Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb past] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He dedicated books to L. Censorinus , consul 149 , and to the poet Lucilius : he praised or perhaps adulated Scipio Aemilianus about 140 . |
| 2 | The man either feared or greatly respected Michael Collins . |
| 3 | What had begun as a jeu d'esprit of a mere 30,000 words or so made Lewis a household name . |
| 4 | And he had never yet directly addressed Melanie by her name or even acknowledged Victoria 's presence . |
| 5 | Another nanny beat Diana on the head with a wooden spoon if she was naughty or alternatively banged Charles and Diana 's heads together . |
| 6 | Subsequent reports indicated that the IAEA in a separate classified report to the UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar had identified around 12 companies , mostly German , which had directly or indirectly supplied Iraq with nuclear-weapons related material . |
| 7 | My parents once or twice mentioned Fatty Arbuckle , seemingly a Hollywood scandal before I was born . |
| 8 | Thus at the top and bottom of the scale all is well , be it at Sheffield , Wakefield or newly amalgamated Roundhay and Headingley , now in the shape of the new Leeds club — or , at the other end , such as Yorkshire Copper Works , Wath upon Dearne or Wetherby . |
| 9 | Nor indeed did Barth pretend to be beyond criticism , though he was not slow to point out where he thought his critics had misunderstood or misrepresented his views . |
| 10 | Neither during his lifetime nor subsequently did Sisley 's paintings achieve the popularity of those of Monet , Renoir , or even Camille Pissarro , with all of whom he helped to forge the Impressionist style . |
| 11 | Neither in his speech on Oct. 16 nor subsequently did Babangida confirm whether the timetable for the end of military rule , envisaging presidential elections on Dec. 5 and the inauguration of a civilian administration on Jan. 2 , 1993 , would be met . |
| 12 | Hill knows the old and new Williams cars inside out and vastly impressed Prost not only for his technical expertise , but also his driving talent in testing at Estoril last week . |
| 13 | As shown in Fig. 3 , LEC cells expressed E-cadherin and avidly bound LC , whereas few LC attached to L cells lacking cadherins . |
| 14 | The extent of British involvement in the revolt remains a matter of conjecture , but Humphrys and his colleagues warmly supported the candidature of Nadir Khan , Amanullah 's successor , and vigorously opposed Amanullah 's attempt to stage a comeback from his retreat in Kandahar . |
| 15 | The original plan was that Anita would do the cooking and her husband would serve the customers , but she did not enjoy being behind the scenes and eventually taught Gordon to be a fine cook while she spent her time out front chatting up the customers . |
| 16 | Jacqueline made it clear that she disapproved and eventually told Catherine to move out . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In the second half he moved forward more often and eventually created England 's second goal . |
| 19 | Johnstone was almost certainly excused because a group of very vocal team mates under the leadership of Billy Bremner were exerting a powerful influence over Scottish footballing affairs , an influence that probably undermined and eventually curtailed Ormond 's period as manager . |
| 20 | They were n't able to give him this so he took up a reciprocal heading and dropped down to 2,000 ‘ ft ‘ and eventually found Humberside — all the time trying to figure out what had gone wrong . |
| 21 | Dorothy had glared phlegmatically around and said that would teach the silly little wretch to wander off on his own ; it was Helen who had rushed to and fro and eventually found Edward , white with shock , cowering beside one of the tills . |
| 22 | Scott , however , was intent on adhering to his stated principles and effectively told Palmerston that a Gothic building was the only solution . |
| 23 | But Neath 's recent revival continued at the Gnoll when they ran in six tries and effectively ended Bridgend 's hopes of winning the Division One title . |
| 24 | THIS is the letter from TCCB chief Alan Smith that has gone out to every county secretary and effectively gagged England players from supporting Allan Lamb over his ball-doctoring claims . |
| 25 | She concluded her performance — and rather stole Márquez ’ thunder — with a moving , powerful ‘ Elegy for a Nuclear Physicist ’ . |
| 26 | Beador 's own response was reassuring — he thought it a ‘ ripping good idea ’ and gladly added Fontana to the travelling stable of two hunters she had brought down from Yorkshire . |
| 27 | What a wonderful prospect for piano buffs who for far too long have had to put up with hurriedly performed and inadequately recorded Vox recordings from the young Michael Ponti and others in a ragbag assortment of concerti with ‘ mix and match ’ orchestras and conductors . |
| 28 | He explained that they had made plans for the evening and politely invited Modigliani to join them . |
| 29 | It swerved off the road ; killed three of the children ; and badly injured Anne Maguire . |
| 30 | Quietly sipping champagne in a corner of the large marquee , Laura was just chiding herself for having over-reacted in such a feeble , juvenile way towards a man who could n't possibly be interested in her , when she looked up — and suddenly found Ross standing in front of her ! |