Example sentences of "[num] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1986 I cultivated new ambitions which took me out of the British orbit and on to a higher plane . |
| 2 | Up till about 1980 I had little experience of float fishing for big bream , and I do n't recall ever having read anything on the subject . |
| 3 | As a child of the Thirties I heard much talk of J.P.M. and Fred Shaw ( the NCLC Organiser ) , Plebs and the Railway Service Journal — and the Manchester Guardian — were as much a part of my youthful literary life as Mickey Mouse and Film Fun . |
| 4 | In chapter 2 I included this as one of the five ‘ views ’ of our subject : ‘ A ‘ cultural analysis ' ’ view emphasises the role of English in helping children towards a critical understanding of the world and cultural environment in which they live . |
| 5 | In chapter 2 I discussed one of the central aims of the English curriculum , which is to extend the range of language in which children are competent . |
| 6 | I said she could have taken a degree in her spare time in th she 's only she 's not yet forty I said that 's absolute rubbish I said th the world is full of these damn women going around saying , if only I had n't had children I could have been Lord Chief Justice of England , I said , it is n't true ! |
| 7 | and er I said you 've al also told me that Sue said there 's no way she 's going out with him on the at forty I said that 's only two years away . |
| 8 | Between 1616 and 1629 she bore eight children , and with her husband was active in a Shrewsbury conventicle . |
| 9 | In 1984 she came third in class in the Yachting Monthly Triangle and in 1985 she came second in class in the Round Britain Race , taking part in Ann Frazer 's Contessa 32 Gollywobbler . |
| 10 | After Thebes swallowed up Plataia in 427 she controlled four Boiotarchs and 240 councillors . |
| 11 | ‘ When we led 12-11 we had three free kicks against us which took the momentum out of our play . ’ |
| 12 | In Section 3.7 we regarded third normal form as the end of the normalisation process and this is usually satisfactory . |
| 13 | In 1987-88 they received 7 per cent and in 1988-89 , 8.9 per cent ( or the rate of inflation plus 2.5 per cent ) . |
| 14 | Its share of wool exports rose too , though less strikingly , in 1374–75 and 1424–25 the figure was between 40 and 45 per cent , by 1474–75 it exceeded 50 per cent and in 1524–25 it was 66 per cent . |
| 15 | During 1876 he built new premises on the outskirts of Aberdeen , to cope with the increased demand . |
| 16 | During 1971 and 1972 he surveyed four oil refineries — two each in France and Britain — interviewing a total of over 800 workers . |
| 17 | In charge of works after the collapse of the central tower in 1237–9 he remained chief master at least until Christmas 1257 , described as ‘ cementarius magister operis ’ and ‘ magister fabrice ’ . |
| 18 | Such a system was effectively harnessed by the energy and skill of Thomas Cromwell ; but deprived of his control after 1540 it became corrupt , inefficient , and unpopular . |
| 19 | Between 1378 and 1407 he enjoyed thirty-five benefices ( although never more than twelve at once ) . |
| 20 | During 1939–44 he spent several years teaching in North America , at Hartford Seminary and at Fisk University , and he received an honorary DD from Wesley College , Winnipeg . |
| 21 | In 1801 he became famous in the eyes of the general public by locating the exact position of the newly discovered ( and subsequently lost ! ) planet Ceres , this from very little information and where the best astronomers had failed . |
| 22 | Between 1783 and 1793 wheat had averaged 47s ( £2.35 ) a quarter ; between 1793 and 1801 it averaged 77s ( £3.85 ) and from 1803 to 1813 92s ( £4.60 ) . |
| 23 | On his death in 1985 he left two gold watches to his sons . |
| 24 | According to a report on Radio Afghanistan on Dec. 30 he received 916 votes and there were 59 votes against . |
| 25 | Shevardnadze in a strong speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25 characterized Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait as " an act of terrorism against the nascent new world order " , and , apparently going further than Gorbachev had suggested at Helsinki [ see above ] , stated that the Soviet Union was prepared to support the use of force against Iraq , in a UN framework , if the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait continued ; on Sept. 30 he confirmed Soviet willingness to join a UN force if necessary . |
| 26 | The United Kingdom imposed visa restrictions from Nov. 8 on former Yugoslavs except holders of Croatian and Slovenian passports and agreed to take only 150 refugees plus their dependants ; on Nov. 30 it increased this number to 1,000 plus dependants for temporary asylum . |
| 27 | When Avitus died in c. 690 he appointed Bonitus as his successor , and Pippin II , the maior and effective ruler of Austrasia and its dependencies in Aquitaine , agreed . |
| 28 | When news of this war reached Henry Ii in the autumn of 1184. he summoned all three to England . |
| 29 | In 1903 he sold four sets of kites to the Admiralty ; in 1905 the army ordered kites , and engaged Cody to instruct the Royal Engineers in their operation . |
| 30 | By November 1985 it became apparent that the real antagonists were neither the Westland company nor British Aerospace , but Michael Heseltine , as a vigorous champion of the European link , and Mrs Thatcher . |