Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [pron] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as so often happens in these situations , with United on top for so , so long , it was Charlton on the breakaway who scored that vital equaliser with just nine minutes remaining . |
| 2 | But she knew all the same that no-one had thought she might leave the tent which seemed warm now and dense with the presence of Antoine — Only he 's dead now , is n't he ? |
| 3 | Lord Peyton has the right to stick to his guns and he 's disinclined to give in after the majority he won last time . |
| 4 | It was felt that the Stand we had last year was well worthwhile . |
| 5 | Continuing up the easy gradient of the ridge we made frequent stops to admire the icy crest and fearsome north west face of Chamlang , soaring skywards . |
| 6 | In the vote on the NUM motion three factors helped to tip the balance in favour of the Labour leadership : the NUM lacked the support it commanded last month at Blackpool from Nalgo , the local government officers ' union , since the latter is not affiliated to the party ; the pro-nuclear EETPU , absent from Blackpool since its expulsion from the TUC , cast its votes in favour of the leadership 's stance ; and Ucatt , the construction union , previously in favour of the 15-year deadline , has recently withdrawn its opposition to the policy review plan . |
| 7 | He put on a white silk shirt , all embroidered with gold ; over the shirt he placed three thin , elegant ribbons ; then a scarlet velvet waistcoat adorned with thirty gold buttons ; and then his golden armour . |
| 8 | The GP who made that referral should understand the options available and the implications of his referral . |
| 9 | The writer who adapted this H.E.Bates piece clearly understood that viewers want to feel cosy , and programmes such as this have a feel-good factor . |
| 10 | First mounted to celebrate the 85th birthday of Graham Greene , this British Council exhibition pays tribute to the writer who had such close connections with the town |
| 11 | Because of his absence from the trial he forfeited all rights to appeal . |
| 12 | Gray had told the board he needed three years to build a top side . |
| 13 | No other contact with the board was required of the business heads , although each had a contact on the board who provided ongoing support . |
| 14 | The catalyst which provoked that indignation was the appearance in their lives of a wealthy businessman , Peter Shand Kydd who had recently returned to Britain after selling a sheep farm in Australia . |
| 15 | The Magistrates Association 's immediate response was that its members already had this information and would continue to pass the sentence they considered appropriate to the offence . |
| 16 | Fujitsu Ltd has developed a 600dpi high resolution laser printer , the SLB-6200J1 which became available in late March . |
| 17 | On my return late in the afternoon I saw two SS soldiers outside our front door . |
| 18 | In the afternoon he visited various people who had been on friendly terms with the dead man . |
| 19 | During the afternoon she worked hard and realised almost with dismay that she was going home not to a comfortable evening by the fire but to yet another Lenten service at which her uncle was to be the preacher . |
| 20 | As well as a sideswipe at the DTI 's failure to spend all the money it had available for industrial-academic arrangements such as the Link scheme , the spokesmen promised various schemes to improve public understanding of science . |
| 21 | In passing sentence , Rant referred , overtly , to ‘ society ’ being the victim , but he obviously felt the need to establish more tangible ones , since , despite their full co-operation in all the activities , it was the ‘ masochists ’ in the case who went free , and the ‘ sadists ’ who received the immediate custodial sentences . |
| 22 | ‘ If that was the case I found great difficulty in seeing how he could get permission from my local authority to license me , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ The clerk who drew this up added a note . |
| 24 | After a year on the Economist he became one of the original members of the Conservative Research Department ( 1930–8 ) under its first director , Sir G. Joseph Ball [ q.v . ] . |
| 25 | During December of 1847 it was decided that the inhabitants deserved toilets and Joseph Braithwaite was given the contract which included 10 peat houses . |
| 26 | Did you hear about the wally who went fly fishing ? |
| 27 | In fact , there was much sympathy expressed for the Führer who had this to suffer on top of all his other worries . |
| 28 | I know this is a crime , and so does my father , and I think that sometimes he regrets the decision he made seventeen years ago , in his hippy-anarchist days , or whatever they were . |
| 29 | Luch never actually gave him any news , but hidden in the bower she heard all the gossip of the maids , and Lady Marion 's occasional rages , and learned a great deal of the events in the castle . |
| 30 | Ball was the only prominent figure in the rising who had any known background of discontent ; the other leaders emerged in the course of events . |