Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward 's manipulation of the wool trade for his financial advantage intensified the divisions between the small group of wealthy merchants who stood to benefit from Edward 's schemes and the lesser merchants who eventually made common cause with the producers in opposing the monopolistic structure that Edward tried to create . |
| 2 | The perpetual spring Schorne had divined for his parish in time of drought came replete with gypsum , Epsom salts , and carbonic acid , and thereby lent considerable support to his posthumous reputation , principally as a healer of rheumatic and eye afflictions , but with an occasional talent in respect of dead oxen , the drowned , and the consolation of ‘ wretched , lonely boys ’ . |
| 3 | His third son , Theodore , eventually became technical head of London Transport ; Ernest , the second son , trained to become an art teacher but spent most of his life in industrial design and advertising ; the poet , too , possessed strong , capable , craftsman 's hands and the poet 's daughter , Myfanwy , still treasures many examples of her father 's skill as a carpenter and metal worker . |
| 4 | Although he remained as chairman of the Council of Ministers his influence waned compared to that of Brezhnev , who eventually became formal head of state in addition to party secretary . |
| 5 | You go along thinking you know exactly what everything is , and then you stop and look at it and it does n't make any sense and you think maybe it only made any sense in the first place because everyone was pretending it did . |
| 6 | He obviously expected some sort of reaction . |
| 7 | ‘ I only got one memory of me ma 's face . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not sure whether I should be flattered or otherwise , ’ her host drawled , and she decided on the spot that she hated men with sophisticated wit — was he saying that he took it as a compliment , or not , that he only got one mention at lunchtime ? |
| 9 | We only got one corner in the entire first half . |
| 10 | It was on the agenda and at seven o'clock the at night they eh they adjourned the meeting cos they only got half way through the agenda |
| 11 | He was interrupted in dressing by a knock at the door , and opened it to a man he recognised , one of Taheb 's body servants , an Assyrian who despite years in the Black Land still wore a long oiled black beard in ringlets . |
| 12 | Modernism is described to us with references to a neat sequence of male coteries who obviously made full use of the opportunity for dialogue and debate . |
| 13 | Because they saw the Pope as the Antichrist of the Book of Revelation and the Roman Catholics as apostates , they fiercely attacked all Church of England rites and ceremonies which followed those of Rome , including its set prayers , its administration of the Sacraments , the use of altars instead of tables , its celebrations of saints ' days , its music and its vestments . |
| 14 | But he impatiently dismissed this line of thought . |
| 15 | Cash only contributed one song to the second Highwaymen album , Highwayman 2 , a number called Songs that Make a Difference . |
| 16 | BSE , a disease which attacked the brain and nervous system , was believed to have been passed on to cattle through cattle feed containing the remains of sheep infected with scrapie , a similar disease endemic in the UK for over 200 years which apparently posed little risk to human health . |
| 17 | He , in turn , said it was not ; he merely regarded national service as a waste of time . |
| 18 | In several instances , however , this tactic apparently caused greater discomfort to President George Bush than to Clinton , and strengthened the view that the Bush campaign was suffering from inept management . |
| 19 | Omitting to tell his wife , he personally assumed financial responsibility for up to £11,000 and it was not until the house arrived at Wembley in March 1924 that he recovered the £6,300 that he had spent , and finally admitted to Lady Emily that he had been ‘ rather fearful of death before repayment as it would have hit me badly ! ’ |
| 20 | Connelly deserved more reward for his efforts as he ceaselessly pushed forward and played some excellent one twos with the front runners , but it was not until the seventy ninth minute that Abingdon sealed the result ; Herbert crossed from the right wing and Aries won a challenge in the air to get a glancing header which Green turned on to the post , but the ball rebounded over the line to make it three nil . |
| 21 | The second reason just if I could point erm we only learnt this morning of the landscape design erm where we understood that savings were being made by the four members of staff organisation . |
| 22 | Finally , because the British were so much further advanced than the French in nuclear matters , they naturally received more information from the Americans , thus reinforcing their preferential position compared with other allies . |
| 23 | One patient only showed significant inflammation in the proximal limb . |
| 24 | In the final confrontation Jaq and Grey Knights had fought through savage ranks of cultists who all showed some mark of Chaos — a tentacle , a sting , tendrils instead of hair , suckers , claws ; through to the warlock of the coven ensconced deep within the caverns where young captives whimpered piteously in cages . |
| 25 | Dexter noticed his boss did not suggest Lancaster address her by her Christian name in return : she only encouraged such informality from the victims of crime rather than its possible perpetrators . |
| 26 | I very much enjoyed this change of life , especially the 15 a week , of which I was allowed to keep half-a-crown . |
| 27 | And so began this friendship of 35 years , between the older and the younger man ( Layton is 20 years senior to Leonard ) ; between the master and the apprentice . |
| 28 | She shot him a look designed to kill at fifty feet , but he only raised one eyebrow in mute enquiry . |
| 29 | The vast and highly mechanized modern industry of printing , which can be found in every town and city in the kingdom , has been dispersed during five hundred years from this one spot which ought to be holy ground to the industrialist as well as the Christian . |
| 30 | The Quality Assurance Unit has provided for schools a much needed closer contact with ‘ the Authority ’ . |