Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also in ITV 's winter package of programmes announced yesterday include Jilly Cooper 's new lust-in-the-saddle mini-series Riders and a controversial documentary series The Good Sex Guide hosted by Making Out star Margi Clarke . |
| 2 | NEARLY 10,000 fans turned out to see St Helens ' new Kiwi signing Jarrod McCracken live up to his pre-match billing as the ‘ new Mal Meninga ’ . |
| 3 | In June , French troops arrived at Leith , and the French and Scots settled down to besiege Haddington . |
| 4 | A tragedy for the customers of all the banks , mostly French these days , that have substantial funds tied up financing IBM mainframes on the assumption of residual values that are emphatically no longer justified , and therefore do n't now have that money available to finance new and promising businesses . |
| 5 | With the advent of ‘ glam ’ , some younger kids wore brightly painted Dr. Martens shoes ( to match hair ) then there was the crepe soled , brightly coloured shoes of '72 –'73.; |
| 6 | She had a hand pressed against the wall for support , and her hard tone and blunt words did n't fool Belinda into thinking she did n't care . |
| 7 | For once the preciseness of the words did not irritate Aggie , and she answered gently , ‘ I 'm sorry , love , but … but she 's had to go away for a day or two . ’ |
| 8 | But these signals did not reach AFHQ until the morning of the next day , 15 May , long after Robertson had sent his response to McCreery 's AC/189 which had only asked for " immediate steps " to be taken over the approach of Army Group E , and which had made no specific reference to Croats . |
| 9 | The mounting criticism of the parties did not deter de Gaulle , however , and on 21 October 1945 the election-referendum went ahead as planned . |
| 10 | The reporter 's bloodshot eyes did not leave Blanche 's face . |
| 11 | The mercenary leader 's eyes did not leave Ratagan 's . |
| 12 | Zurachina raised her cup between extended talons , but her eyes did not leave Alexei 's face . |
| 13 | His eyes did not leave Benjamin 's . |
| 14 | Her smile was luxurious , and as her eyes did briefly meet Alice 's , she seemed actually to be tantalising and teasing . |
| 15 | The supporters did not release Winkie Armstrong only to bring in Billy Whitehurst ! |
| 16 | But these considerations did not stop Ortho-Cilag , the manufacturer of another anti-arthritic drug , Zomax , from taking it off the market last week after only five reported deaths in US and three in the UK . |
| 17 | However , the Earl of Warwick joined the Lancastrians and Edward IV was forced abroad , but the Lancastrians did not trust Warwick and Edward IV returned with forces and was able to divide them resulting in Warwick being killed at Barnet in April 1471 , and Henry VI being captured and executed at the Tower of London . |
| 18 | Tsu Ma 's eyes had never left Li Shai Tung 's face , yet they had not been seeing him . |
| 19 | And even if the drivers had never visited London , they would have no excuse for mistaking the building ; the throng around it-was already twenty or thirty deep , spilling far over the pavement and into the street . |
| 20 | But if the station at Fighting Cocks had effectively founded MSG , the railways did not repay the kindness by honouring the station . |
| 21 | Right-wing UNO parties had consistently demanded Ortega 's dismissal , especially since he had become a mainstay of the government . |
| 22 | Despite the fact that the mullahs had originally urged Reza Shah to accept Kingship , he stated that the title King of Kings is the most hated of all titles in the sight of God … |
| 23 | On Sept. 13 Croatians had also captured Maj.-Gen. |
| 24 | Large conspicuous wooden figures , Dotty and Dolly , and beneath their knees skulked little Alix Doddridge , creeping quietly , smiling obsequiously , keeping a low profile , longing to be ordinary , longing with such passion to be unnoticed , to be accepted , to be one of the crowd , not Dotty 's Daughter , with all that that implied . |
| 25 | These goons did not attack Dana — it was me they were after . |
| 26 | They deviated from central expectations and in many ways escaped from rigid control from above , but their local eccentricities did not upset Moscow 's broad calculations in the short term . |
| 27 | Hekmatyar threatened to " mount the last act " if the Uzbeks did not vacate Kabul within a week to 10 days . |
| 28 | The defendants had previously encountered Mr. Perot in 1983 when they had sought to negotiate a letting of Caliban to Mr. Perot but the negotiations had broken down . |
| 29 | He had certainly not been here on the day that she and her parents had briefly visited Leo 's quarters . |
| 30 | The parents had even asked Allitt to become Katie 's godmother . |