Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The net yield from the Crown lands is difficult to estimate but probably came to about £6,750 , with the Duchy of Lancaster contributing another £2,500 .
2 A 250 bp 32 P-end-labelled DNA fragment containing deoP2 sequences from -116 to +18 was mixed with CRP and/or CytR , protein-DNA complexes allowed to form and then reacted with hydroxyl radicals .
3 But soon this force also was obliged to retreat and thus came within the grasp of a new figure , General Joseph Galliéni , the recently appointed Military Governor of the French capital and the man who , above all , was to save France from conquest .
4 Finally we stopped trying to teach and also fled to Nampula .
5 She was so surprised she could n't think of anything to say and just stood for a moment staring at him .
6 ‘ We got offered a lot of European dates after Reading , ’ says Gordon , ‘ but we backed off to rehearse and then went to America .
7 For a moment she was too surprised to speak and simply stared as if she were looking down on an apparition .
8 She tried to follow and almost fell down the stairs , gritting her teeth to prevent herself passing out .
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