Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will my right hon. Friend find time today to tell the House of the decision made yesterday to restore to Latvia , Lithuania and Estonia the gold deposited for safe keeping in the Bank of England but misappropriated by the then Labour Government with the support in the Division Lobby of the leader and Chief Whip of the Liberal party at that time ? |
| 2 | ’ The macabre in Joseph 's fiction became strangely intertwined with his life . |
| 3 | The biker and his bike got absolutely plastered in a green slimy substance . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , accordin' ter Will , Joe 's bruvver used ter fight in the pub tournaments over Stepney , ’ Nellie went on . |
| 5 | The former Middlesbrough reserve bounced back to form after a spell on the sidelines by hammering a hat-trick in the 6–1 win over Harrogate Town on Tuesday . |
| 6 | Companies such as Rover , Alfa-Romeo and Seat became increasingly caught in no man 's land , insufficiently large to compete on effective terms with the Big Six and yet unable to gain a secure niche in the market which would enable them to compete with the luxury car makers . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the image of an out of control , imperial president became well established in the early 1970s and contributed much to the strong backlash against presidential power that bedevilled Ford and Carter . |
| 8 | One of the changes she made was to include a check in the action , abandoning what had become a ‘ bouncing ’ action , not through any fault in her father 's design but because the technique of those whose ‘ strength ’ knew ‘ no moderation ’ had superseded those whose playing was ‘ soft and melting ’ Between 1796 , when von Schönfeld used those words , and 1809 when Reichardt wrote his letter , the potential of the new instrument became generally accepted in Vienna . |
| 9 | ‘ It was really in the 1920s and 1930s ’ , recalls Environment 's Manager Christopher Nell , ‘ that London Underground became highly regarded in the fields of design and architecture . ’ |
| 10 | Her long ginger hair tumbled to the floor ; her short white skirt rode up to hint at the delicious curves of her tender derriere . |
| 11 | In the corner there was a discreet datalink terminal got up to look like a '30s radiogram . |
| 12 | One forgotten hero of the Victorian era was Capt. Hedley Vicars of the 97th Regiment , a gallant and devout officer , whose tireless work for the welfare , both spiritual and physical , of the men under his command became widely known after the publication in 1856 of Catharine Marsh 's biography of him . |
| 13 | Moreover , throughout the 1980s , when opposition to European Federalism became closely associated with Margaret Thatcher , enthusiasm for Europe became a way of protesting against Conservative economic liberalisation . |
| 14 | The defendant became legally aided from 5 July 1990 , before the conclusion of the proceedings at the first instance , and continued to be legally aided until the disposal of the appeal by the House of Lords . |
| 15 | Labour made least advance in the West Midlands , with its share of the vote in Sandwell , Walsall and Wolverhampton actually decreasing compared with 1988 . |
| 16 | Inevitably the early history of anthropology became closely allied to the history of Darwinian evolutionary theory and many controversies which now seem obscure relate to the burning debates surrounding the concept of natural selection . |
| 17 | Charlton 's players will be back at The Valley today — seven years after the club moved out to share with Crystal Palace . |
| 18 | Dot tried not to think of Hitler , nor of Dick Barton Special Agent , nor of the Fifth Columnists , nor of those giant nuns with rifles and huge booted feet beneath their long black skirts who were enemy soldiers in disguise . |
| 19 | Dot tried not to look at Gloria 's face . |
| 20 | The results of the special analysis of the After Redundancy study reported here add to previous research by showing that early retirement must be seen , not only as an alternative to secure employment , but as economic insecurity as well . |
| 21 | According to the OECD survey , the privatization programme involved little change in management or improvement in efficiency . |
| 22 | In general , Labour seemed relatively to suffer from high poll tax levels even where it was not in control of the council . |
| 23 | The carrier sailed again to schedule on May 1 , 1942 — a really magnificent performance . |
| 24 | Despite a boycott in parts of Abkhazia , over 75 per cent of the electorate turned out to vote in the elections , in which Shevardnadze stood as the only candidate . |
| 25 | The ethnic and religious composition of the force varied greatly according to rank . |
| 26 | In fact , we can turn the apparent paradox on its head : what would happen if the people of the future decided not to communicate with the past , despite the fact that their histories told them that they were going to ? |
| 27 | Yes , the first goal in the fourth round of the F A Cup was scored at Millwall when Stevenson put the home side in front after just one minute of their tie with Sheffield Wednesday ; Ron Atkinson 's side hit back to equalise after twelve minutes . |
| 28 | Although these depended for their success on voluntary support , the Association went on to lobby for new towns sponsored by the State . |
| 29 | The convener went on to warn against funding schools on the basis of their pupil numbers . |
| 30 | And his bottom-of-the-table Forest side looked similarly browbeaten after slipping to their ninth defeat of the season . |