Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [prep] [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began broadcasting when I was twenty-one — it was what I wanted to do more than anything , if you do n't count an early ambition to be Hopalong Cassidy or Flash Gordon — and I do n't think I 've had many happier moments than acting in my first radio play . |
| 2 | Lexington , Kentucky-based Lexmark International Inc says that operating profits more than doubled in its second year as an independent $2,000m-a-year company , but unhelpfully does n't provide any numbers : worldwide shipments of IBM personal printers made by what used to be the typewriter arm of IBM grew 20% and the typewriter and supplies businesses both substantially exceeded their financial targets , it says ; debt is now below $700m from the $1,150m in March 1991 , and this year 's portion of debt obligation has already been paid in advance . |
| 3 | However , he had successfully blown Voltaire 's head out of the bore of the six-pounder ; it rolled over the rampart and landed among the skeletons , scattering the pariah dogs who were sunning themselves there while waiting for their next meal to be heaved over . |
| 4 | Rubbing shoulders with this aggressively 20th century lifestyle , are the traditions of the majority indigenous Indian population , who forced out of their villages by drought and unemployment to seek work in the city , have established their own communities and their own markets where they come to buy and sell potatoes and cornmeal and where the Fortune-teller sits playing his chanrango while waiting for his next customer . |
| 5 | However , while preparing for its first congress , a split occurred because of disagreements over private ownership of the means of production and land . |
| 6 | Taylor , 47 , was taken ill last week while working on his third album in a Florida recording studio . |
| 7 | By 1968 , the clean-cut image of lads in suits and neatly trimmed hair was definitely for the birds , but not the Byrds , and the Monkees had all but swung from their last branch ; the exploitation of four young men who were plucked from audition lines and manufactured into an internationally famous foursome was all but over . |
| 8 | The indications are that he only began to reign in 738 , for an eclipse of the sun , followed by a lunar eclipse , which occurred in January 753 , is described in the eighth-century Northumbrian annals as happening in his fifteenth year , whereas Eadberht 's fifteenth year if he succeeded in 737 would have been 751–2 . |
| 9 | Here is the metrical model of " Diffugere nives " , as presented in its first two lines : In J.B. Leishman 's translation ( Leishman 1956 ) this opening couplet is rendered as follows : The strophe continues : Leishman 's skill in adapting the metre is much to be commended ; there is great ingenuity , particularly in the adaptation of the English ing-forms ( " transforming " , " diminishing " , " hurrying " ) to the dactylic Graeco-Latin rhythms . |
| 10 | County are a tall , muscular team and their football , if not subtle , is effective as demonstrated by their fifth place in the Fourth Division . |
| 11 | Boro saw a 16-point lead cut in half as Long Eaton , outclassed in the opening races , won four of the last seven heats and the margin of defeat would have been less had the impressive Dane Jan Staechmann not slid into the safety boards in the final race when set for his fourth win of the night . |
| 12 | ‘ Just like arriving at any other golf club , ’ said Montgomerie abruptly when asked of his first trip up Magnolia Drive to the clubhouse . |
| 13 | ‘ The only reason I so much as spoke to you last night , ’ he said through his teeth , ‘ was because of my grandmother . ’ |
| 14 | As stated in our first Journal , we expect to work together with this society and we are therefore pleased to include the following announcements : — |