Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we got payed seven and sixpence for each body we carried , you see ? |
| 2 | Germany promised to support a Russian seizure of the Straits and to be neutral unless Russia launched an attack on Austria-Hungary ; Russia promised to remain neutral unless Germany attacked France . |
| 3 | Public protests helped to prevent this and worship now continues as before |
| 4 | I seemed to remember statuary and flowers — hibiscus or something flaming red , roses maybe , in great urns — and there were doubtless other bedrooms leading off it with similar softly sliding glass doors . |
| 5 | And although Eliot was only one member of a jury which included among others Robert Lowell , W. H. Auden , Conrad Aiken and Katherine Anne Porter , he was singled out for abuse : in fact , he seemed to receive more than Pound himself . |
| 6 | The lightning bathed the peak in intricate figures , which seemed to grow brighter as clouds rolled up and hid the moon . |
| 7 | Yeah I was coming up now I should think , she told Claire that she 'd bought one and Claire said oh she could have had this so I said oh I said |
| 8 | And if you 'd had adjacent and hypotenuse ? |
| 9 | The debate on the Bill to bring back whipping was a thoroughly undignified affair in which the principles of the matter seemed to count less than considerations such as the size and weight of the flogging instrument to be used : calculations made necessary no less by the desire to limit the discretion of ‘ judges infected by maudlin sentimentality ’ , than by the requirement that it should measure up to the brutes who were ‘ so degraded , that they could only be deterred by forcible appeals to their fear of physical pain ’ . |
| 10 | Either I 'd counted wrong or Cawthorne walked faster than I 'd thought . |
| 11 | The NEB itself seemed to imply more than prospecting might be going on : ‘ It has been suggested that some of the investigations might have been more extensive than might normally be expected . |
| 12 | But the bête noire second to Lloyd George was Churchill , whose war record seemed to prove all that Unionists had alleged about his excitability and his unfitness for office . |
| 13 | Conditions were tough and the afternoon wind and rain made scoring difficult but Ulster 's representatives still look clear favourites to bring the title North for the first time since 1981 . |
| 14 | The blaze of sunset had faded , leaving the sky coloured like a huge bruise as crimson and purple paled to light green and oyster . |
| 15 | The South Korean government said that all domestic electronic communications companies will be freed to operate voice mail and wireless data communications services later this half : the communications ministry said it planned to reinforce financial and tax support to foster these sectors , currently dominated by Korea Telecom before it opens the market to foreigners next year . |
| 16 | Most owner-managers expected to finance all or part of their purchases from within the firm . |
| 17 | On a visit to their home in West Point Grey , I enjoyed meeting Hellen and Harold 's mother , who despite her nickname ‘ Sarge ’ , was the soul of kindness and hospitality . |
| 18 | The situation began to look ugly but Superintendent Bristow and all the available men on duty — some in plain clothes kept things in hand . |
| 19 | Underhill whipped out a jemmy from his pocket and began striking left and right . |
| 20 | Things started to go wrong when Stuart became increasingly dissatisfied at work . |
| 21 | It says much for Robertson that in spite of the general disorder he still contrived to look dangerous and Craig Levein and Derek Ferguson strove to play properly as the rubbish raged around them . |
| 22 | The off-licence was empty except for two drop-outs buying canned beer : the proprietor contrived to address Scarlet and Constance without once taking his eyes off his other customers , not even as he wrapped a bottle of Smirnoff and extracted six cans of Long Life from under the glass counter . |
| 23 | I decided to keep quiet and drive . |
| 24 | She started to get hysterical and self-pitying . |
| 25 | IT HARDLY SEEMED ANY TIME AT ALL BEFORE THE DAYS started to get warmer and spring was here again . |
| 26 | It was this potential distortion of competition that was in particular invoked by the Community institutions when they started to enact environmental and consumer protection legislation during the 1970s . |
| 27 | Britain 's member , Martin Morland , said the commission needed to make clear that Muslims and Croat fighters had committed human rights violations as well as Serbs . |
| 28 | I started to feel better and Bill was doing the garden . |
| 29 | She watched to make sure that Elinor swallowed the medication . |
| 30 | That was all I needed to feel sure that Harvey had the half-dozen eggs that were stolen from me at London Airport . |