Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is often stated that the detective story was an impossibility before there was an established order in society and a more than rudimentary police force to support it . |
| 2 | But Heath raised him to a kind of economic overlordship which led Bill Kendall of the Civil and Public Services Association to dub him ‘ deputy prime minister ’ , a tag which stuck . |
| 3 | ‘ I was delighted for the fans who travelled 300 miles south to see us . |
| 4 | and it would also enable you to quickly and easily do something on the erm on the , on the private functions night to make it look different . |
| 5 | High vaulted ceilings and historic frescoes have inspired the Fine Arts Commission to designate it an historic monument and guests feel they are living with history . |
| 6 | By now the time had come for me to hand back to these women responsibility to go it alone . |
| 7 | She agreed to avoid alcohol , and because the next session was not for a week , to telephone the therapist in 3 days time to inform him of her progress . |
| 8 | In the old days we got on with the job , jollied staff along if they needed it , kicked the sluggards in the backside , encouraged the unconfident and persuaded a reluctant and sceptical police force to use us . |
| 9 | Having assessed the responses to that paper , we concluded that the best way forward was to strengthen the 1979 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act to make it an offence to remove finds from scheduled sites whether or not they were discovered by means of a metal detector . |
| 10 | We 've teamed up with Kodak , Kenwood and our own Live Ads section to bring you a top competition . |
| 11 | Having taken his strongholds , his wife , and his wealth , such an army had only to march thirty miles south to trap him here , with two thousand enemy mercenaries at his back and Siward before him , triumphant . |