Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my heart became filled with fear when I saw no prisoners . |
| 2 | The Rangers defence failed to deal with cross balls all day , and it was inevitable the home side should use that route successfully in taking the lead after just 12 minutes . |
| 3 | The Rangers defence failed to deal with cross balls all day , and it was inevitable the home side should use that route successfully in taking the lead after just 12 minutes . |
| 4 | I have selected ten routes to represent the varied character and development of the crag divided left to right . |
| 5 | And the more he succumbed to the allure of his own Führer cult and came to believe in his own myth , the more his judgement became impaired by faith in his own infallibility , losing his grip on what could and could not be achieved solely through the strength of his ‘ will ’ . |
| 6 | Another time the carburettor became clogged with sand , and a third time she simply ran out of fuel . |
| 7 | ‘ Missing Eccentric Scientist found stabbed to death in doorway . ’ |
| 8 | Nothing further seems to have transpired and the machinery continued to deteriorate , while the incline became overgrown with scrub . |
| 9 | The future became filled with doubt . |
| 10 | Universality became identified with equality . |
| 11 | When Matthew Parris and another Tory MP who has since lost his seat tried to live on income support for a week , they both found it virtually impossible . |
| 12 | A BUGATTI motor boat found resting in mud in France is to be flown to its wealthy owner in California next month , 10 years after work began on restoring it at a Thames boatyard . |
| 13 | She smiled at me and in the dark her mouth seemed covered in blood , and looking at her , I felt sick , disgusted with her , with myself , with everything . |
| 14 | For a time a chorus of bells from the monastery seemed to peel in celebration each time I finished a pitch . |
| 15 | Even the opposition seemed to slow in sympathy , but he still kept the ball and did quite well each time . |
| 16 | Her mouth opened to scream for help , but the sound emerged as a strangled groan as she realised the mind-numbing truth . |
| 17 | The peasant revolt that broke out in February 1921 in the Tambov guberniia threatened to cut off rail connections between Moscow and the Volga region , since hungry peasants held up wheat trains and ransacked them . |
| 18 | Firemen were called to Hartlepool marina yesterday after a 30ft fishing boat began taking in water . |
| 19 | The wind was driving me further out to sea and my boat began to fill with water . |
| 20 | Disappointment began to turn to irritation . |
| 21 | Attacks on some of Iran 's smaller towns and cities occurred comparatively early in the war , but apart from the first two days , it is not clear when either side decided to strike at population centres as a strategic option . |
| 22 | ‘ I was really impressed by what I saw and as a result started learning about magic when I got back to London , ’ he recalls . |
| 23 | By default Release 2.4 is in graphics mode and the command needed to switch to text mode is : : Display , Mode , Text |
| 24 | South Africa , Mexico , Brazil , Spain , San Marino , France , Britain , Germany — Mansell won them all as his mighty Renault-Williams car blazed to triumph after triumph . |
| 25 | South Africa , Mexico , Brazil , Spain , San Marino , France , Germany , Britain — Mansell won them all as his Renault-Williams car blazed to triumph after triumph . |
| 26 | Mansell won them all as his mighty Renault-Williams car blazed to triumph after triumph . |
| 27 | South Africa , Mexico , Brazil , Spain , San Marino , France , Britain , Germany — Mansell won them all as his mighty Renault-Williams car blazed to triumph after triumph . |
| 28 | South Africa , Mexico , Brazil , Spain , San Marino , France , Britain , Germany — he came first in them all as his mighty Renault-Williams car blazed to triumph after triumph . |
| 29 | The equation needed to adjust for practice demography will be difficult to validate . |
| 30 | But during this time the pond started buzzing with activity as it filled with frogs , tadpoles , newts and pond skaters to name but a few . |