Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adj] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mixing aggression with an improved defensive technique , Hick reached 50 from just 79 balls and even the loss of Atherton and Richard Blakey in quick succession , leaving the innings in ruins once again , did not faze him . |
| 2 | Judi looked lost among so many dead people . |
| 3 | Ipswich wasted a chance to reply on the hour when John Wark shot wide with only keeper Seaman to beat and four minutes later Wright slipped Campbell through to complete his hat-trick with a firm shot which left Forrest completely helpless . |
| 4 | Millend stood idle for about eight years until it eventually became the home of The Mechanical Malting Company , later The Automatic Malting Co , who remained there until 1931 . |
| 5 | and it was er a penny each way from across to Mold and when he sold out to Crosswell , old Jenkins stipulated that for so many years they had to keep penny each way |
| 6 | The ‘ devil dog ’ test-case trial ended yesterday in Antrim with Matthew Patterson and his daughter Joy found guilty of illegally having four Pit Bulls . |
| 7 | But their nerves were twitching early on as Albania cut loose with fast , lively football . |
| 8 | Lost in legal wrangles as Fleetway changed owners , it was beaten to the punch when Robocop hit big with eerily ‘ similar ’ ideas . |
| 9 | Rachaela remembered this from long ago . |
| 10 | Sadly Cork shot wide with only the keeper to beat . |
| 11 | Mr Patten spent much of yesterday emphasising that he wanted to respect local decisions , and that once the regions and his department had worked out overall allocations , it was for local electorates to decide where they put the bricks and mortar . |
| 12 | Ernest felt unhappy about just one thing : he resented having to begin married life in this cheerless old house , under the same roof as Sarah and little Ben , together with any assortment of strangers who might happen to lodge with them . |
| 13 | Katy Miles and Duncan Brooks achieved two of only five distinctions awarded from 618 UK candidates in the recent national Securities Institute Exams . |
| 14 | Needing to score quickly , West Indies made 176 at nearly five an over , despite some fine bowling from Snow , when Lloyd declared with five wickets down , setting England the task of surviving for five and a quarter hours or scoring 339 to win . |
| 15 | At times , Paddy Ashdown seemed closer to that elusive mood than either of the ‘ old parties ’ . |
| 16 | In reply , Greenidge and Richards hammered 88 in even time , but then only Murray made a substantial score , his 64 being joint top with Richards and 41 more than it should have been had a catch been accepted ; 308 all out . |
| 17 | Glaxo reversed most of yesterday 's gains with a 19p fall to 666p after rumours surfaced that the pharmaceutical giant was considering a big joint-venture with the US group , Warner-Lambert . |
| 18 | Lloyd reached 100 in just 128 balls with a six and 11 boundaries in a thrilling run blitz as England A raced to 300 for five declared , leaving Western Australia to score 402 for victory in just over a day . |
| 19 | And standing there in his green cloak , Adam looked different from before . |
| 20 | On the water the Aqua-Pak felt comfortable with very little restriction in movement . |
| 21 | From being terse and reticent , Celia became all at once more communicative . |
| 22 | In the July 17 primary contest Young finished second with over 31 per cent of the total vote , but won only 15 per cent of the white vote . |
| 23 | Hynd pled guilty to wilfully starting the fires in ground-floor store rooms on 11 September , 1991 . |
| 24 | The Mother Superior noted this at once , but was far too wise to press Topaz , and warned the other Sisters not to do so either . |
| 25 | The longest period for which her mother was left alone was for three hours and Mrs Cahuac worked close by so that should anything happen to her mother during this period she could get home quickly . |
| 26 | Sri Lanka opener Roshan Mahanama hit 64 off just 84 balls before a fine reflex catch by Smith at silly point ended an entertaining innings in which he cut and turned England 's spinners with relish . |
| 27 | Sri Lanka opener Roshan Mahanama hit 64 off only 84 balls before a fine reflex catch by Robin Smith at silly point ended an entertaining innings in which he cut and turned England 's spinners with relish . |
| 28 | Heather Countley dialled 999 at 12.35pm a minute after the car accident involving her son outside her home at Peghorn Lodge , Harwood-in-Teesdale , near Barnard Castle . |
| 29 | Belinda grew hot at once . |
| 30 | Afterwards she felt that Sarah had deliberately steered the conversation away from Terry , and recalling her remark that they knew him better than she did , Anne felt uneasy without quite knowing why . |