Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aunt Margaret came to the girls ' bedroom and unhandily undressed Victoria , although she could perfectly well undress herself . |
| 2 | Born in a small council house in Viewpark in 1944 , he rose through the ranks of local schools football and almost joined Manchester United as a teenager before Celtic stepped in . |
| 3 | To quantify more accurately the inhibition of c-Myc-induced apoptosis by Bcl-2 , we caused Rat-1/c-Myc-ER and Rat-1/c-Myc-ER/Bcl-2 cells to arrest in phase G0 by serum depletion and then activated c-Myc by addition of β -oestradiol . |
| 4 | When the British began to capture his slave cargoes he suffered heavy financial loss and regularly threatened Suakin until he was killed in 1900 . |
| 5 | He did n't drink much himself as a rule and neither did Lane , but tonight was the night for it . |
| 6 | On the distribution side , it has been building greenfield warehouses on the Continent and recently paid £10m to buy a facility in Warrington out of receivership . |
| 7 | They came back though with a clever free-kick from John Moncur just after the break and then had chances to win it … |
| 8 | They came back though with a clever free-kick from John Moncur just after the break and then had chances to win it … |
| 9 | He was short but built like a bull , with a thick neck and heavily muscled shoulders . |
| 10 | Before people could generally read , learning was by word of mouth and much took place in the countryside along the paths , particular truths being imparted at certain places , which thereby took on special significance . |
| 11 | Tall and elegant , her silver-grey hair styled into a smooth bob , she stood in the doorway and coolly surveyed Rachel with the same steady , grey-eyed gaze of her son . |
| 12 | In the presidential elections held on Feb. 2 , 1986 [ see p. 34350 ] , Oscar Arias Sánchez of the social democratic National Liberation Party ( Partido de Liberación Nacional — PLN ) won 52.3 per cent of the vote and duly took office on May 8 . |
| 13 | But thoughts of the administrative foul-up were far away last month when Mr Wright handed over Darlington 's peace offering and also gave sets of Kwik Cricket to schoolchildren at two Bridgetown primary schools . |
| 14 | He was removed from that medrese and then became muderris there a second time " with the condition that it should be included among the and that his should become in his [ proper ] time in accordance with the custom in similar medreses ' . |
| 15 | His big hand enclosed hers , ruthlessly prised her fingers from the key and insolently took possession of it . |
| 16 | Mushtaq , bowling with the breeze behind him , dispatched Hick with a perfect legbreak and then hit Smith 's stumps as he tried to glance , a round-the-legs dismissal almost to rank in shuddering significance for England with Peter May 's notorious ‘ b Benaud 0 ’ at Manchester in 1961 . |
| 17 | Born in Elgin , and educated at Aberdeen University and Manchester Business School , he began his career with Alcan Aluminium and later joined McKinsey & Co . |
| 18 | At the crossroads he bade us adieu and warmly clasped Benjamin 's hand . |
| 19 | She moved to one side and so did Naylor . |
| 20 | Ian McColl , the former Scotland boss , had taken over as manager of the English First Division side and gratefully paid £70,000 for Baxter . |
| 21 | The Canadian team developed this into a practical investigation aid and willingly helped Ray Davis , the AIB flight recorder specialist , to set up a similar system in the UK . |
| 22 | He learned how to format a screenplay and then studied film and , like Alan Cooke , it was frustration at getting nowhere with his screenplays that propelled Agbenugba into attempting a novel . |
| 23 | The former included the North-West regional diploma in special needs , the first example of a course developed in total partnership between a university and a polytechnic which allowed students to take modules from either institution and also gave credit recognition to specific Open University and LEA courses . |
| 24 | She came out and said he was definitely still in one piece but probably had cramp or pins and needles so we gave him some painkiller . |
| 25 | The engineers in charge stopped work and immediately informed Mr Cook and Dr Spencer Edwards M.B. of Hailing both founder members of the Medway Valley Scientific Society . |
| 26 | In 1912 he was appointed London director of the new Johannesburg Art Gallery and also became valuer of pictures and drawings for the Board of the Inland Revenue ( 1912–14 ) . |
| 27 | They converted the stables into a gallery and here staged art exhibitions , concerts and lectures , and later set up a printing press . |
| 28 | From 1978 to 1980 he was Ireland 's coach and also coached Bill Beaumont 's 1980 Lions tour to South Africa . |
| 29 | Kathy 's policeman husband and pimp Jeff , 42 , videotaped his wife 's activities from a wardrobe and also wrote reports on the varying skills of the clients . |
| 30 | She hesitated for a second and then gave Russell her home number . |