Example sentences of "[coord] [art] [noun pl] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Kelham he seemed to enjoy the company of the lay brothers and the students more than that of the fathers , though I fancy he enjoyed the company of the more lively minded among them , such as Father Gabriel , a shrewd and lively thinker . |
| 2 | Both the food and the surroundings more than lived up to Luke 's predictions . |
| 3 | In fact , the first Labour government which took office in January 1924 , after Baldwin had been defeated on an amendment to the Address , lasted until October , when the new government in turn was defeated on a Liberal amendment to a Conservative motion which MacDonald chose to regard as a matter of confidence ; and the Conservatives rather than the Liberals were to be the beneficiaries of MacDonald 's fall . |
| 4 | And the ladies all when they were dressed they would have a skirt made of this and a frilly blouse with a high neck and er a silver buckled belt round their waist . |
| 5 | Did you take the ruler and the rubbers upstairs as well ? |
| 6 | When he reached the house on stilts there was still no sign of life ; the windows were all tightly shut and the curtains more than half drawn . |
| 7 | and she found that she could n't get the settee and the chairs in because , if you remember , they were sort of open armed , they , they were very wide . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll ask the coastguard and the police tomorrow before we set out . |
| 9 | However , in this case , the crowd was angry that extra time was not going to be played and vented their fury on the pitch and the police rather than on one another . |
| 10 | It was a situation whose benefits went largely to the richer tenant-farmers and the landowners rather than to the ordinary yeoman or labourer . |
| 11 | The anglers were not expected to match that catch rate , as the most effective early season methods were not permitted by the rules , but the winners more than doubled it . |