Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [noun] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His defence came as the Commons Public Accounts Committee decided it would meet on Monday to hold an inquiry into the Guardian 's disclosure of the ‘ sweeteners ’ which were revealed in a confidential memorandum sent to MPs by Mr John Bourn , the Comptroller and Auditor General . |
| 2 | It was the morning of Emilia Frere 's departure from the Hall and for a few minutes Louisa found herself alone with the Rector , who fingered the brim of his hat and beamed like the milky sun outside . |
| 3 | In some cases investors lost their money due to East-European and Chinese borrowers repudiating their debt obligations . |
| 4 | In some cases population intermingled there 's bound to be conflict whatever happens , it seems to me that these problems can only be solved , first of all by ensuring that all eth ethnic groups have the right to their own culture , their own language , their own religion and so on and to exercise them in their own territory , but they 're not discriminated again in jobs and housing and education , er and then also as you say to help with state sponsored finance people who do decide that they want to migrate , that they do n't want to live in somebody else 's Republic , that they do want to move across the border into , as it were , their own Republic . |
| 5 | In some cases workers spent their evenings and spare time on party tasks . |
| 6 | As one expressive arts teacher put it : |
| 7 | ‘ In some schools teachers brought their own books from home to augment classroom stocks . ’ |
| 8 | With a wry shrug of her slim shoulders Laura made herself a ham sandwich before wandering back into what the estate agent 's particulars had referred to as ‘ a huge reception-room ’ . |
| 9 | erm but after a few months dad gave it up cos it was erm too wet and that where weeds could grow easily |
| 10 | In 1908 , the longstanding split between themselves and the machinemen had been healed : " a happy consummation " and " an event full of promise for the future " , as the local branch of the Printing and Kindred Trades Federation put it . |
| 11 | A German Customs officer asked us about our trip and where we came from . |
| 12 | On some days Marcus said nothing to him at all , while at the same time making it , without word or gesture , clear that his presence was helpful . |
| 13 | For some days Harriet kept her cubs within easy reach of the far bank of the river . |
| 14 | Over the next few days Stevens confirmed his hunch . |
| 15 | Marilla agreed , and for the next few days Anne planned what she would put in her cake . |
| 16 | During the first few days people left their houses for fear of being bombed by Pippo , but quite soon he became part of our lives and we did n't bother about him any more . |
| 17 | After a few weeks newspapers lifted their ban on match reports , and while the war was waged on the front page , the struggle for League points gathered pace on the back . |
| 18 | The manuscript , however , was not entirely ready for publication , " and during the next few weeks Nietzsche submitted it to a final revision . |
| 19 | After a few mouthfuls Edward put his knife and fork down and said , ‘ Oh — the lawyer rang . |
| 20 | In 1982 the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee asked him to write a paper on the Falklands , which was considered a most notable contribution to the debate in this area . |
| 21 | On the issue of United Kingdom participation in UNESCO ( the United States , United Kingdom and Singapore having withdrawn from the organization in 1984-85 — see pp. 33499-501 ) Mayor held talks on Feb. 28 with the UK Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , Timothy Sainsbury , and on March 15 the House of Commons foreign affairs committee issued its first report on reforms within UNESCO , indicating that if Mayor succeeded in reforming the organization 's administration , the UK should rejoin . |
| 22 | When the House of Commons foreign affairs committee published its report on Hong Kong soon afterwards , it set democratisation as an urgent priority . |
| 23 | A BRITISH Airways pilot killed himself after being blamed for nearly flying a packed Boeing 747 into a hotel . |
| 24 | A BRITISH Airways crew feared they would be sucked out of the cockpit when the windscreen shattered at 33,000ft yesterday . |
| 25 | During those years several consultancies emerged and a number of public relations practitioners arose who became , in a real sense , founders of modern British public relations . |
| 26 | ‘ Please , Dana , do as I ask ; it 's important , ’ Claudia pleaded , and something in her manner must have got across , for after a few seconds Dana allowed herself to be led towards the café . |
| 27 | At the peak moment of the 6-day picket of the coke works , 800 police officers found themselves containing 15,000 pickets . |
| 28 | In 1981 , the British Standards Institution published its Roots Thesaurus which is intended to be a model thesaurus from which terms may be drawn . |
| 29 | Social services departments shifted their emphasis to community care for children and the elderly as part of an attempt to economise ( Kelly , 1989 ) . |
| 30 | The role of the media in creating ‘ crises ’ about the sexual abuse of children , which then set an agenda for official investigation , was further underlined when the Social Services Inspectorate published its report on the Rochdale cases in November 1990 . |