Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early this century jute sacks became widely used for home distribution although the export of cement still continued in battels and later in steel drums . |
| 2 | In this action Leftwich was well ahead of his time , as Norwegian ice later became widely used for refrigeration during the nineteenth century . |
| 3 | The details of this illness remain obscure , but in 1693 Newton became sufficiently disturbed in mind for rumours of his insanity to gain widespread acceptance . |
| 4 | Raised in London , he suffered polio in childhood and endured long spells in hospital . |
| 5 | Thus when villages became so reduced in size that they were no longer viable their inhabitants had to move out to nearby larger settlements . |
| 6 | We can see from Table 14.7 that the UK produced less output per unit of net capital stock , for both the ‘ whole economy ’ and ‘ manufacturing ’ , than either West Germany or the USA . |
| 7 | According to the OECD survey , the privatization programme involved little change in management or improvement in efficiency . |
| 8 | The government finally agreed to fresh negotiations and promised not to proceed with legislation on banning strikes for two years . |
| 9 | She could hear cars and lorries swooshing past and tried desperately to call for help but she had no breath . |
| 10 | Dot fingered her victory badge and tried not to listen in case it seemed like prying . |
| 11 | Hard tried not to giggle with triumph , Elizabeth leaned tremulously on Bridhe 's shoulder , and let the old lady comfort her . |
| 12 | She tried not to think about Finn because then she felt weak and hopeless . |
| 13 | Masha and I found further cause for depression as , walking in search of a tube station , we came to a major intersection , a roundabout of relentless , screeching vehicles , three and four abreast : for in the centre , on the small concrete island , we saw a man lying on his side . |
| 14 | As Frederick 's policies turned into those of Bismarck 's Kulturkampf , the Catholic Kaszubians found further cause for alarm . |
| 15 | Several countries , especially in eastern Europe , reported further increases in forest damage during 1989 but in others the rate of defoliation appeared to have stabilized or actually decreased . |
| 16 | Maggie had been amazed at her own fury , rocked by the power of Fenna within her , breaking through the cool disdain she tried always to preserve in front of this loathsome woman . |
| 17 | The first option involved simply eliminating through traffic , principally through the use of one-way systems . |
| 18 | ‘ I used ter sit at me front door when the weavver was good , an' when it was cold I used ter lay in bed till dinner-time . |
| 19 | In the morning Nigel tried faintly to argue about money . |
| 20 | All too typically I saw enthused teachers returning from training , armed with new perspectives who became progressively drained of optimism as they faced non-understanding in colleagues , shortage of resources , lack of follow-up support , and who ended up despairing and cynical about possibilities of real change . |
| 21 | But you 'd better bear in mind , I 've been worked-over and walked over by experts . |
| 22 | ‘ You 'd better go to bed , ’ she said . |
| 23 | ‘ We 'd better go to bed . ’ |
| 24 | She was not very good at smiling these days , and the unease disseminated by her unconvincing efforts led Eddie Duckworth to mutter to her in a corner , with a mixture of sharpness and sorrow , that perhaps she 'd better go to bed . |
| 25 | ‘ David , I think we 'd better go to bed . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I think we 'd better go to bed , ’ Harold said , shuffling impatiently . |
| 27 | ‘ You 'd better go to bed , ’ he said curtly . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd better go to bed , ’ said Leonora hastily , moving further away , but he held up his hand . |
| 29 | I think you 'd better go to bed . |
| 30 | ‘ You 'd better go to supper , Nurse Avery , ’ said Wendy Target briskly . |