Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb past] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | One of the first of our combined operations with the ID was in 1978 and heralded anew era in co-operation between our sea and shore based officers . |
2 | Rambaldi meanwhile was working on King Kong Lives ( 1986 ) , which cost the same as Alien and took just $1.7 million in rentals , besides winning no Oscars . |
3 | The present study was prospective and allowed only race to vary — and so adds important information . |
4 | Charlton co-manager Alan Curbishley admitted that his side were on a worrying downward trend but pointed out : ‘ In the last three years we have sold players worth more than £4 million and spent only Pounds 450,000 . |
5 | Floods in the southern provinces of Kompong Speu , Takeo , Kampot and Kandal which had begun in mid-August [ see p. 38390 ] and were said to be the worst in 50 years , left 100 people dead and washed away houses , roads , bridges and railway lines , and by Sept. 4 were threatening Phnom Penh . |
6 | However McEvoy , 21 , broke into the house in October 1990 and stole almost £4,000 of property . |