Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problems mostly arose from lack of capital and only in a few cases had any action been taken — two had recently purchased houses in nearby villages for their sons and some had been able to purchase or rent some more land . |
| 2 | A dynastic struggle conducted under the hovering threat of Turkish occupation eventually led to Ferdinand of Habsburg gaining the throne , but his effective authority existed over only a fragment of Hungary and Croatia-Slavonia . |
| 3 | The Emperor , popularly supposed to be immortal , only endured by virtue of adamantine , anguished courage and will power . |
| 4 | Food reflux alone occurred for 17.8+53.2/-13.8% of the recording time . |
| 5 | Rounding the great bend opposite East Ord , they suddenly came into view of the English forces massing over a mile ahead . |
| 6 | The school parties stuck as rigidly together as they had done upon Victoria Station , lacking only their uniforms and labels , disastrously hampered by lack of space . |
| 7 | Then Julius 's mouth closed over hers again , his hands began a series of loving , teasing caresses , and Jessamy forgot everything except that this was her brilliant , stubborn , bullish husband whom she loved very much , and a bright future suddenly shone in front of them . |
| 8 | So far much hampered by lack of money and staff about 1.5 million catalogue entries have been completed and 2,665,000 photographs produced . |
| 9 | ‘ The winter only began in spring of last year , ’ said Kasper , ‘ but I 'm cautious about changing our whole programme , even if we could . |
| 10 | He especially thanked for years of hard work , and this was received with strong acclamation . |
| 11 | For the truth was she had , in fact , been deeply satisfied with that second , much sweated over batch of sketches . |
| 12 | She suddenly dissolved into floods of tears . |
| 13 | Belief in these three Pates is said to have been very deep-rooted in Greece , and apparently survived in parts of the country almost till the present day , where birth customs included rites to propitiate these goddesses . |
| 14 | ‘ We literally started with sheets of metal and welded them together , ’ said Ron , who works at Courtaulds Chemicals in Stretford , Manchester . |
| 15 | Lab work , for example , was a matter of getting the ‘ right ’ answer ; failure to do so resulted in loss of marks . |
| 16 | He ignites the imagination , nevertheless , with glancing observations of Skye ‘ … so much indented by inlets of the Sea , that there is no part of it removed from the water by more than six miles ’ . |
| 17 | He said he had just driven from Ladgate Lane when the man suddenly appeared in front of him . |
| 18 | The three-day clash grossed £5 million which mostly came from acres of private hospitality tents . |
| 19 | The practice of blood-letting , associated with the Galenic theory that disease arose from an imbalance of the four humors. he duly rejected in favor of specific chemical remedies . |
| 20 | This soon led to criticism of the excessive power of the Chancellor : ‘ The Chancellor 's position has become so strong that his opponents and supporters alike complain about his authoritarian style of leadership [ writing about Adenauer ] … |
| 21 | They no longer lived in awe of their Big Brothers in the unions . |
| 22 | Britain is a small , crowded island , largely oriented in terms of industry and population to England ( and especially the Southeast of England ) , with a class-based society that has superseded but by no means discarded the characteristics of a status-based feudal society . |
| 23 | And when Matilda finally pronounced in favour of a close-fitting robe of soft , unbleached linen , worn under a blue velvet over-tunic , laced at the sides to show the garment beneath , and trimmed with soft grey vair , her protests had quite died away . |
| 24 | In both , the characters drift somnambulistically through life , unconsciously impelled by emotions of which not only they , but also the author , can give little or no account . |
| 25 | Women , erm from men 's departments , cos they just , like she said they , I do n't know why , but they just seemed to sort of |
| 26 | The small green envelope with the harp generally came with news of sudden death . |
| 27 | Pressure generally came at moments of crisis , such as Suez in 1956 or the Irish conflict in the 1970s and 1980s , and tended to focus on particular programmes . |
| 28 | That division already existed on grounds of harsh military logic . |
| 29 | They just hung in front of you , like lamps . |
| 30 | At six o'clock the next morning she finally fell in front of the door of the workhouse , and the people there took her in . |