Example sentences of "[adj] and [art] [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But before he got into his aircraft to complete his detail he presented 20 piastres to Fagan , Fagan looked at the 20 piastres — and the 20 piastre piece was a great thing like a cartwheel , very large and bigger by far than an old-fashioned crown , some 2-2 ½ ″ wide , Fagan looked at this and the doctor said : I am sorry about the shit I blew over everybody — there is my fine , " Fagan looked at it and said " Doe , the fine was only 10 piastres . " |
| 2 | Often at dawn the sky would be perfectly clear and the air had the crispness that heralds the first night frost . |
| 3 | The sky was clear and the sunlight had a brilliance and intensity that made her head reel . |
| 4 | Pulling it over to frighten it , he failed to jump clear and the pony fell on him , smashing his thigh . |
| 5 | He was even more curt and the man took a step back . |
| 6 | When I went to see the family , the mother was very rational and calm and the girl told me : ‘ there must be millions like me , Mrs Kazi . |
| 7 | It was known as the Sports Car World Championship from 1953–61 and the title went to the leading manufacturer . |
| 8 | In the case of Wachtel v IRC ( 1970 ) 46 TC 543 , the settlor deposited money with a bank interest-free and the bank lent money to the trust at 1 per cent . |
| 9 | Oh , there had been speculation that Scawsby was wrong and the Scotsman had died because of some strange seizure . |
| 10 | When it ended we moved out on to the palace balcony to watch a display of fireworks , the first to be given in the country ; but after two rockets had been fired something went wrong and the rest blew up . |
| 11 | An investigation is under way into what went wrong and the trouble did n't stop there , because back on the pitch Tredworth , full-back , Andy Hill got himself sent for allegedly throwing a punch . |
| 12 | Something had gone wrong and the House wanted blood . |
| 13 | Prices remained high and the index closed 136 points up on the day at 2,573 . |
| 14 | The peculiarity of the proportions ( published in French and English in 1791 in an essay dedicated to the Prince of Wales ) is that the measurements are not given direct but are based on the head , divided into 22 equal parts ( according to Percivall , Eclipse stood 16l/2 hands high and the head measured 22 inches ) . |
| 15 | She had turned the hob on too high and the bacon had begun to burn . |
| 16 | The fees were high and the atmosphere rarefied . |
| 17 | Unemployment remained high and the economy recovered very slowly . |
| 18 | She did n't much rate her chances of getting hold of the key to Charlie 's desk , but the desk itself was so old and the drawer appeared to be so ill-fitting that a touch of leverage might just spring it open . |
| 19 | Craig scrambled free and the driver sped off . |
| 20 | But she struggled free and the attacker fled . |
| 21 | Berengaria promised to leave Alfonso in 1204 and the pope legitimized the children . |
| 22 | The work finished , the dead buried and the site cleared , Batty Green reverted to a sullen silence broken now only by the occasional passage of trains , the rhythmic pulse of their wheels seeming to sound a requiem for those who perished . |
| 23 | More people became interested and the field expanded rapidly once the exact composition of the prostaglandins was known . |
| 24 | Others were said to be interested and the uncertainty continued . |
| 25 | Quickly , I took a pistol from my pocket and aimed it at him — but the powder was wet and the pistol did n't fire ! |
| 26 | It had a house which once had a thatched roof , but it had gone derelict and a tree had started growing in the middle of it . |
| 27 | The barn was derelict and the house looked like a lump of mouldy concrete . |
| 28 | There was a security booth at the gate and-a drop-down barrier , but when he 'd arrived the booth had been empty and the barrier had been up . |
| 29 | They published some details — and that 's when the tapes in Britain were made public and the controversy erupted . |
| 30 | Had they known of it , the course of events might have been different and a tragedy averted . |