Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recession continued unabated in the UK and started to gather pace in many of our export markets , however , we successfully expanded our agriculture business and became the UKs Number One , through the purchase of from . |
| 2 | He had , too , a lot of paper work to deal with while in Tollemarche , and only rarely shared his Sunday supper with his son . |
| 3 | A 23-YEAR-OLD customs man who drugged , bound and indecently assaulted his woman boss in a revenge attack after being passed over for promotion was jailed for seven years at the Old Bailey in London yesterday . |
| 4 | Fond as he was of aquatints and textured design , colour rarely entered his commentary vocabulary . |
| 5 | It is a stunning honour for the 25-year-old Manchester United midfielder who only made his England bow six caps and nine months ago . |
| 6 | He apparently made his way north to Gdańsk and organised a merchant vessel to carry him to Finland . |
| 7 | Luckily that aerial only pierced his dust coat . |
| 8 | In the sixties , the Medau Society greatly expanded its training provision , and Edith was in the van of courses set up farther afield , travelling regularly to Norfolk , Leeds , the South West and many other venues . |
| 9 | One sentry almost drowned on his feet , for the wind had pinned him against a rock , and he could not free himself or even turn his face into shelter , while it dashed into his mouth and nostrils unceasing volleys of rain so heavy that he could not get his breath ; and if two of his companions who had their backs turned upon the blast had not been cast against him , and so afforded his face shelter enough to breathe , he must have died spread-eagled there . |
| 10 | I changed , ready for bed , but I was warm for the room was warm , and so turned my gas fire down several times . |
| 11 | Her second marriage somewhat disrupted her postgraduate career . |
| 12 | The end was curt and unpleasant : Mario not only lost his FI deal but also backed out of racing for Parnelli in America . |
| 13 | I think that is a lot of infection about and I know what brought on my cold , it was going out with Mark to Lathenham , and instead of wearing my anorak I only wore my lambs wool throw over , and I got jolly chilled coming out of the car and going into Lathenham church . |
| 14 | She only kept her wedding ring because one of the robbers dropped it on the way out . |
| 15 | The Bonnyrigg battler constantly pressurised his Edinburgh challenger to secure a unanimous decision and book a place in the ABA semi-finals at Gateshead on 13 April . |
| 16 | Despite the fact that the war had ground to a halt while the commanders-in-chief of both armies languished in their respective prisons , the young sprig confronting him obviously took his guard duty seriously . |
| 17 | Only last year it suddenly shut its Speedlink service for individual wagonloads of freight . |
| 18 | That fact alone put their election performance under even closer scrutiny than usual , from all sides — and they knew it . |
| 19 | These were the copper sheathing which greatly reduced the fouling of their bottoms by weeds and the loss of speed this entailed ; and the carronade which greatly increased their fighting power . |
| 20 | Mr , hello I 've had a quick word with Mike and he seems to think there 's some correspondence on the file , I 'll have to go and find the file and get back to you , so , er you , I have n't got your , your phone number there I do n't think , er I only had your fax number right , I 'll get back as soon as I can , thank you bye bye . |
| 21 | This so enraged their mother Dilga that she drowned all the Cat-people in a river of milk and reincarnated her sons , one as a giant water-snake , the other as a placid white cloud . |
| 22 | Expedition deputy leader Rod Stables only set his marriage date two days before he flew out . |
| 23 | A formidable indexer , he rightly considered his memory superior to card indexes , and drew together disparate source material , references , and recondite information , with effortless skill . |
| 24 | He planned to play the Florida mini-tours , did so without much success , tried some events in and around New England in the summers , bounced around some more , then finally got his USPGA Tour card on his third try . |
| 25 | In the meantime , he became Butcher 's deputy , his batting form soared and , last year , he finally made his England debut . |
| 26 | No she does n't have to work , but she , she chooses to work nine till six , I mean she just got her pension thing out did n't she ? |
| 27 | But during the trauma of 1978 , the Shah 's courtiers no longer mentioned his father name . |
| 28 | He no longer approached his bank manager with the trepidation of an errant sixth-former being summoned before a housemaster ; indeed , he no longer approached his bank manager at all if he could help it . |
| 29 | He no longer approached his bank manager with the trepidation of an errant sixth-former being summoned before a housemaster ; indeed , he no longer approached his bank manager at all if he could help it . |
| 30 | THE new Valley finally received its safety certificate yesterday — just 48 hours before Charlton 's historic homecoming . |