and might never arise if an employee worked until retirement , whether voluntary — early retirement — or at an agreed date , each of which was based on contract ; ( 3 ) It only arose if certain preconditions were proved ; ( 4 ) It applied to all employees who had worked for at least two years with an employer ; ( 5 ) Certain classes of employee were excluded , eg redundant employees refusing suitable alternative employment ; employees under a fixed-term contract of two years or more , who had renounced their redundancy rights in writing ; ( 6 ) A voluntary redundancy could be under a contractual statutory scheme , and under such a contractual scheme it was often the equivalent of early retirement by agreement ; ( 7 ) In no way could a redundancy payment be described as a deferred emolument or pay ; it was a monetary compensation for the disappearance of a job . |
| 38 | Nobody who read the Bible could legitimately doubt that miracles had once occurred ; the question whether they still did so became for doubters a test of their faith . |
| 39 | Her voice suddenly swooped into hysterics . |
| 40 | On 12 June , after a feint in the direction of Tours , Richard and Philip suddenly swooped on Le Mans itself . |
| 41 | When customers unsurprisingly got into trouble , it obligingly increased its advances . |
| 42 | On the other hand , his determination to win became such that he frequently appeared to condone his fast men bowling in an intimidating fashion , which obviously led to criticism from press and public . |
| 43 | The Emperor , popularly supposed to be immortal , only endured by virtue of adamantine , anguished courage and will power . |
| 44 | Do n't blame me if you only read about Drayton and Taverham classes . |
| 45 | Such misunderstandings between the colonizers and the colonized naturally led to problems . |
| 46 | It still only failed by inches and you can argue , that , finishing farther in front of Gyr and Blakeney than at Epsom and Ascot , Nijinsky ran to form . |
| 47 | However , he said they only asked about staffing contracts between Ling and the health authority , which were all above board . |
| 48 | But they only asked for Eva to be found , not brought home . |
| 49 | ( c ) Under anti-discriminatory legislation The Sex Discrimination Acts 1976 and 1986 These apply to all partnerships irrespective of the number of partners ( before 1986 they only applied to partnerships with six or more partners ) . |
| 50 | They only fought in order to protect somebody else ( ‘ like one of the younger kids who 's getting smashed up ’ ) but were clearly very capable of making a good job of it . |
| 51 | Adding up all of the costs of the items mentioned so far amazingly only amounted to £230.58 . |
| 52 | The value of contracts in 1986/87 only amounted to £120 million ( Stoker , 1988 , p. 186 ) . |
| 53 | However , new investment only amounted to £91m . |
| 54 | Although his yearly stipend only amounted to £6.00 or so in today 's values , he was soon witnessed to be spending the equivalent of thousands of pounds on various good works for his village . |
| 55 | Alfie , Ted Halsall , Bobby ( Jacky ) Lee and myself all lived in Suffolk Road , within a wedge of each other . |
| 56 | Differences of opinion over Dorotheum 's long-term strategy with Alfred Karny , head of Dorotheum 's board of directors , apparently led to Ressler 's forced resignation . |
| 57 | It is even a good idea to hold on to congratulatory memos ( perhaps appended to slips telling you of pay increases ) or any other correspondence which might at some distant date help you to defend yourself against unfair criticisms of your capabilities . |
| 58 | John Combes was obviously friends with a fine stonemason who would have done work at Wilton House and perhaps lived in Broad Chalke . |
| 59 | Here is a key to the post-war Establishment so distrusted by Henry Fairlie and the others . |
| 60 | ( Well , I only got to page 8 … ) . |