Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we know we 've changed the resistance so did we make the resistance more or less ? |
| 2 | The handbrake was extensively used to cope with icy conditions on what seemed to be never-ending hairpins and headlights in the distance changing direction constantly made us wonder whether the word insanity had taken on a new meaning [ going up and down snowy mountains in a 30-year-old car ] . |
| 3 | None of this was the assertion of a separate nationality ; they were all subjects of the King of England , and relied on this for their safety , but this reassuring English presence only encouraged them to manage their own local affairs in smaller and smaller units . |
| 4 | I might have escaped her vigilance when I made off with the boat , but my wails of distress soon brought her running to the rescue . |
| 5 | In Prescott v Bulldog Tools Ltd [ 1981 ] 3 All ER 869 the court adopted a more pragmatic approach by saying that if the defendant genuinely felt he needed an examination of the plaintiff which involved the risk of a real but short-term injury , the court could balance the plaintiff 's objections against the defendant 's request to ensure a fair determination of the issues . |
| 6 | The Sheffield Wednesday flyer yesterday learned he had cracked a bone in his ankle when he scored at Highbury on Saturday . |
| 7 | As the workload gradually increased she started to notice discomfort and tingling sensations around her wrist joint , but particularly at the base of her thumb . |
| 8 | The Northern Echo yesterday said it had received pictures of 150 terrorist suspects from an ex-soldier who said he wished to illustrate ‘ the shambles of security in Northern Ireland ’ . |
| 9 | SOMERSET County Cricket Club yesterday announced it made a profit of £82,612 during the last year , although chief executive Peter Anderson warned that the county is still in debt . |
| 10 | This last action nearly caused her to fall off and she lurched to a rather drunken halt at Mildred 's feet . |
| 11 | The Congressman also said he had talks with SDLP chairman Mark Durkan , Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams , and met Unionist members at a dinner hosted by the American consul-general . |
| 12 | Milla also said she steered away from romance with actors and models ‘ because they try to be prettier than me ’ . |
| 13 | The urchin simply said he had a message which he must give only to you . ’ |
| 14 | Two kinds of experiment then led him to think again ; in their most advanced forms , they are called the ‘ fan ’ experiment and the ‘ step ’ experiment . |
| 15 | That was a very good card where did you find that one ? |
| 16 | The Chairman of the County Council has just got food poisoning Where did he pick it up ? |
| 17 | Just sugar and eggs in there , and the card why did you come back for ? |
| 18 | During his 10 years as chairman of the Advertising Standards Authority the industry never approached him to change policies or attitudes . |
| 19 | But however professional we may have considered ourselves as seamen , our administration never allowed us to forget that first and foremost we were customs officers . |
| 20 | The agent subsequently contacted us to advise that the company 's was the highest bid and asked if we would be prepared to proceed at that figure . |
| 21 | Someone suggested she touch up her lipstick , but make-up only made her look more than ever like the Spitting Image puppet of Bette Midler . |
| 22 | ‘ But I began this without any hope whatsoever of winning the one thing I wanted above all others because I thought it was already given , and what I took in compensation merely made me want it more and resent its absence , because I kept loving you more and more . |
| 23 | Having , with spectacular lack of vision , left the door open to the Japanese in the early BMC-British Leyland doldrum management days , Land Rover 's lethargic parent suddenly realised it had missed the boat in a rapidly expanding market sector , and did something about it . |
| 24 | They did not remain long , for the cold soon had them hopping about , and the journey was resumed . |
| 25 | Our campaign soon led us to investigate the finances of the National Land Fund , which over the previous twenty years had been used to acquire a whole series of country houses for the nation . |
| 26 | But much as she 'd have liked to resist his questioning , the innate honesty in her make-up finally compelled her to answer . |
| 27 | I think she was glad to confess , and her sister-in-law just said she considered it as much her money as Terry 's . ’ |
| 28 | Resenence Jeopardy still expected him to work hard , was still friendly and attentive , but had n't he been like that the day before ? |
| 29 | This posture always made me suspect him of having a horizontal cleft slicing through his buttocks , betokening a random — but adaptive — mutation , taking humans closer to being office furniture . |
| 30 | If the girls in the village ever knew she 'd spent the night with an Adonis , they 'd tease her unmercifully ! |