Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There were no trends in death from cardiovascular or non-cardiovascular disease with length , though men whose length at birth was 20 inches ( 50.8 cm ) or less had a standardised mortality ratio of 103 from cardiovascular disease , compared with 93 in the remainder .
2 On hearing about our plans for a summer course at Green Park in 1982 some 30 or so showed a positive interest in attending .
3 Many had never stayed at a hotel or even had a cheap meal away from home .
4 This can only mean that the University Press at Oxford kept the type of the second edition standing for over fifty years , or else had a large number of the second edition sheets left over and stored .
5 Rooney grinned and nervously ran a wet hand under his cap , smoothing his tousled hair .
6 ‘ What am I supposed to do ? ’ he said in an aggrieved tone but ( fortunately , Nutty thought ) a misguided girl in puce trousers hit him over the head with a handbag and he launched himself instantly at his aggressor , being no respecter of the female sex , and thereby deflected a fair amount of Jazz 's opposition on to himself , the girl 's screaming indignation making her plight quite plain .
7 Many others joined the SPD , and eventually had a major influence on changing its policies back into a more radical line than the Bad Godesberg programme .
8 His second son John West Wilson was a resident agent in Gothenburg and eventually became a naturalized Swede .
9 Her brother , Merfyn , began training with his uncle as a motor engineer and eventually became a technical journalist .
10 Then he opened his eyes , spoke a few words and eventually tried a few tentative steps round his hospital room .
11 Hence when I went to the Lords in 1965 I sat as a cross-bencher , although periodically , according to my attitude at the time , I was supporting one or other of the two parties and rarely took a cross-bench approach .
12 They were captivated by the beautiful village , played croquet on the lawn and altogether had a delightful time .
13 Accordingly , without ever rising from my sordid bed , I lay and groaned and babbled , and altogether gave a wonderful impression of a man in extremity .
14 The basin is linked to three thousand miles of inland waterways , and so had a busy commercial life at one time , and a few of its old warehouses remain .
15 Britain had successfully negotiated long-term contracts for the total output from the Congo , and so had a near monopoly of ore supplies , which she had been happy to share with the US in the wartime atomic weapons programme .
16 Deirdre joined the literature committee in 1985 after the closure of Craiglockhart College of Education , where she had been principal lecturer in English , and so began a second career .
17 And so began a happy parliamentary career lasting until 1970 .
18 And so did a good many people who I , I thought would never go .
19 As the float rose the shaft rotated and so did a circular metal plate attached to the end of it .
20 This happened to many punters who shorted bank stocks last year just as the Federal Reserve eased interest rates and so triggered a sharp rally in bank share prices .
21 He was the most recent recruit into H3 , and only had a Lower Second from Aston .
22 A dedicated professional seaman , he practised his motor launches ( MLs ) , the motor gun boat ( MGB ) , and the modified motor torpedo boat ( MTB 74 ) operating in close company , manoeuvres they did not normally execute and only had a few weeks to learn .
23 Some of the cottages behind their stone sea-walls had real charm , others were plain and cramped and only borrowed a little grace from their situation .
24 The proteins have little sequence identity and obviously diverged a long time ago .
25 It was hot , airless , badly lit , and generally had a cramped below-decks feel to it .
26 He held McAllister 's hand for a little longer than propriety might demand , and the pair of them stood for a moment , rapt , until the surgery boy , who ran the doctor 's errands on his bike , delivered prescriptions and generally did a great deal of donkey work , knocked on the door before he came in , saying excitedly and importantly , ‘ You 're wanted , Dr Neil , sir .
27 Amphibious raiding along the Channel coast and elsewhere became a coordinated intelligence gathering operation in preparation for the opening of a Second Front by the invasion of Europe , plans for which entailed amphibious training for large armies , pre-empting men and equipment from possible large raids .
28 Students in the USA had to go out on placement to firms for training , and thus had a good grounding in practical embalming .
29 Few of them flying about coming along just the line of the hydro wire at the hydro wire and just saw a blue flash and get down .
30 She had arrived in Paris in 1912 and soon became a good friend of Soutine and a familiar Montparnasse character .
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