Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the movements in all three are classically based , they would look out of place in older classical ballets or danced to other music . |
| 2 | stood round in groups or knelt on half-bald knees |
| 3 | Thus , intertidal zones and estuaries in particular tend to be extremely rich , even though they are battered by waves or scarified by rapid waters , are sometimes dry and sometimes wet , and pose all kinds of chemical problems as the salinity may swing from fresh to super-saturated . |
| 4 | Here , in a series of wrecked sheds , men mended cars or sat on old tyres , smoking . |
| 5 | Many fairly recent objects can be found at home , bought cheaply in second-hand shops or borrowed from local people . |
| 6 | Peristaltic or simultaneous oesophageal contractions occurred in clusters of four or more repetitive waves and lasted for several minutes . |
| 7 | She narrowed her eyes and added in clipped tones , ‘ I know you always thought of this as your home and that you never wanted me to be a part of it . |
| 8 | I raised my eyes and stared at that mad , bad face , the fleshy nose , the neatly trimmed gold beard and moustache . |
| 9 | He closed his eyes and tried with all the concentration of which he was capable to see with his mind exactly what it was that he had wanted to paint . |
| 10 | He made the goals and rang like mad … but I did n't think he was controlling the game as I 've heard implied . |
| 11 | So she made no protest as they wriggled their way beneath the bushes and waited in tense silence for the approaching party to appear . |
| 12 | The 37-year-old took an overdose of painkillers and lay in sub-zero conditions with just a sleeping bag . |
| 13 | There was a perpetual hum from the ground below , and occasional harsher metallic bangs and scrapes , and judders of thick silvery snakes that sped along faster than cars and disappeared into black holes in the ground . |
| 14 | Some were dragged out of their cars and butchered by angry crowds in the street . |
| 15 | She lifted her multi-petticoated skirts and walked down with as much grace as she could manage , playing the part of Cinderella at her first ball , prevented from any sudden movement by the flattering silken wig whose curls were interlaced with pearls and fell in tumbling ringlets on to one breast . |
| 16 | The phonetic orthography of both the Cyrillic alphabet of Serbia and the Latin alphabet of Croatia and Slovenia made for easier communication and understanding among the Yugoslav peoples and led to common political action . |
| 17 | Last week the Nationwide Anglia announced it was closing 170 branches with 400 job losses and warned of more estate agency closures to come . |
| 18 | He had started out in Cleveland , Ohio playing 3,000 people — he went back to Cleveland within two months and played to 20,000 people . |
| 19 | He had understudied Hayden Coffin for three months and had on two consecutive nights gone on for him . |
| 20 | Caboc is a cows ' milk cheese made in small cylindrical shapes and rolled in toasted oatmeal to give it a more distinctive flavour . |
| 21 | This unifying issue can be presented at the beginning of the drama or at a later stage , after the children have taken on roles and started on small group work . |
| 22 | After London , the show moved to the provinces and appeared at most of the larger towns ; the show was to catch the imagination of audiences for a full three years . |
| 23 | The doctor was so used to being called in a second time to cope with the results of his first visit that eventually he dug in his heels and advised against another jab dealing with whooping-cough . |
| 24 | It concentrated on the curriculum and organization of Inner London secondary schools and focused on those pupils who were underachieving , took few or no public examinations and showed their dissatisfaction with school by absenting themselves or by behaving in an uncooperative manner ( ILEA 1984 ) . |
| 25 | I jumped the iron spikes and landed with both feet on the concrete , then ran over the narrow top of the pipe and jumped down on to the island . |
| 26 | Although few people still retained the Great War view that German soldiers wore dead babies on their helmet spikes and lived on human flesh , there was little doubt in many minds that the Fuhrer was related to the devil . |
| 27 | The figure shows that the rates of caesarean sections , epidural anaesthesia , and forceps and vacuum extractions went down in some maternity units but increased in most of them . |
| 28 | At the end of the second century , Montanism was a Spirit-centred movement which had great strengths but fell into terrible error because it lost sight of Jesus as the controlling factor in spirituality . |
| 29 | Figures 3.14 and 3.15 show alternative dawgs which represent the same three words but presented in different orders . |
| 30 | The 1992 National Cup competition at the Crystal Palace exhibition was once again attended by the top men 's , ladies ' and youth teams who had either fought their way through eliminating rounds or prequalified by high National League placings last season . |