Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of an inauspicious beginning , Laura and Bernard succeeded within a few years in developing an absorbing private life in their adopted country . |
| 2 | Hewlett and Mrs Lowndes moved in the same influential circles . |
| 3 | It was also carried on in some few villages : fulling mills operated at East Hendred , near Wantage , Brimpton and Colthorp , as well as one at Bagnor owned by no less than Jack of Newbury himself . |
| 4 | But he and Eleanor moved in the same set socially . |
| 5 | Gregory came from the same aristocratic milieu as Sidonius and his followers . |
| 6 | The security situation within Kashmir deteriorated during the latter half of 1989 as militant groups pursued their aims in the face of a state government unable to give any effective response . |
| 7 | The previous day members of Raughley SAC ( Sligo ) led by Ian Parke fished with the same skipper and recorded large numbers of coalfish to 8lbs , pollack to 10lbs and ling to 12lbs . |
| 8 | Mrs Rumney rang within a few days . |
| 9 | Georgina chatted for a few minutes about the qualities she considered desirable in a secretary ; she even asked Celia 's opinion . |
| 10 | Jean worked in the same department as a Spotter and Darner since she joined the company in 1969 . |
| 11 | In a letter confirming their arrangement which Scott sent on the same day , his main concern was to ensure the approval of Stanley and the India Council . |
| 12 | David answered in the same language and then reverted to English . |
| 13 | But the small screen , he insists , has not compromised his intention — to ‘ show once and for all that Shakespeare wrote a domestic tragedy as coherent and layered as anything Chekhov wrote under the same banner ’ . |
| 14 | Corbett sat on the same bench he had occupied the previous Sunday watching the nuns file in . |
| 15 | ‘ Both born in the Ukraine , you 'll notice , ’ Manville explained after a few seconds . |
| 16 | Former Leicester striker Paul Kitson gave the visitors the lead after 11 minutes but John Taylor equalised on the half hour before Johnson secured Derby 's fifth successive away victory . |
| 17 | Jonquil came in every few days . |
| 18 | Will we ever see Volvos and Renaults made in the same factory ? |
| 19 | In the autumn , however , the Japanese recaptured the airstrips , and an argument between Stilwell and Chiang led to the former being relieved of his command . |
| 20 | It has been pointed out that the modern ostrich and the Cretaceous Struthiomimus lived in the same sort of exposed habitat , and thus evolved similar bipedal running gaits . |
| 21 | Perhaps the most fitting tribute to Billy Turner came from a former Palace Manager , Jack Tresadern . |
| 22 | In conclusion , Italy and Sicily suffered from the same divisions and neighbourly jealousies as Old Greece , jealousies made more dangerous by racial friction and the threat of native risings ( cranky philosophical activists did not help ) . |
| 23 | But amazingly , 17-stone Alan escaped with a few small cuts and bruises — and a little lost dignity . |
| 24 | The defeat comes just eight days after England lost by the same score to Norway in a vital World Cup qualifying match in Oslo . |
| 25 | After completing his studies at Glasgow University , Gavin worked for a few months at a salmon farm near Ft William , checking for virus infection . |
| 26 | ‘ Shannon worked on the same production . ’ |
| 27 | Major Tzann thought for a few seconds . |
| 28 | Nigel leafed through a few large-print Agatha Christies but was put off by the noxious inexplicable stains on the pages . |
| 29 | Simon spoke in the same way : ‘ greed and freedom , they 're the basis of conservatism ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ We must consciously set out to win new constituencies of support , ’ Mr Gould said in the same room where five hours earlier his opponent , Mr John Smith , mounted his own challenge . |