Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1986 I cultivated new ambitions which took me out of the British orbit and on to a higher plane . |
| 2 | He instantly took in that I brought bad news and steered me at once into the noisy outside coupling space between the dayniter and the central dining car . |
| 3 | When nylon underwear first became popular I produced similar fireworks and had to earth myself to radiators when nobody was looking . |
| 4 | Underneath this she wore black cotton trousers — ideally these should have been made of silk , but she felt sure no one would notice . |
| 5 | AFTER THIS SHE HAD ODD FLASHES OF ‘ CLAIRVOYANCE ’ . |
| 6 | After this they employed Welsh builders and had everything sent over with them including paint , sandpaper and Polyfilla . |
| 7 | The English had not been acquiring new subjects in the first century and a half of their overseas expansion ; for the next century and a half they acquired new subjects at a rate which would have been quite inconceivable if they had been dealing with men and women who thought about their political rights and obligations in terms of nationalism . |
| 8 | I am suprised they agreed personal terms . |
| 9 | He was given an ancient , unreliable car and in this he made long journeys and addressed crowded meetings . |
| 10 | After this he spent long periods in Madeira until his death in 1907 . |
| 11 | He served Rome well but because of this he received hostile opposition from some Jews , especially the Pharisees . |
| 12 | For a period after this he stopped inviting Bobby for meals at Lyons and took Eric Verrico instead . |
| 13 | During 1876 he built new premises on the outskirts of Aberdeen , to cope with the increased demand . |
| 14 | In charge of works after the collapse of the central tower in 1237–9 he remained chief master at least until Christmas 1257 , described as ‘ cementarius magister operis ’ and ‘ magister fabrice ’ . |
| 15 | In public he expressed great contempt for the system , but he made use of it to an immoderate degree , particularly by bestowing honours — undue honours — on the least worthy of his personal friends and particularly if the suggestion was made by anyone close to him . |
| 16 | In public he paid handsome tribute to Modigliani , but the truth of their private relations is more tangled . |
| 17 | Shevardnadze in a strong speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25 characterized Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait as " an act of terrorism against the nascent new world order " , and , apparently going further than Gorbachev had suggested at Helsinki [ see above ] , stated that the Soviet Union was prepared to support the use of force against Iraq , in a UN framework , if the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait continued ; on Sept. 30 he confirmed Soviet willingness to join a UN force if necessary . |
| 18 | In another he found old shoes piled high on rusty tables and there was one room he thought very odd but it made him smile . |
| 19 | He was happy to know how much I enjoyed Russian literature . |
| 20 | In 1892 she became senior lady assistant commissioner to the royal commission on labour , investigating women 's work in Ireland , in the Black Country iron industry , and in London public houses . |
| 21 | In her room Sally eventually managed to get out of her dress though her hands were trembling so much she had great difficulty with the zipper . |
| 22 | do you know how much she had personal money ? |
| 23 | After a brief engagement to a man later convicted for bigamy and fraud , in 1929 she married American-born Robert Woodward Hathaway ( second of three sons of Charles Hathaway , a Wall Street banker ) . |
| 24 | British exporters achieved all-time record exports partly because in 1991 we had all-time record low numbers of strikes and days lost through industrial action . |
| 25 | ‘ In early 1991 we had particular problems in achieving the levels of service on the Back Office system which would enable branches to meet their business needs . |
| 26 | I was also dismayed we allowed young Simon Houston , an exciting talented goalkeeper , to leave us for Distillery . |
| 27 | They deny that on various occasions unknown between May 1989 and October 1991 they committed indecent offences and raped the sisters in houses in Glasgow . |
| 28 | As such it had serious defects : like all other Spanish parties , the Masons were distinguished by their domestic divisions . |
| 29 | On 30 April 1991 he sought legal advice from Marshalls concerning an order that he attend before the court in Manchester for examination by the liquidator of the company . |
| 30 | In 1660 he defended free grace in two public disputations at Allhallows against John Goodwin [ q.v. ] , the champion of free will . |