Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [verb] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you got ta say then father ? |
| 2 | It certainly contributed to holding down inflation , so that the money wages generated by the high demand for labour were easily translated into product wage increases and the necessary scrapping rates achieved . |
| 3 | Adamski , Beats International and a local dance outfit called Rejeuvenation performed live ; the Hacienda 's Jon Da Silva was among the DJs : and a bar till 1am , plus an all-night juice bar , kept the crowd refreshed till going home time 8am . |
| 4 | Leaving aside the fact that already under Dej the standing of a student 's relatives in the Party hierarchy already counted for a great deal when it came to handing out exam results , connections with the very summit of political power could offer useful patronage and protection to scientists and their institute . |
| 5 | Rescue workers found no sign yesterday of 39 crew members from two large container ships that disappeared after sending out distress signals during a fierce storm in the Gulf of St Lawrence . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's not the impression you gave by holding back information from the detective who called on you . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ There was nothing confidential about it : it was a bright idea some Americans had for setting up training courses — that sort of thing — for their businessmen and other people coming over to Britain for the first time . |
| 8 | Goblander was not just an anagram on old banger , it really expressed the way that decrepit old van had of gobbling up petrol as it chugged through the countryside making awful noises because it needed a new silencer . |
| 9 | Once again we are led to the provisional conclusion that the poll tax was only one variable determining party support in individual district authorities , not least because of the problems voters had in deciding where responsibility lay . |
| 10 | Russell was what you might call a social climber , inasmuch as he specialized in fitting out rock shelters for himself at various altitudes and if possible receiving his friends in them . |