Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were rusticated like naughty undergraduates to remote provinces — Molotov as ambassador to Ulan Bator , Malenkov to run a power station , Kaganovich to run a cement works , while Marshals Zhukov and Bulganin in due course followed them into retirement . |
| 2 | Richard Elliott , the Headmaster , chose Francis as one of the first pupil teachers , and in due course promoted him to the position of junior teacher at the Margate branch of the Asylum . |
| 3 | Debt and dear money got us into it and , until we break debt 's grip , we shall never get out of it . |
| 4 | The interim parliament condemned him for acting contrary to the peace process , and for a gross violation of basic human rights ; Johnson had given an undertaking to Sawyer that he would desist from carrying out executions , after previous killings of rebels and civilians . |
| 5 | In addition to the services of every kind asked by the voters , effective management would also involve the politician in substantial expenses , for any major political figure owed it to his position in society to give generously for any public concern . |
| 6 | Thrusting the heavy wooden doors of the lift open as they reached her floor , she precipitated herself into the small lobby from which the corridor to her room led , recoiling in dismay as a tall figure unwound itself from one of the two easy chairs beside a small table graced with a vase of fresh flowers . |
| 7 | Somehow that lithe , muscular figure reminded her of somebody … |
| 8 | It is thought that the sound of the approaching steam train and the prevailing gale prevented him from being aware of the electric train 's presence . |
| 9 | ‘ His usual spin took him to a private beach at the Dragonara Hotel in St Julien with Denis and Frankie 's sister Betty . |
| 10 | At that time the Japanese foreign ministry distanced itself from the Liberal Democrats ' mission to Pyongyang organised by the party 's strongman , Shin Kanemaru . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's an end to an auld sang , ’ said Lord Chancellor Seafield when the Scottish Parliament dissolved itself in 1707 . |
| 12 | I was selling houses and apartments on a commission basis , and I think that my English accent stood me in good stead . |
| 13 | The white-bearded campaigner prided himself on blunt , outspoken views . |
| 14 | At noon , the exhausted Pack gathered together and Brown Owl led them to a shady area . |
| 15 | So how has this suburban paradise spawned something like Throwing Muses ? |
| 16 | She 's written to her M P , Andrew Smith , and at the start of this year , British Rail allowed her into the buffet car . |
| 17 | A very light northerly wind wafted us round the moored yacht on which we had marooned the photographer . |
| 18 | However , resentment from those who had learned the trade through the proper apprenticeship forced him into a debtors ' prison in 1738 . |
| 19 | Thus the clown prince of English football crowned himself as the football emperor of the Eternal City . |
| 20 | Jane Cristofani of image consultants Public Persona had plenty of style guidelines for Juliana . |
| 21 | The familiar waste-land of the empty auditorium engulfed him with its seedy , oppressive presence . |
| 22 | Faced with the prospect of Nissan 's Washington plant in the UK training its sights on the mainland and upping exports to as much as 70 per cent of production — that 's 140,000 cars a year by 1992 — the two most powerful men in French industry locked themselves behind doors and decided then and there to up the ante in the fight against the Japanese . |
| 23 | Not to thank you , I mean — and Rose — oh , dear … ’ and her face crumpled , but the steely resolution which lay beneath her outward charm prevented her from giving way to the hysterics which she knew would take her over if she allowed herself to show any weakness . |
| 24 | The old lady saw it in her face . |
| 25 | The old lady acknowledged him with a nod . |
| 26 | The old lady sat herself on the red plush sofa and behind her the woodwork of the grand piano gleamed in the dim light . |
| 27 | And in gratitude , ‘ the old lady gave it to my father . ’ |
| 28 | Very painstaking stratigraphical work put it beyond doubt that men had been contemporary with animals now extinct , and that human history must therefore go back long before the 4004 BC computed from Genesis . |
| 29 | Felipe 's possessive attitude rid her of the attentions of Peter Rainford and when Felipe offered to show them Ana 's skills neither of them looked overjoyed . |
| 30 | His observation of the way in which after 1942 Churchill took on the role of Roosevelt 's faithful second left him with long-lasting suspicions of Britain 's priorities . |