Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Marcos agreed long ago to fly her husband 's body direct to Laoag , but she is now hinting at defiance . |
| 2 | Although he partially guessed that Joe Hyde would not be in the shop , Patrick stopped long enough to check the window . |
| 3 | The Lynx rose high enough to clear the grey walls , swung eastward and accelerated to a speed of 120 knots . |
| 4 | Hungary served once again to offend Western democratic sensibilities and began a more difficult phase of the Cold War . |
| 5 | On Theuderic 's death in 533 Childebert and Chlothar united once again to exclude a nephew from his inheritance . |
| 6 | It was only then that Nell returned once more to dominate his thoughts , and the other weird creature she was intent upon contacting . |
| 7 | He was staring vacantly across the lodge ; Tallis leaned forward slightly to watch him , but he did n't see her . |
| 8 | Maggie had barely enough to live on . |
| 9 | Carol had quite enough to do with her own job and all her own shopping without preparing meals as well and she hoped she would have a little rest after Christmas , now that people took time off in lots of offices until after the New Year . |
| 10 | Tolkien did right normally to avoid such allusions , to keep like the author of Beowulf to a middle path between Ingeld and Christ , between the Bible and pagan myth . |
| 11 | Fortunately , the good citizens of Geneva had enough else to think about at this juncture . |
| 12 | JOHN Major and EC Commission President Jacques Delors moved swiftly today to try to avert a disastrous trade war between Europe and the United States . |
| 13 | Urgent talks began in London and Brussels as the UK tried yet again to negotiate a way round the EC rules . |
| 14 | Willie peered gingerly outside to see if he could catch a glimpse of the strange boy from the Post Office . |
| 15 | Joseph reached forward eagerly to shake hands , but the mandarin , after a moment 's embarrassed hesitation , closed his right hand over his left fist , clasped them to his gown and bowed his head towards Chuck and Joseph in turn . |
| 16 | For some minutes Harry sat extremely still to leach the sting . |
| 17 | However , his wife pointed out that Katy seemed no longer to approach him for attention — instead she had began to play by herself in very stereotyped and restricted ways . |
| 18 | Greatbatch and Thomson — again to the arm ball — were swept aside in the space of four deliveries , Patel chose once more to live by the sword and this time died by it , and Cairns fell meekly , to the ever-increasing cluster of fielders around the bat . |
| 19 | There they collected the report and the tape recording — and Derek paused long enough to telephone Carol with a flimsy excuse for his absence . |
| 20 | EMPLOYEES at Burstwick got together recently to bid farewell to two of their long serving colleagues . |
| 21 | Dyson lingered , and he and Lewis found still more to say to one another , strolling up and down the cloister of New Buildings . |
| 22 | Australia , New Zealand , Pakistan , the Philippines , Thailand , Great Britain and France came together additionally to sign the South East Asia Treaty Organisation ( SEATO ) Pact in Manila in September 1954 . |
| 23 | Inside the bedroom Kate began once more to search the room . |
| 24 | Certainly by the middle of Wednesday 's contest Mason appeared once again to have a stamina problem and unlike Biggs , who was also suffering , he did not have the experience to conceal his distress . |
| 25 | Dougal was relieved that Miss Devenish agreed so readily to see him . |
| 26 | Sam put the besom to work and Evelyn tried once more to shift that awful basket . |
| 27 | Burrows lived long enough to secure the appointment of Arnold Toynbee [ q.v. ] to the chair in 1919 . |
| 28 | Ryder returned home alone to get his shit together , eventually laying down the vocals on his own in the rather less glamorous surroundings of Surrey . |
| 29 | Group environmental manager Jon Lawrence said : ‘ Although the response to the competition was not particularly encouraging , Terry did very well to score so highly . |
| 30 | Immediately the visitors retaliated and Andy Tucker did very well to cross Andy Stocker 's overhead kick . |