Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The details of this illness remain obscure , but in 1693 Newton became sufficiently disturbed in mind for rumours of his insanity to gain widespread acceptance . |
| 2 | Therefore , the RAF applied successfully to join the PLANIT Club . |
| 3 | After this year , however , Gary became really confused for a couple of months and began to doubt his call in the first place . |
| 4 | Between 16 and 32 weeks , the CCPR became significantly decreased at all three intestinal sites . |
| 5 | Sunderland failed badly to reproduce the form that had accounted for the division 's runaway leaders , Ipswich , by a comfortable 3–0 scoreline just 48 hours earlier . |
| 6 | Feynman became well known in 1948 for work on the quantum theory of light . |
| 7 | Though he admitted he had become ‘ the least employable pilot in the land ’ , Mr Stewart fought vainly to re-establish himself . |
| 8 | Euratom failed completely to control and direct developments , or indeed to resist governments that wanted to weaken the supranational element in this policy area . |
| 9 | Macdonald tried unsuccessfully to find a magistrate to receive his oath at the last minute , then sent his papers to Edinburgh , where Secretary of State and Master of Stair Sir John Dalrymple suppressed them . |
| 10 | Jezrael tried only to skim the surface of her thoughts . |
| 11 | Naseby tried hard to read over his shoulder . |
| 12 | Two winters ago , as Taylor tried desperately to revive his career , he spent a winter in the Aussie outback playing for a little-known team called North Kalgoorlie . |
| 13 | Peake arrived at the Victoria Ground highly recommended by Little and Pool boss Alan Murray said : ‘ Now we know why . |
| 14 | Production day supervisor Bob Hodson illustrated the point : ‘ ICI phoned earlier to say the tanker with the morning delivery of phenol had broken down on the motorway and would n't be here until four o'clock . |
| 15 | A distraught Leonie tried unsuccessfully to contact Hugo to warn him and the first he knew of the débâcle was when he was summoned to Nicholson 's cramped stale-tobacco smelling office . |
| 16 | FERRANTI moved yesterday to take full management control of its International Signal and Control subsidiary where a £215m fraud has been discovered . |
| 17 | Page 20 Ferranti move : Ferranti moved yesterday to strengthen its control of International Signal and Control , the subsidiary where a £215m fraud is feared , by putting Albert Dodd , a long-standing Ferranti director in charge of ISC . |
| 18 | Bill Koch became acutely embarrassed that money was being donated to this party in his name , yet he had little cash of his own . |
| 19 | The contest ended in a stalemate , but as the year progressed Aoun became increasingly isolated . |
| 20 | But Mr Sutherland revealed further plans for Seymour Street to revert to its original two-way traffic configuration , with a grassed central reservation , and an identical ‘ Georgian ’ terrace built opposite . |
| 21 | Morley became well known for its music ( Sir Michael Tippett ) , its theatre and ballet ( Rupert Doone ) , and its art ( Eric Ravilious , q.v. , and Edward Bawden ) . |
| 22 | At one meeting , Branson became so exasperated that he walked off his own boat and paced up and down the towpath outside to cool down . |
| 23 | Whereupon the partying Ninevites , just like Jonah inside the whale , repented ; whereupon God decided after all to spare the city ; whereupon Jonah became incredibly irritated , which was only normal in one who 'd been put to a lot of trouble to bring the message of destruction , only for the Lord , despite a well-known , indeed historic taste for wrecking cities , to turn round and change his mind . |
| 24 | Astley became very run down . |
| 25 | In the first 20 minutes Celtic had five scoring efforts , one of them scrambled home by Creaney but rightly given offside , while St Johnstone failed even to reach Celtic 's penalty area . |
| 26 | Chatterton made fast progress over to a quartet of comfortable armchairs . |
| 27 | MANAGEMENT at Timex in Dundee failed yesterday to win a court order to prevent sacked workers from gathering near the factory gates as employees are bused in . |
| 28 | MANAGEMENT at Timex in Dundee failed yesterday to win a court order to prevent sacked workers from gathering near the factory gates as employees are bused in . |
| 29 | I was the person who was supposed to go to every city before David got there to make sure that everything was in order , that the hall that was going to be performed in had all the facilities that were required — and the hotels — I had to check all of that . |
| 30 | ECOMOG sought also to establish a 20-km " security perimeter " around the capital , Monrovia , and to cut off rebel supply routes with the ultimate aim of installing the interim government currently based in Freetown ( Sierra Leone ) . |