Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun prp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end she suddenly asked Tess a question . |
| 2 | What had begun as a jeu d'esprit of a mere 30,000 words or so made Lewis a household name . |
| 3 | Pound greatly admired Hardy the poet — as Eliot did not , nor Yeats either . |
| 4 | Killion took pity on Callaghan and tried to discuss Freud , which only confused Callaghan the more . |
| 5 | I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison . |
| 6 | So thought I. The first part was okay when we got the squad marching the 50 yards , but I was the only one that did not see that someone had dug a trench in the line of march , and in one step leapt over the trench in perfect style . |
| 7 | Mullally gave Leicester an early boost , dismissing Lancashire 's recalled opener , Gehan Mendis , during his third over after the visitors had won the toss . |
| 8 | Mullally gave Leicester an early boost , dismissing Lancashire 's recalled opener , Gehan Mendis , during his third over after the visitors had won the toss . |
| 9 | The most important of these were Abergavenny and Glamorgan , which together gave Gloucester a significant interest in the south of the country . |
| 10 | The most important of these were Abergavenny and Glamorgan , which together gave Gloucester a significant interest in the south of the country . |
| 11 | Thus passed Caledor the Conqueror . |
| 12 | The new coalition announced on Dec. 13 , of Chart Thai ( 96 seats ) , Ekkaparb ( 62 ) , Prachakorn Thai ( 31 ) , Rassadorn ( 21 ) and Puang Chon Chao Thai ( 17 ) , with a total strength of 227 seats , thus afforded Chatichai a slightly reduced , but still comfortable , majority in the 357-member House of Representatives . |
| 13 | ‘ I just told Marc a minute ago . |
| 14 | It just gave Seve a lot more pressure . |
| 15 | I just bought Alan a new pair of jeans . |
| 16 | The mines inspectorate have admitted to Public Eye , the roof bolting method next to old workings underground made Bilsthorpe a different case from normal , but they stress the system was carefully examined before it was allowed . |
| 17 | Yet the successful launch of the first Diamant A rocket with its rudimentary A I ‘ Asterix ’ satellite ( or space capsule ) nonetheless made France the world 's third power in space — a feat achieved eight years after the Russians but with minimal resources compared with those of the Russians or the Americans . |
| 18 | A visitor once asked Connie the secret of her success with begonias . |
| 19 | Repeatedly , their mutual admiration surfaces , and Johnson always found Burke a challenge , always felt it necessary to raise his game in Burke 's presence . |
| 20 | He knew that , if he ever told Creed the story of the radios , Creed would understand . |
| 21 | He still owed Bert a fish over the bike deal . |
| 22 | The staff of the Red Lion became habituated to Paufer 's arrangements ; accordingly they mistakenly served Johnson the kind of secondary food doled out to drunken Paufer . |
| 23 | North once offered Calero a bullet-proof vest — ‘ the same sort the President wears ’ — Only to find Calero shocked at the implication that he ought to be looking danger in the face . |
| 24 | She at once offered Joe a cup of hot morning Bovril and a warm sausage roll , if he 'd like . |
| 25 | Christopher was a slight child , with rather too thin arms and legs , and little flat wrists which always gave Carolyn a stab of apprehensive fear when she noticed them . |
| 26 | He never wore his turban at home , which always gave Hoomey a jolt of surprise , seeing the knee-length black hair coiled on top of his head , skewered in place with a comb . |
| 27 | A GRITTY rather than spectacular display , highlighted by two goals from Scott Booth , against ultra-negative visitors at Tannadice yesterday earned Scotland a lifeline in the European Under-21 Championship . |
| 28 | A retired T&GWU shop steward who was explaining his case to my colleague Margaret Renn in the Mirror foyer , at once bought Linda a cup of coffee and some sandwiches . |
| 29 | ( Steel was an old acquaintance of the Ceauşescus ' and once gave Nicolae a dog . |
| 30 | Do you remember , ’ Athelstan asked , ‘ I once quoted Bartholomew the Englishman ? ’ |