Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This division eventually led to the departure of some of the laboratory 's senior staff , a loss that became the universities ' gain . |
| 2 | On Tuesday , the Queen was wheeled out for her first-ever appearance at the European Parliament to give what the Guardian wittily described as the ‘ royal oui ’ to the EC . |
| 3 | The grey outline of the submarine slowly disappeared into the darkness , and they were alone . |
| 4 | Refinements of surgical technique eventually culminated in the selective shunt procedures developed by Warren et al which were designed to decompress the gastro-oesophageal varices while preserving portal blood flow and liver function . |
| 5 | Maxim was about to explain when the lieutenant obviously came to a snap judgment on his military value and slammed out again . |
| 6 | His progress only came to a halt when he had the misfortune to swop punches with one of the many irrepressible Cubans , the eventual gold medal winner . |
| 7 | His progress only came to a halt when he had the misfortune to swop punches with one of the many irrepressible Cubans , the eventual gold medal winner . |
| 8 | Almost at once , the decibel level inside soared from an angry mumble to a full-blown shouting match . |
| 9 | In general , though , it was considered taboo — a place scientists should not tread — until the tide apparently turned at the 1986 international conference of human geneticists in Berlin , where participants openly discussed the possibilities . |
| 10 | He caressed the baseball bat , then holding it down by his side slowly walked down the uncarpeted stairs . |
| 11 | The car eventually crashed into a bus stand , Durham Crown Court was told . |
| 12 | Blood slowly coagulated round the edges of the gash . |
| 13 | This new thinking eventually resulted in a further book , Principles of Pragmatics , published in the Longman Linguistic Library in 1983 . |
| 14 | The oars dipped unhurriedly in the calm water , and when the boat eventually arrived at the shore there was a further infuriating delay before the procession formed up and began making its way round the harbour to Ballingolin . |
| 15 | And we meet the couple whose wedding literally started on the rocks . |
| 16 | The Guardian and Daily Mail alone stayed in the same ownership throughout the period . |
| 17 | The Leader of the Opposition apparently said in the campaign for the Langbaurgh by-election that £2.6 billion extra would be spent on education by a future Labour Government . |
| 18 | Measuring applause does not reveal that the movie was memorable for the woman in the third row because the building on screen reminded her of where she went to school and all those childhood memories came flooding back intercut with the film while the auditorium gently shook as an underground train passed beneath and cigarette ash fluttered down from the balcony in the projector beam . |
| 19 | While they watched the rain a horse suddenly walked around the corner of the track ahead . |
| 20 | Its programme necessarily went beyond the question of Palestine or the recovery of the Golan Heights , to the fulfilment of its regional ambitions . |
| 21 | This opposition naturally came from the left of Irish politics , with support from left Labour figures such as Noel Browne and David Neligan , trade unionists such as Michael Mullen of the ITGWU and members of the Workers ' Party . |
| 22 | One view put forward by A. G. Dickens in the mid-1960s held that because Protestantism greatly appealed to the many lay people who had been alienated by the formalistic , clerically dominated Catholicism of the later middle ages , the Protestantization of the country was achieved very quickly . |
| 23 | The nose dipped further , and the flame suddenly raced along the wings and around the cockpit . |
| 24 | But Crosby 's future only came to a head this week when he reacted angrily to claims of an approach for Crystal Palace boss Steve Coppell . |
| 25 | Among the earl 's possessions there was the lordship of Spofforth , the home of the Middletons of Stokeld , who as a result naturally looked to the Percies for lordship . |
| 26 | Among the earl 's possessions there was the lordship of Spofforth , the home of the Middletons of Stokeld , who as a result naturally looked to the Percies for lordship . |
| 27 | Shell-fire suddenly tore into the roof of the mobile boardroom . |
| 28 | The figure suddenly jumped into the water . |
| 29 | A little earlier , the famous literary pair would have arrived by boat : the stairs of the land entrance only appeared during the reign of the previous chief . |
| 30 | After he finished , it is said , a wind suddenly arose from the floor of the desert and blew sand across the spectators . |