Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ports , such as Harfleur , at the mouth of the Seine , could develop ship-building facilities , and the control of the lower Seine effectively made Rouen into a sea port and a shipyard . |
| 2 | They point to the poster campaign it launched last September , through Ogilvy & Mather , which effectively relaunched Wisk as a mainstream colour care detergent , and the new label design as evidence of Lever 's determination to boost its sales . |
| 3 | Rather asked Hussein about the pressures on George Bush and the prospects for any negotiations . |
| 4 | But it was the same friend who eventually led Jean to the dead man 's ‘ passion wagon ’ caravan . |
| 5 | Narrowly escaping the hostile intentions of the awakened populace , they eventually bore Mildred into Canterbury amid great rejoicing . |
| 6 | Top stylist at the salon , Jeff Goodwin , had been working on a new idea called Le Flic and together with make-up artist Julie and a new wardrobe of clothes , successfully transformed Alice with these three beautiful styles . |
| 7 | Vaughan eventually found Tyndale in Antwerp and had several talks with him in a meadow outside the city walls . |
| 8 | She instinctively shielded Ari with her arm , drawing her close to her body . |
| 9 | As the tsars slowly transformed Ukraine from ally into colony , later generations of Ukrainians came to agree with their national poet 's assessment of him as ‘ the unwise son ’ . |
| 10 | They eventually approached Berwick from the north-west , rounding the skirts of Halidon Hill , and from there able to look down on the grey town at the wide mouth of Tweed , two miles off . |
| 11 | Soon after the liberation of Poland he joined the Polish regular army as a war correspondent and eventually entered Berlin with the First Polish Infantry Division . |
| 12 | Hateley , who virtually single-handedly beat Leeds in the last round , said : ‘ We could have been 4–0 down . |
| 13 | Julian had a humbler conception of her task than the other prophetic reformers I have mentioned , who all experienced God as an absolute imperative to action and felt that they had a mission to defy the religious and secular establishment of their day . |
| 14 | He lived in France all his life and , apart from three years spent in London ( 1857–61 ) training for a business career , only visited Britain for short painting expeditions on three other occasions in 1874 , 1881 , and 1897 . |
| 15 | The level of shareholders ' return varies according to the investment attraction of the various companies — from 8.10 per cent for highly rated Thames to 9.68 per cent for South West , hit by a series of pollution incidents . |
| 16 | The level of shareholders ' return varies according to the investment attraction of the various companies — from 8.10 per cent for highly rated Thames to 9.68 per cent for South West , hit by a series of pollution incidents . |
| 17 | After one year Charles suddenly divorced Desiderata on the grounds that she was barren and weak . |
| 18 | They stopped at the end of the harbour wall , and Miguel gently drew Shelley against him , so that they walked back linked together . |
| 19 | Record-breaking , highly modified Healey at Bonneville , 1954 |
| 20 | The clash they made on the stones below jarred Harry from head to heels , and for a moment shook the intensity of his concentration . |
| 21 | On entering the luxurious interior of the shop and making our way to the carpet department , there were friendly ‘ good mornings ’ from the staff who obviously recognised Eddie as a regular . |
| 22 | And Allison revealed : ‘ Ekstrom only joined Gothenburg on the understanding that he is allowed to talk to other clubs interested in buying him . |
| 23 | At seven a.m. the following morning , contemplating newspaper headlines which screamed ‘ The Filth and the Fury ’ , and with the clamour of shareholders ringing in his ears , Leslie Hill personally telephoned Branson at home with a simple request , ‘ Can we talk ? ’ |
| 24 | One time , he patiently informed Ira about the Navaho code talkers . |
| 25 | Sometimes I so hated JTR for putting me in this position . |
| 26 | I only fed Rachel for about three weeks . |
| 27 | But the beginning of an Anglo-American dialogue was stopped short when the Egyptians suddenly pressed Dulles in July for an answer , yes or no , on the matter of financial aid for the dam . |
| 28 | The British became a dominant influence in Persian life during the nineteenth century ; but to this day many Persians believe that Britain merely exploited Persia for the sake of India throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 29 | He personally favoured Perth as a national capital , but it was unhappily to become the scene of his assassination . |
| 30 | Hearing that Balsley was not expected to live , Chapman literally scoured France for oranges . |