Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For long Germany had a political inferiority complex because of her failure , as Germans saw it , to develop into a nation-state along the lines of the countries of Western Europe . |
| 2 | In reply , Greenidge and Richards hammered 88 in even time , but then only Murray made a substantial score , his 64 being joint top with Richards and 41 more than it should have been had a catch been accepted ; 308 all out . |
| 3 | " If only Toby had a little money or a proper job — he 's a sweet boy , but " |
| 4 | Susan did n't get up that day , so Breeze had a great deal to do . |
| 5 | For the first half of the fifteenth century , Gascony was under less pressure , probably because Henry V 's campaigns had shifted the bulk of military activity to northern France , but even so war had a serious effect on wine exports . |
| 6 | Regardless of fluctuations , BBC1 reflected closely the class composition of the population as a whole ; ITV had a working-class skew right from the start ; all channels ( especially ITV had a female skew ; and all had an age profile considerably older than the population as a whole ( in the 1970s , on the other hand 5 — 14 year olds had watched the most ) . |
| 7 | Polanski used the club as his base and as an access point to its abounding supply of beautiful women ; just as Hefner 's Playboy mansion in Los Angeles was a magnet for the bright young things of Hollywood , so Lownes established a social whirl that attracted the cream and the elite of off-beat London society , plus some very famous names , eventually to include Nicholson himself . |
| 8 | It teemed down , so back came a soaked Charlie and 1265-X . |
| 9 | Suddenly Hugo heard a harsh sibilant inhalation of breath . |
| 10 | The one o'clock news included a brief statement that a man had been detained early that morning while attempting to board a cross-Channel ferry at Dover and was helping police with their enquiries into the murder of Angelica Caroli , found stabbed in her Gloucestershire home the previous Thursday . |
| 11 | Only monotony granted a certain grandeur . |
| 12 | So Charles had a good view . |
| 13 | So Barry greased a few palms and set up a day at the Foss Island Waterpark in Brandsburton , North Yorkshire . |
| 14 | Suddenly Bogie threw a full glass of scotch into the man 's face while simultaneously Mayo hit the man on the head with her shoe . |
| 15 | So Paul had a big blue felt marker for days and a red one for nights . |
| 16 | Prussia of course more especially more especially Prussia feared a united Germany . |
| 17 | Suddenly Charlie heard a loud squeal from behind him . |
| 18 | Eventually Serrigny found a small house belonging to the local solicitor . |
| 19 | Thus Mauritius had a flightless pigeon , the dodo , and there were related forms on nearby Rodriguez . |
| 20 | Thus Blacks became a prime source of hostility for white unionists who set about erecting discriminatory barriers . |
| 21 | Soon Maggie held a golden ball of thread and St Margaret had one end of it firmly attached to her finger . |
| 22 | Somehow Stephen had a sneaking suspicion that the American would be no pushover . |
| 23 | Thus Len made a fine central pivot , though he began as a full-back and appeared in every defensive position for the Palace . |
| 24 | Perforce Coffin knew a good deal about her . |
| 25 | Nevertheless France possessed a technocratic system of sectorization across the whole country with departments and communes being mandated to provide local outpatient and prevention services . |
| 26 | Nevertheless Rosa produced a wooden box which was just the size , and Sarah went back up to the room that had been her home since childhood . |
| 27 | Meanwhile Morrissey made a brief appearance between the pages of No. 1 when the magazine had the interesting idea of flying Morrissey to Liverpool for a tape recorded chat with Echo & The Bunnymen 's outspoken Ian McCullouch . |
| 28 | Thus Aquitaine remained a far-off , unknown country and its inhabitants were well known for their fickleness and treacherousness . |
| 29 | Meanwhile construction suffered a 6.6 per cent reverse in the period but , according to the figures , was still higher by 2.2 per cent in 1992 against 1991 . |
| 30 | Thus Vaughan had a close connection with both the family of the deceased fourth Duke of Norfolk and with Anne Mowbray 's young brother-in-law Edward . |