Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Molly turned away to pour tea . |
| 2 | Martin Spencer worked tirelessly to develop EUP until his unexpected and untimely death in 1990 . |
| 3 | A letter of Wealdhere , bishop of London , to Archbishop Beorhtwald in 704–5 reveals a state of estrangement between Ine and the eastern Saxon rulers , Sigeheard and Swaefred ; in return for the expulsion of the exiles , Ine undertook not to inflict vengeance on the eastern Saxons and a forthcoming council at Brentford , to be attended by the kings and their leading men both ecclesiastical and lay , was expected to resolve the crisis . |
| 4 | Someone at Templecombe knew where to get gunpowder , oil and a slow fuse . |
| 5 | CONCEPT SA SAW GREATLY REDUCED LOSS FOR 1992 |
| 6 | Hubel and Wiesel went on to record output from cortical cells , while illuminating the retina in various ways . |
| 7 | Torrington 's mishandling enabled the enemy to drive a wedge between the English and Dutch ships and by 1 pm the former were in shameful retreat , a disaster only being averted when the wind suddenly dropped , though Torrington did not drop anchor until safely within the Thames . |
| 8 | Madame Gautier did not like sunlight , as she had frequently informed her young visitor . |
| 9 | Following a visit to Paris on March 22 German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher and his French counterpart Roland Dumas appeared also to reach agreement on the timing of the different phases of EMU . |
| 10 | But Zambia was n't , and Tammuz did n't have hir knack for communication . |
| 11 | Travis did n't break stride but threw her a steely glare . |
| 12 | Donna did n't have time to think . |
| 13 | The flight had been smooth but Donna did n't enjoy flying . |
| 14 | Even more importantly , Maisie did n't like chicken , especially free-range , corn-fed , humanely killed chicken that had been through Jungian analysis . |
| 15 | But Britain and the Austrian Habsburgs did not follow suit until 1742 , and France and Spain not until three years after that . |
| 16 | The KGB did not need proof ; suspicion was more than enough . |
| 17 | He pointed out that Crone did not use gas chromatography or mass spectrometry to determine whether mycotoxins were present in the samples ; he determined only that the samples , in Crone 's words , ‘ can not represent a military effective residue ’ . |
| 18 | Now my relationship with David did actually include sex , but it was never initiated on that basis as he 'd come to my flat only as a lodger and during the course of the time he was there , we slept together . |
| 19 | ‘ Richard did n't understand magazine publishing , ’ he says . |
| 20 | Xanthe did n't carry money , in this respect at least she was still a child . |
| 21 | During his detention there had been several protest demonstrations attracting crowds of up to 12,000 people , and Khmara had twice staged hunger strikes . |
| 22 | Adams had already given notice of intent overnight with his occasional left-arm spin , when Hansie Cronje ( imprudently cutting at his fourth ball ) offered a first Test wicket , and , suitably encouraged , the Jamaican picked up three more in an impressive 21-over spell of slight and turn which restricted the visitors ' lead to 83 . |
| 23 | Ceauşescu had naturally received expert advice on the process of relocating buildings in this way , and therefore must have known the consequences . |
| 24 | Koch 2 followed when Bill and Fred claimed that Charles and David had wilfully undervalued Koch Industries to reduce the payout . |
| 25 | Until he died , Jean had never had cause to doubt her husband 's faithfulness . |
| 26 | Lucy had just made tea and was boiling the kettle again for another cup ; by now supplies of milk and sugar were exhausted and tea had to be drunk without either . |
| 27 | He said they would all be wanting to study the designs the minute Balor had cleared away breakfast and Bith at once reached for the knapsacks , and said he hoped Flaherty had not spilled jam on the drawing of the four-pronged diadem and Flaherty , injured , said indeed he had not and it the best damson jam he had ever tasted . |
| 28 | Ernest Kombo , speaker of the transitional legislature , the Higher Council of the Republic ( CSR ) , warned on Sept. 14 , two days before the opening of the CSR 's session , that elections planned for the first half of 1992 might be postponed because a census of the electorate scheduled for mid-September had yet to take place . |
| 29 | prior to 1972 the MCA had strictly forbidden member firms to use executive search when recruiting for their clients . |
| 30 | This meant that actions to reduce emissions of sulphur dioxide within Brussels had only limited success in reducing smog levels and the city simply had to wait until the extensive smog bank drifted away or began to be dispersed . |