Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj -er] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | If you have read my earlier memoirs you will know how this occurred . |
2 | To their further questions I answered that I was too tired to speak . |
3 | In their later years they joined forces , and there is a photograph showing them together excavating one of the ‘ Danes ’ graves ' in 1898 . |
4 | In their later writings they had been forced to acknowledge , in the light of much critical evidence , that their biologically determined criminal was only one of a variety of types : their theory had become eclectic and multi-factorial . |
5 | During her later years she was never visible till mid-day , by which time she would , in an upstairs drawing-room , be found occupying a cushionless chair at a large central table ; with a glass of port at her right hand and a volume of sermons at her left . |
6 | In her later years she never missed a hymn session on television or radio . |
7 | Even in her later years she worked on film and television projects as well as with a US daily radio commentary , The Best Years , consisting of homely reminiscences about the elderly . |
8 | In its later years it came into the hands of the Wilkins family . |
9 | In its cheaper forms it still suffers from the classical trouble of intolerable leakage in bad weather , especially because of the much higher loads put into the hull by modern rigs . |
10 | In its earlier years it was extremely outspoken in its condemnation of anything that failed to gain its approval . |
11 | It was a mark of the esteem in which John Burridge was held at Selhurst Park , both as a goalkeeper and as a showman , that whenever he has subsequently returned here with his later clubs he has invariably been accorded a warm welcome , both from Palace fans and from his former playing colleagues . |
12 | From his later writings it is obvious that he was quite fascinated by the entire operation and its execution . |
13 | In his later years he recalled with pride the opportunity it gave him to lecture such eminent men as Sir Henry Stanley on the correct procedure for expedition photography . |
14 | Mackay 's financial situation worsened following the war , especially after the runaway inflation wiped out the value of the annuity he had purchased with money left him by his mother , so that in his later years he was completely dependent on the sale of his books , which never regained their earlier popularity . |
15 | But in his later years he did n't come into the smithy until after breakfast . |
16 | In his later years he suffered ill health and his work was curtailed . |
17 | During his later years he practised law in London and on the Northern circuit . |
18 | He was elected a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1875 ; in his later years he wrote three papers on the Severn tunnel , one on ‘ arches ’ , and one on the disposal of sewage . |
19 | In his later years he took to gardening again . |
20 | In his later years he suffered from occasional bouts of insanity . |
21 | Smith suffered periodically from gout — in 1720 he wrote that the drawing of a sketch ‘ at this time has occasioned me to make many a wry face by reason I could neither sit nor stand to do it ’ — and in his later years he put on weight : ‘ It is unlucky that Mr. Smith is grown so unweildy , ’ commented Dr George Clarke [ q.v. ] of All Souls College , Oxford , in 1730 . |
22 | In his later years he became a student of Egyptology , and was also a connoisseur who amassed a fine collection of medieval manuscripts and monastic seals . |
23 | His pictures vary in style : in his later days he showed himself capable of the common sort of conventionally flattering portrait , but , particularly from his earlier years in London , there exists a body of work demonstrating his great talent for lively detail and natural rather than conventional compositions . |
24 | Unlike his older brothers he went to a Franco — Annamite school and obtained a certificate in 1907 . |
25 | He was famous simply because he happened to be the Prince of Wales ; and in his darker moments he felt that charities and organizations only wanted him because of his name . |
26 | Roe admits that in his quieter moments he sometimes wondered if he would ever win a second tournament and those doubts were intensified earlier this season when he saw both the Jersey Open and the Murphy 's English Open wrested from his grasp . |
27 | In his earlier years he could counsel priests to celibacy and doubters to Catholic dogma with almost papal infallibility , untroubled by a fiance 's feelings or a questioner 's uncertainties . |
28 | For our younger visitors we offer ’ Junior Diner ’ portions of selected dishes and for the very young , our famous totally additive free Mr. Men Meals are also available . |
29 | For example on our larger ships we are catering for 1900 passengers and 600 crew which means that about 7500 meals a day are consumed , excluding snacks and buffets . |
30 | Given the twin facts that our economy is now heavily reliant on light industries , financial services and oil , and that in our newer industries we actually make very few of the components we assemble and distribute , we are especially vulnerable , as recent events have shown , to companies deciding to re-locate in other countries . |