Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gibbon records that on the day of the decisive battle a ‘ violent tempest ’ blowing in the faces of the defending Romans ‘ disordered their ranks , wrested their weapons from their hands , and diverted or repelled their ineffectual javelins ’ . |
| 2 | So she gave up , and sat between the vines in the hot sun , alternately sleeping and working her way through the dusty volumes of Peregrine Pickle , bound in crimson and gold leather , with real bookworms making agitated forays from their dark crannies into the heat and light across the extraordinary scenes where Smollett 's elderly ladies retained their urine indefinitely to put out putative fires , or sweetened their foul breaths with violet cachous to deceive desired young lovers . |
| 3 | Nobody who had looked at the bald bullet-head and roly-poly self-confidence of the visitor , or heard his folksy repartee , could fail to have been reminded of an American grass roots politician on tour . |
| 4 | I am more than happy to pay tribute to those gallant and courageous civil servants who led or followed my hon. Friend on that exciting detour on the continent . |
| 5 | Because respectable England , being what it was , did not want to be waited upon by gangling adolescents with spots , nor to have itself paged by unmodulated voices that were just breaking , and youths in such positions invariably got the push when they grew out of the uniform , or lost their boyish looks . |
| 6 | DROP : A player drops a ball when he has hit out of bounds or lost his original ball . |
| 7 | It was n't as if she wanted or needed his complete understanding . |
| 8 | But members of the review team claimed that the remedial measures ignored or misrepresented their main findings . |
| 9 | Where it was strong , it kept men and women on the land , in so far as the land could give them a living , or sent its excess population along the well-beaten traditional tracks of seasonal migration , like those which took the smallholders of central France to and from the building sites of Paris . |
| 10 | Visitors sent or brought him small gifts . ’ |
| 11 | It was untenable for us to continue to support and put energy into a political movement which in no ways respected or reflected our separate identity and struggle as Irish women . |
| 12 | A registered elector over the age of twenty-one may be a candidate if not disqualified , but in addition people may stand for election if they have occupied property , been resident or had their main place of work in the area for at least twelve months . |
| 13 | Or had her initial fears been merely a result of the disorder of mind induced by her very apparent hunger ? |
| 14 | ‘ Or had you other matters on your mind ? ’ |
| 15 | The sense of failure that haloed his bowed head made Clare conscious for the first time of his identity as a person . |
| 16 | When they acquired their homes , they persuaded the council to section off some land at the back , and that became their secret garden . |
| 17 | Our local library , Macdonald Road , Edinburgh , produced a book on fishing that became my firm favourite . |
| 18 | There was a lot of pressure on Greg for the fourth round , and that made his eventual victory even greater . |
| 19 | Sharpe spurred her into a clumsy gallop that made his heavy sword flap in its slings and crash its disc hilt painfully onto his left thigh . |
| 20 | You said , do you actually eat the products that made you allergic Paul ? |
| 21 | And I had a thought that made my whole body thrill with shame . |
| 22 | 3DO Inc , the San Mateo , California start-up that revealed its licensable standard for a multimedia system of the future last month and has specified the Advanced RISC Machines Ltd RISC as the core of the Interactive Multiplayer ( CI No 2,082 ) , wants to capitalise on the excitement generated by making an initial public offering of about 2.5m shares at between $10 and $12 a time to raise $30m or so ; 3DO and its chief executive , Trip Hawkins , have already raised some $20m from from partners including Matsushita Electric Industrial Co , its MCA Inc , Time Warner Inc , AT&T Co , Electronic Arts Inc and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. 3DO has signed Morgan Stanley & Co , but the prospectus is not out . |
| 23 | He questioned her in more detail for several more minutes , asking about sleep , moods , energy levels and half a dozen other tiny things that revealed his deep concern for his sister . |
| 24 | The chance remark that revealed his deep-rooted chauvinism and basic male insensitivity . |
| 25 | VINNIE JONES was last night offered financial help to pay off his £20,000 FA fine by the company that produced his controversial soccer video . |
| 26 | He gasped with delight at the sight that met his tired eyes rows and rows of fresh fruit and vegetables that he would have been proud to sell . |
| 27 | Bourgie Bourgie : Appallingly-titled jazz quartet that got its just reward . |
| 28 | He did n't look effeminate , even when you considered the plain gold ring that pierced his left earlobe . |
| 29 | She meant what she 'd said and she intended to keep her promise — but how would she survive another two weeks of living in such close proximity to Guido , when with every moment that passed her hopeless love for him grew deeper ? |
| 30 | Both had skinhead haircuts and both wore identical grey tracksuits that hugged their large beer bellies . |