Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hereford United next and what they would do for a cup run … come to think of it what they would do for a win … on Saturday United lost out again in the third division … two-one at Cardiff City |
| 2 | He had taken his sister to town that morning , to Miss Baker 's and Miss Adeane 's where all the gossip would be flowing free and strong , and bought her a new hat and gloves and a flask of the perfume Miss Adeane kept hidden discreetly away for customers who wished it to he believed that they smelled naturally of lavender or roses . |
| 3 | Ewen looked taken aback then he laughed . |
| 4 | By Lancaster Road standards , the Ryans had gone too far up in the world , making them aliens . |
| 5 | But she was a cheery old sort , if a shade old-fashioned ( ‘ I am old enough to be your mother , Prime Minister' had gone down rather well ) , and when she finally shuddered to a halt , having gone through at least two red lights , she was rewarded with much applause . |
| 6 | By the end of August , Brusilov had advanced so far as to make replenishment of men and matériel difficult , often impossible . |
| 7 | The driver of one of the vehicles told police afterwards that he had seen Mr Adams , who lived in Witney , ahead of him , but Mr Reid said Clarke clearly failed to notice him , even though Mr Adams had switched on both his front and rear bicycle lights . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , even though it was n't quite the real thing , Dennis had done all right for himself . |
| 9 | ‘ Where the devil 's Frank with my bag ? ’ the doctor snapped , for — ; as much in shock as in pain — Emilia had fainted away again . |
| 10 | Rachel was invited to join them and she was happy to do so , but for the rest of the day she could n't forget that moment when David had moved so close to her ; she could n't forget the look in his eyes , a look that had implied that the conclusions drawn by others about his intentions towards her could be well founded . |
| 11 | And all the time David had spoken only briefly to Juliet , to move Gaynor and help her with her gown . |
| 12 | Juliet had noticed how David had looked up sharply while Miss Rose was talking . |
| 13 | The next day the Prince was leading a small group of businessmen he had brought over from Britain , including Stephen O'Brien , to look at a scheme called the Boston Compact , evidence that the United States had woken up sooner than anyone else to the dilemma of falling educational standards . |
| 14 | More importantly , the accident at Three Mile Island in the United States had shown how quickly a reactor could get out of control , and had cast its shadow over the reputation of the pressurized water design . |
| 15 | Myeloski said when Leeming had settled once again . |
| 16 | Doublethink had entered so completely into Ceauşescu 's soul by the 1980s that he could genuinely bask in what he took to be sincere affection at the same time as he knew how stage-managed the whole event was . |
| 17 | Alan stared at the noticeboard on the opposite wall , pretending to read something but seeing nothing but a blur of the leaflets , notes , scraps of ribbon and withered buttonholes which Lucy had pegged up there . |
| 18 | The work progressed well until it was discovered that the original iron braces inserted into the stonework by Scott had rusted very badly and expanded several inches , forcing the stonework upwards . |
| 19 | Unlike the sycophantic official court chronicles — the Shah Jehan Nama that Dr Jaffery had spent so long transcribing — the accounts of the two European travellers were packed with reams of malicious bazaar gossip . |
| 20 | Knowing full well that it was n't on her account that Travis had worked so hard , Leith shrugged . |
| 21 | Second , Lyell had outlined very fully — and of course rejected — the comprehensive transmutationist system of biology developed by jean Lamarck , praising the French zoologist for his courage in extending his repugnant ideas to our own species , man . |
| 22 | Hamman had stood back then , and held up the tattoo above his right wrist . |
| 23 | Well , from what I saw Rods ' goal was a very good goal — driven into the corner , and their goal was a short corner kick which was hit hopefully into the box … everyone was running out ( as you do ) but Wetherall had done extremely well and was covering the cross perfectly as a couple of Everton players lurked hopefully near the far post . |
| 24 | Friday had come round so quickly again — such a contrast to her old life when the week had often seemed boringly endless . |
| 25 | His own queen , whom Surere had revered so deeply , when she requested that she be buried not in the new City of the Horizon , but near her old home , in the Valley of the Dead across the river from the Southern Capital , had been granted her wish , though it had hurt Akhenaten deeply . |
| 26 | Hungary had turned back more than one million people from its borders since October 1991 , when it restricted the conditions of entry into the country . |
| 27 | Hungary had turned back more than one million people from its borders since October 1991 , when it restricted the conditions of entry into the country . |
| 28 | In October 1990 the WEU had come out strongly against a proposal by the EC Council of ( Foreign ) Ministers that the EC 's Treaty of Rome should be amended to incorporate Article 5 of the Brussels Treaty establishing the WEU , so that the EC should effectively control the WEU . |
| 29 | The prosecution argued that the Newleys had driven down together from London ; after the murder , Mrs Newley had driven back in her husband 's car , and parked it near their home ; no doubt she hoped that the trip to Hampshire would never come to light . |
| 30 | Phoebe had not seen Alan since , though Sue had moved back again briefly later that winter , saddened and distressed by Alan 's disaffection . |