Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb past] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 450g/1lb leeks , trimmed , sliced and freshly cooked 1 × 113g/4oz can green chillis in brine for Mexican cooking 25g/1oz butter 3 cloves garlic , crushed or finely chopped 225g/8oz cream cheese salt and pepper 1 × 5ml/tsp paprika watercress to garnish |
| 2 | Richard Anthony Ainscough FCA , Michael George Battersby FCA , David Peter Bradley ACA , Ralph Burton Holden FCA , Donald Malcolm Lyon ACA , Brian Christopher Marsden FCA , Michael Harvey Townend FCA and Jeremy Newsom Stirrup FCA , all of Oakmount , 6 East Park Road , Blackburn who were found guilty of misconduct within the meaning of Bye-law 76(a) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that they in Blackburn between 20 April 1991 and 7 September 1991 passed clients ' monies through the firm 's office account were each reprimanded and jointly and severally fined £750 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 3 | Flowers decayed , and so did people . |
| 4 | They lost every deposit , and so contributed £128,000 towards the election , but received almost no coverage in the national press , TV or radio in return . |
| 5 | The builder 's shares withstood the pressure and only fell 4p to 142p . |
| 6 | At the same time , this year 's Champion T-34 at Oshkosh , N9053R had a reserve of $300,000 , and only reached $175,000 . |
| 7 | Bob Hoover 's well-known P-51D Mustang Old Yeller had a reserve of $1m and only reached $500,000 in the bidding . |
| 8 | ‘ Because Tanith was premature and only weighed 5lb 4oz , none of the clothes I 'd bought her , or was given , fitted . |
| 9 | Byrd studied all research on the trait approach that had been done up to the 1940 's and only found 5% of all traits identified for leaders common to all the research . |
| 10 | Some are concerned with eliciting comparable and highly schematized data such as word-lists or responses to subjective reaction tests ; for the moment , these will not be discussed ( but see chapter 8 ) . |
| 11 | She had received £70 in cash , repaid £35 , and still owed £101 15s . |
| 12 | If the new rates had applied to that year they would have wiped out the interest and still left £5.67 to pay ! |
| 13 | Ian McColl , the former Scotland boss , had taken over as manager of the English First Division side and gratefully paid £70,000 for Baxter . |
| 14 | Opponents of the regime took new heart from the Stalingrad disaster , and their limited revival resulted in a spread of illegal broadsheets and surreptitiously daubed graffiti , attacking Hitler ‘ the Stalingrad Murderer ’ . |
| 15 | The owner who worked full time in the business paid himself a salary of £9,000 and also withdrew £1,000 in cash from the business to pay a pressing personal debt . |
| 16 | Serves 4–6. 3 tbs extra virgin olive oil 225g ( 8oz ) onions , skinned and finely chopped 25g ( 1oz ) garlic , chopped 225g ( 8oz ) celery , finely chopped 225g ( 8oz ) small potatoes in 5mm ( ¼ in ) slices 25g ( 1oz ) pearl barley 1.75 litres ( 3 pints ) boiling chicken stock or water 225g ( 8oz ) leeks in 5mm ( ¼ in ) slices 225g ( 8oz ) cabbage , shredded finely 225g ( 8oz ) dwarf beans , trimmed 225g ( 8oz ) cauliflower , broccoli or mixture , cut into tiny florets bunch of fresh herbs : bay , thyme and parsley salt , freshly ground black pepper handful of parsley , scissor-chopped Heat oil in a large deep pan . |
| 17 | Try this with pasta , grilled meat or fish Serves 4 1 onion chopped 1 clove garlic , crushed 15ml ( 1 tbsp ) oil 400g ( 14 oz ) tin tomatoes or 450g ( 1 lb ) fresh tomatoes , skinned and roughly chopped 60ml ( 4 tbsp ) stock 5ml ( 1 tsp ) sugar salt and freshly ground black pepper 15ml ( ( 1 tsp ) fresh chopped parsley 1 bunch fresh basil ( optional ) Fry onion and garlic in oil until soft . |
| 18 | The corporation agreed , and even paid £200 so that the new shops would be set back from the previous building line . |
| 19 | So when invited to a London movie premiere Amanda , 20 , reached for her old jeans , skimpy top … and simply popped out.Picture : NIKOS |
| 20 | Even in softly flowing ballets such as Monotone II where no impetus should be seen as deliberate , it must nevertheless be there and firmly controlled lf , for example , the two boys are to turn the girl sur pointe with her working leg stretched upwards and her head and body bent downwards over her supporting leg . |
| 21 | Mothers who were sweated workers were believed to produce physically and mentally enfeebled offspring which endangered the future of the race . |
| 22 | Indeed , Apple believed in the technology to such an extent that they invested in the company and actually owned 20% of the stock at one time . |
| 23 | On the distribution side , it has been building greenfield warehouses on the Continent and recently paid £10m to buy a facility in Warrington out of receivership . |
| 24 | In our championship year we had an average start … but crucially did nt lose I spose . |
| 25 | EIGHT darts players from Croxdale , Spennymoor , Ferryhill and Middlesbrough just failed to beat the world record of 510,625 scored in 25s and bullseyes in 24 hours but still raised £2,000 for Guide Dogs for the Blind . |
| 26 | Car production fell by 8 p.c. , reflecting sluggish demand , but still topped 2m vehicles of which three out of five were Peugeot . |
| 27 | Net profits were hit by £900,000 exceptional charges , but also grew 19% to £4.4m . |
| 28 | Isle of Wight radio said the former TV presenter agreed to host a two-week show for nothing , but then demanded £1,000 . |
| 29 | Stephen Elstob , Reginald Wishart and Gary Drummond had expected around £5,000 but instead collected £29,980 . |