Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People like Stock , Aitken & Waterman thought they 'd discovered a formula for pop music , and there is n't a formula . |
| 2 | Staveley Works station was built over the Chesterfield Canal , and served Hollingwood and the Stanton & Staveley works which generated a good deal of freight traffic . |
| 3 | Both men were taken to the police station where Grannell said he had been drinking and had no recollection of what had happened . |
| 4 | Before Kenton & Co. opened he had travelled to Bosbury in Herefordshire to learn the craft of turned rush-seated chair-making from an old man , Philip Clissett , who had been bodging chairs since 1838 . |
| 5 | Marcus was still in there , probably sitting on the lavatory , where Irina said he liked to spend time . |
| 6 | Charles II took a personal interest it , matters relating to mining and it is reported that he united the old Mines Royal and the Soc. of Mineral & Battery Works which had for so long run as separate enterprises . |
| 7 | Erika was aloof but seeing Fritz watching her pulled Herman closer . |
| 8 | ‘ Whether you were me or Jackie Milburn you got the same money , and it was n't much . |
| 9 | Even that Chanel suit she got in Paris ca n't disguise all the weight she 's put on . |
| 10 | The other major discovery that Magnus made he called the ‘ righting reflex ’ . |
| 11 | The trouble was that Arnold said he had had a letter from a Mr Anderson who wanted to caddie for him as well . |
| 12 | There was so much enraged violence in the action that Isabel knew she had missed being hurled across the church by that powerful arm only because of fitzAlan 's self-control . |
| 13 | It was with a little fillip of surprise that Pascoe realized she had n't recognized his voice . |
| 14 | ‘ Although Steven said he 'd heard arguing , I never had so it came as a complete shock . ’ |
| 15 | It was not until a long time afterwards that Catriona thought she understood the reason Sarah seemed young , which was simple : she looked directly at everyone and let them look back at her . |
| 16 | Later that evening , as the Churchill faction talked and drank and lived it out again , Bob Boothby claimed the honour , although Edward thought he had seen Leo Amery mouth the words . |
| 17 | The subject under scrutiny in the 1990/91 survey was exporting to Japan and in particular the barriers that companies felt they faced in either entering the Japanese market or expanding their level of existing business . |
| 18 | Although the maternal recommendation was that Jane should see a psychiatrist or a priest , it transpired that Jane felt she had turned the corner simply by spilling out her innermost thoughts to her mother . |
| 19 | It was only when she reached the bedroom that Shannon realised she 'd forgotten to take her coffee with her . |
| 20 | He swigged his champagne with such abandon that Ruth knew he had swallowed Maria Luisa 's explanation of their affair with the same ease as she had at first . |
| 21 | He sold his home to get on the grid … when no-one it seems except Nigel thought he had any talent … he roared into formula one with the old Lotus team … |
| 22 | ‘ It was then reported in the Press that Millwall wanted me fired from the station , ’ explained Baker , who insisted Rioch was the ‘ worst-ever ’ Lions manager . |
| 23 | ‘ She said that Simon denied he had fathered you , and this was the cause of the feud , and that it would get worse , unless something stopped it . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't think he did know , although Robert believes he did . ’ |
| 25 | Although DNs said they applied compression bandages to 73 per cent of affected limbs , 35 per cent of bandages used were inadequate to reverse the effects of chronic venous insufficiency . |
| 26 | Although heaven knows we tried to keep it there . |
| 27 | At the last two tournaments that Nomad played they fielded an illegal team and have subsequently been disqualified from these two tournaments . |
| 28 | A former prisoner from Cardiff has told the court that Gardiner said he 'd offered twenty thousand pounds to Chalky White not to give evidence against him . |
| 29 | " Kraken " is an old Norse word used to describe giant sea creatures that mariners reported they had seen . |
| 30 | She had been married for the last two years , to a man who really was a sewage plant manager ( Slater was quite hurt that Graham thought he 'd invented this detail for the sake of a joke ) . |