Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The LTTE effectively took total control of the north when the Indian Peace Keeping Force ( IPKF ) pulled out in March 1990 . |
| 2 | The tow truck eventually arrived three hours later , but broke down on the way to her fiance 's home near Norwich . |
| 3 | Hesitation slowly became determined silence ; the line of her mouth tightened . |
| 4 | The public grew to hate the licensors , and Parliament eventually uncovered widespread corruption in their operation — fraud , extortion and intimidation had made the whole system a scandal . |
| 5 | Obviously some men were quite prepared to rely upon their skill and the contract below represented dramatic earnings for Floyd and his partners … |
| 6 | The emissions only contained one part per million of hydrochloric acid . ’ |
| 7 | Despite such " official " backing and aspirations , the DTB 's Bund contract only averaged 2,500 contracts per day , about one-tenth of LIFFE 's turnover , in its first few weeks of trading . |
| 8 | ‘ The effect of looking a bit deeper made more difference than anyone thought , ’ summarises Peter Frey , a psychologist at North-Western University who has written the basic text in the field , Chess Skill In Man and Machine ( Springer-Verlag 1977 ) . |
| 9 | What is more , no special preparation had to be made , no time had to be set aside , programmes only lasted fifteen minutes , and one could enter and leave as one pleased . |
| 10 | Colchester only scored six points in the first set but held off the Nomads for more than 27 minutes thanks to solid defence . |
| 11 | As the Renfrew field only had one runway the forecast predicted a change in wind direction which would make landing difficult , if not impossible . |
| 12 | Arthur Andersen only audited 31 companies and earned less fee income than firms like Stoy Hayward , Kidsons Impey and Pannell Kerr Forster . |
| 13 | Their action effectively scuppered six years of negotiations , since all decisions taken by the 22 signatories to the 1959 Washington Treaty — the framework for the political and environmental protection of Antarctica - must be unanimous . |
| 14 | As for the misprints — ‘ … traders rarely had European wives , often living as married to an African women … |
| 15 | Fifty-five thousand people , 10% more than in 1992 , attended this year 's fifth annual Salon de Mars arts fair held 30 March to 5 April in a huge white marquee near the Eiffel Tower . |
| 16 | In fact Linton only stayed one night with us . |
| 17 | Sud Aviation and the CNET 's Télécommande department together developed liquid hydrogen rockets — Véronique and Monica ( test launches : March 1959 — December 1961 ) . |
| 18 | The survivors themselves later said that Arafat only wanted more martyrs to capture the attention of the world . |
| 19 | But the watching scout only saw 27-goal Erskine carried off with suspected knee ligament damage . |
| 20 | ‘ I know that old Sir David only died last year — just before my own father — and I realise that she must be worried sick about poor Owen . |
| 21 | A community famed for exuberant high living suddenly decided that austerity was the better part of valour . |
| 22 | The small branches only got one delegate and that would be the part time secretary branch secretary he would attend . |
| 23 | The two lists together included 205 Democrats , 119 Republicans and one independent . |
| 24 | Alton C.C. only fielded two members . |
| 25 | It was interesting that when she started her thighs only measured 21½ inches which is slim by comparison with most of the other volunteers . |
| 26 | Those patients attending general practice alone showed better control when compared with those having shared care with a hospital outpatient clinic . |
| 27 | And the whole episode apparently left one fan shaking his head and observing : ‘ That 's what you call two crap decisions … ’ |
| 28 | The photograph apparently showed three servicemen , Air Force Col. John Robertson , Maj. Albro Lynn Lundy and Lt. Larry Stevens , holding a sign with the date 25:5:90 and the cryptic message " NNTK ! |
| 29 | Geography along necessitated careful organisation which followed the company policy of a five week selling plan . |
| 30 | The anti-fascists largely ignored this demonstration . |