Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the junction of the Welford branch , a boat from Welford met them with ample supplies of refreshments to fortify them against the passage of Bosworth tunnel . |
| 2 | She was nineteen , the age Maria had been when she had first felt the power of Luke 's attraction , and Maria regarded her with ironic envy , wishing she could have reacted as insouciantly , her awe and admiration as impersonal as Penny 's , Luke confined to some remote pedestal along with other out-of-reach heroes , contact undreamed-of . |
| 3 | De Gaulle had long believed that the PCF 's tendency to align itself with Moscow invalidated it in crucial respects , and in November 1945 he had refused to give the PCF one of the three ministries that he regarded as essential to national security . |
| 4 | In breaks in our work Edward entertained me with curious stories of the old alchemists . |
| 5 | May Roberts Rinehart used it to excellent effect in The Circular Staircase . |
| 6 | To begin with Gyggle tried me on sensory deprivation . |
| 7 | ‘ The king my father learned of my regard for yourself from Sir Thomas Vaughan who saw it as his duty to inform him , ’ Edward told her with notable reluctance . |
| 8 | If Alice or Bert filled it with hot water and it leaked causing injury , would either of them have an action ? |
| 9 | Woolley placed her under close arrest for mutiny . |
| 10 | Fairbrother was shuffling reluctantly out of the stone doorway as he returned , and Richard greeted him with sarcastic cheerfulness . |
| 11 | In fact they were painted from dead specimens , and to get within range of a naturalist was a misfortune for a nineteenth-century bird or animal ; but Audubon painted them against realistic backgrounds , and in more or less plausible action . |
| 12 | Simon the Trapper led them by devious paths to the lakeside hut . |
| 13 | Jake regarded her with superior amusement . |
| 14 | ‘ No wonder Sebastian welcomed you with open arms . ’ |
| 15 | Tutilo fronted him with unwavering eyes , but said nothing . |
| 16 | She watched as Roman poured it into small white cups . |
| 17 | While Mary did her dance practice her husband Ian joined us with other families on some of the excursions . |
| 18 | During the Rugby World Cup , ITV provided us with up-beat , detailed match coverage . |
| 19 | At Dillons , assistant manager Graham Wilson told me with quiet confidence that ‘ at customer service we are good ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ Robert told me in quiet tones and averted eyes how he climbed the stairs behind the prostitute in this house where she conducted her trade . |
| 21 | Mr told us about regional offices , about how many of those were there in nineteen eighty seven ? |
| 22 | Walsh dropped him at long leg off Ambrose on 22 then , at 66 , crucially , David Williams , another first-timer at this level alongside Adams and Benjamin , floored a regulation catch behind , thereby allowing Hudson further demonstrations of a trademark straight drive . |
| 23 | Kurt watched her with narrowed eyes . |
| 24 | Pears was Boro 's hero when Cambridge put them under fierce pressure in the first half . |
| 25 | The trouble with Cabinet was not that Harold ran it through little cabals , but that there was no focal point of decision-making at all . |
| 26 | At last she reached Broom House and rushed into the surgery , where Helen greeted her with evident relief . |
| 27 | President Zia picked him for prime minister in March 1985 but he was criticised by the opposition for providing a democratic civilian facade to a military dictatorship . |
| 28 | Gestures of this kind were part of the vocabulary of politics ; an astute politician like Philip used them to great effect . |
| 29 | That left seven , easily outnumbered by Boscawen 's 15 , plus frigates , and he used his superiority to crushing effect in an action which began around 1.30 pm and continued next day , when the last four French ships were driven into Lagos Bay , about 19 miles [ 30 km ] east of Cape St Vincent , on the coast of Portugal , where Boscawen pursued them into Portuguese waters . |
| 30 | There are frequent references to it in Anglo-Saxon writings , and the Greeks and Romans made much use of it ; the Greek army doctor Dioscorides listed it amongst medical herbs , and Pliny also describes it . |