Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He put his huge right hand on her polished gold kneecaps , because it suddenly looked ridiculous lying around on the arm of a chair , and said , ’ No . ’ |
| 2 | FORMER Liberal leader Sir David Steel yesterday urged Labour to stand down for the Liberal-Democrats in seats they can not win at the next Election . |
| 3 | But both Mr Cook and Mr Clarke also seemed determined to make up in duration what they lacked in originality . |
| 4 | No-one else seemed disposed to take over , in spite of ‘ ads ’ in this magazine , so the whole situation stagnated . |
| 5 | Blum therefore felt obliged to go back on his original commitment to aid Spanish democracy , and instead proposed that the main European powers agree on a policy of ‘ non-intervention ’ in Spain . |