Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he deliberately affected a republican stance , in 27 BC Octavian effectively became emperor of Rome , taking the name Augustus . |
| 2 | The couple , who live locally , acquired and restored the 20-seater coach as a family keepsake , it was actually 's father who founded the Guy Motor Company which eventually became part of Leyland . |
| 3 | Anselm , St ( 1033–1109 ) Born the son of a Lombard landowner , Anselm eventually became Archbishop of Canterbury in England . |
| 4 | Two of the boys from amongst these pioneers went on to study Mathematics at Cambridge , with great success , to Daniels ' pride : J. G. Adshead of Caius College , who eventually became Professor of Mathematics at Dalhousie University , Nova Scotia , and W. L. Edge of Trinity College , who held a similar post in the University of Edinburgh . |
| 5 | It could have been written by its bearer , given by Florence as Abbot Lyfing of Tavistock , who eventually became bishop of Worcester , for this would further explain how Florence had a copy . |
| 6 | Credit granters told us that they rarely checked information about employment because they found that many people regarded this as an invasion of privacy . |
| 7 | He eventually found solace in religion . |
| 8 | After about thirty years with a genuine French landlord who only sold beer in half-pints , among his other idiosyncrasies , the brewery bowed to public opinion and renamed the place the French Pub . |
| 9 | This time round they were told they would not be able to enter the National Federation of Meat Traders bi-annual sausage competition at Harrogate as one of the sponsors , the Meat and Livestock Commission , held that they only provided sponsorship for mainland competitors . |
| 10 | Carrie had been listening intently , enthralled and hanging on to the union man 's every word , but she suddenly caught sight of Fred standing at the counter . |
| 11 | As they came up to the warren bank he suddenly caught sight of Fiver . |
| 12 | It is reported that , while out riding in Wychwood Forest , he suddenly came face to face with the shade of Amy Robsart . |
| 13 | Meditation was something that only happened east of Suez and although imaging was something I did every time I wrote a book , play or did a drawing , I had not associated it with my cancer . |
| 14 | Hurricane Iniki headed 100 miles north for the main Hawaiian resort of Oahu — where it killed a 15-year-old boy — before it suddenly switched course for Kauai . |
| 15 | Bar-tailed Godwits are very rare inland in Sussex , but since 1966 there have been six reports of birds inland on spring migration between 12 April and 3 May , usually in small parties , but 200 together flew north over Arlington Reservoir on 3 May 1971 . |
| 16 | Braid apparently started work in February 1907 . |
| 17 | One minute he was just standing there — and the next instant he suddenly grabbed hold of Laura , quickly scooping her tall , slender body up into his arms before carrying the struggling figure of the girl towards his large limousine . |
| 18 | Leonora Carrington , Leonor Fini and Meret Oppenehiem are amongst the many whose development as serious artists only took place outside Surrealism . |
| 19 | Share earnings for 1992 are not shown as the company only went public in February 1993 . |
| 20 | What is striking about all these cases quoted is that , in every one , the eventual victim had already pursued his or her complaint exhaustively behind the scenes with the employer and only went public in desperation when the outrage was intense and no other recourse seemed available . |
| 21 | This was partly due to the fact that I did n't really understand what I was supposed to be doing and partly because I had a very intricate felt-pen and biro decoration to complete on my pencil case ( which obviously took priority over maths work ) . |
| 22 | She referred to her own family : parents , brother and sisters who all spoke English at home . |
| 23 | Li also pointedly gave support to leftist agricultural policies reportedly opposed by Deng , endorsing collective service networks and ideological education campaigns in rural areas . |
| 24 | Indeed there are things which suggest that not only did vase-painting at Athens in this time move pari passu with free painting and sculpture but that the same person may sometimes have worked in more than one of the three crafts . |
| 25 | Greek civilization not only gave rise to philosophy but it also produced , in the fifth century BC , the first real historians . |
| 26 | So you only spoke Welsh at home ? |
| 27 | Essentially , therefore , the provisions only had application to income falling within the first limb . |
| 28 | Newman especially had faith in Whitaker as the ideal weaver of Doctor Who stories . |
| 29 | Jean alone had evidence of Dr Crane 's last meeting with Eliza . |
| 30 | as he wearily trudged door to door . |