Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [subord] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the road that ran from the town , called Théovard , by-passed Les Glycines five hundred yards to the north , and we dismounted rather than run the motor cycle over the pitted lane . |
| 2 | ‘ Devil ! ’ he said and dismounted so as to approach the thicket more closely . |
| 3 | Clerides supporters poured into the streets to celebrate , but electoral officials argued over whether to order a recount in the capital , Nicosia , as demanded by the Vassiliou camp . |
| 4 | These effective treatments , along with his rejection of blood-letting , purging and polypharmacy which weakened rather than helped the patient , gave homoeopathy the edge over orthodox therapy for most of the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | Moreover , the Stewart kings ' lamentable habit of dying young had two consequences , both of which enhanced rather than diminished the strength and prestige of Scottish kingship . |
| 6 | Owen today plays Del Harris , the favourite , who again played well while beating an England squad member , Mark Cairns , 9-5 , 9-4 , 9-2 . |
| 7 | Lewis earned a shot at Bowe 's title after destroying ‘ Razor ’ Ruddock in October and the WBC acted honourably when stripping the champion of his title for reneging on his promise to fight the number one contender . |
| 8 | She sensed rather than heard the collective sigh of relief that went up as her acceptance rang round the studio just a moment before the signature tune flowed through the headphones , signalling the end of the programme . |
| 9 | The shoe feels exactly the same afterwards , which is the main reason runners want them resoled rather than buying a brand new pair . ’ |
| 10 | This decision started rather than ended the controversy about united action . |
| 11 | The 1983 general election result fueled rather than ended the controversy . |
| 12 | If this is the case , the adjustment is best made with the strings slackened so as to reduce the possibility of damaging the knife edges on the bridgeplate . |
| 13 | Something had punched her chest ; she felt the refrigeration unit of her suit cut in , she felt rather than heard the tearing , rippling , screaming boom of the explosion . |
| 14 | Bernice felt rather than heard the two explosions , like a double heartbeat , and then the corridor was filled with flames . |
| 15 | Oh yes , erm I think it was generally , er , they had to match the colouring of the rooms that they 'd got , the furniture they 'd got really because as far as the room was concerned er when , when the , new houses came onto the erm , ready for occupation , er they were all cream coloured inside and anyway and pale cream so they , they 'd got er any choice they wanted there it , really it was just to match their curtains , match their carpets , all their furnishings and erm , of course I suppose they , the rose coloured ones er went better than say the lemon coloured one and that because er people just er liked the idea of moving into a place that 's got a nice cosy glow in it , place sort of thing , but we never sell any at all , there 's , none of that type of fitting in , sold now . |
| 16 | There were no serious incidents in the 1947 winter , such as people losing their way and dying of cold , although a Mr Sowerby on the other side of the dale died suddenly whilst helping a neighbour . |
| 17 | However he knew better than to put the thought into words . |
| 18 | Jay was intrigued , but knew better than to ask the question direct . |
| 19 | She knew better than to take a wanted man near the Welsh gate ; but the castle gate was the one land approach to the town , the eastward and inviolable gate , overshadowed by the bulk of the castle and the strength of its garrison . |
| 20 | Tribe knew better than to join the attack , unarmed and gunless . |
| 21 | Carson knew better than to use the Mercedes as in-town transport-traffic and parking problems made a car into a liability during the daytime . |
| 22 | ‘ I should have thought that even you knew better than to leave the car hermetically sealed . |
| 23 | He knew better than to expect a detailed answer . |
| 24 | Landgrebe , only the second graduate employed by the company , had taken over Peter Revers ' job when the latter went to New York and had responsibilities for scheduling and managing shops , but knew better than to express an opinion on artistic matters . |
| 25 | This sometimes went further than raising the TOEFL entry fee and involved putting up guarantees for thousands of dollars for candidates . |
| 26 | In the latter situation subjects were given a cue prior to the stimulus presentation ( pre-cued condition ) so that they knew beforehand whether to report the inner or outer column or the letters printed in a particular colour . |
| 27 | The trip to Italy went well as did the few days when one of the twins , ( full name Alexander ) was with us . |
| 28 | The protesters gave in when told the silence was to honour all the dead . |
| 29 | According to the National Readership Survey in 1987 nearly 40 per cent of adults claimed to ‘ skip ’ ads in normal TV viewing ‘ almost always ’ or ‘ quite often ’ , and 20 per cent said they ‘ almost always ’ did so when watching a recorded video programme . |
| 30 | In the reply he is not allowed to introduce any new matter and must confine himself to replying to the points made in the discussion and to summarising the main arguments he put forward when moving the motion . |