Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At half-time David Sole really believed Scotland would win . |
| 2 | Shrewd military gentlemen were always aware of political realities , and upon entry some already had promotion in mind . |
| 3 | Edward I rightly asked Alexander to do fealty for lands he held in England and Alexander agreed but then the English asked Alexander to do homage for Scotland . |
| 4 | The Georgian Supreme Soviet on Jan. 9 unanimously rejected Gorbachev 's decree as " gross interference " in Georgia 's internal affairs , and it was announced that , far from withdrawing , the Georgian police units in South Ossetia would be reinforced . |
| 5 | In 1990 the total rose to ¥2 trillion , but January 1991 alone brought ¥400 billion-worth . |
| 6 | The Council of Europe on May 7 formally admitted Bulgaria as its 27th member . |
| 7 | The Social Democratic Party of Japan ( SDPJ ) , the country 's main opposition grouping , on July 31 formally confirmed Makoto Tanabe as its new leader on the second day of a two-day emergency party conference . |
| 8 | The England international reluctantly left France , because of Marseille 's failure to honour his contract . |
| 9 | 6 October : The Princess Royal today visited Avon , and was received on arrival by Her Majesty 's Lord-Lieutenant for Avon ( Sir John Wills Bt ) . |
| 10 | Anglian started 2p lower then regained 1p to stand at 479p . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , First Division Cambridge United yesterday signed Watford striker Steve Butler , 30 , for an undisclosed fee . |
| 12 | It is also relevant here that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries meetings between rulers were exceedingly rare ( Louis XIV never met William III , the Emperor Leopold I or Charles II of Spain , the rivals against whom he struggled for so long ) and negotiations between them had therefore to be conducted entirely through their diplomats . |
| 13 | This body on March 11 unilaterally declared Lithuania independent of the Soviet Union . |
| 14 | Is n't your creature 's brain stolen from a corpse that once had life and thought ? ’ |
| 15 | Following 13 years ' deliberation by a special Vatican commission , Pope John Paul II on Oct. 31 formally rehabilitated Galileo Galilei , the Italian astronomer , mathematician and physicist who was forced by the Inquisition in 1633 to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun . |
| 16 | Early in the encounter , Herridge and other spectators said they saw Swansea 's flanker Ian Davies kick Richard Langhorn and the Quins ' No. 8 later had stitches inserted in a head wound . |
| 17 | Julian Horsey recently won £2,500 and the title of New Designer Of The Year ‘ 92 –'93; for his recyclable shoes . |
| 18 | BRADFORD Northern finally snared Deryck Fox at the fourth attempt yesterday — helped by three local businessmen and 200 fans digging into their own pockets . |
| 19 | Sheffield United yesterday handed winger Brian Marwood a free transfer . |
| 20 | On 8 June 1714 the Electress Sophia of Hanover , who had been expected to succeed Anne , died suddenly , and on 1 August 1714 so did Queen Anne , aged only 49 . |
| 21 | An LDP member of the Upper House , Masaru Urata , on Nov. 27 also accused Takeshita of having perjured himself and there were threats to begin legal proceedings against him . |
| 22 | Clause 7 thereof gave power to the first defendant , inter alia , to ‘ determine the remuneration of the receiver . ’ |
| 23 | The few staff members available also gave advice on the suitability of sites for such projects . |
| 24 | The sequence of events following Mozart 's hurried departure from Paris on 26 September 1778 nearly drove Leopold to distraction . |
| 25 | Instead he was conscripted , and in September 1939 actually took part in the invasion of Poland . |
| 26 | About 1970 a number of young adult women were found to have a rare cancer of the vagina : the appearance of several cases close together prompted enquiry about possible causes . |
| 27 | Although in the end a good many men were taxed on wages , a number in Kerrier hundred initially had goods worth £2 , making the true overall percentage of labouring people a fairly normal 36.6 , almost the same as in Devonshire . |
| 28 | Behind him , the path runs down into a fold of land that once had allotments . |
| 29 | Rose clung to Dieter 's hand and refused to budge ; there followed a heated altercation between Dora and Dieter until Jack intervened and managed , using a quiet diplomacy that further increased Melissa 's respect for him , to persuade them both to withdraw . |
| 30 | Section 5 also assisted Lady Falkender when she was discussing security at Buckingham Palace and the proclivities of Commander Trestrail , the Queen 's personal bodyguard , at the time of Michael Fagan 's entry into the Queen 's bedroom in 1982 . |