Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [adv] [vb past] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't turn up , so of course I then telephoned her office and found she had n't been there that week . |
| 2 | For ten minutes I never saw my float as the fish cruised up and down . |
| 3 | So rather than have er two cars plus a company car I just sold my car . |
| 4 | CASE STUDY 5.1 — MRS Y. For example , Mrs Y. was a nervous anxious woman , whose husband had a cerebral haemorrhage , resulting in a stroke which particularly affected his arm and his speech . |
| 5 | At best it was a snobbery which wholly overlooked his timing , eye and exactitude of judgment and imagery . |
| 6 | What matters is the record of action which actually followed his visit to Klagenfurt . |
| 7 | Baron von Munchausen was an eighteenth-century Hanoverian soldier who greatly exaggerated his prowess in war — and his battle-scars . |
| 8 | Some of the objets d'art were bought on her orders , at home and abroad ; others she prised out of rich Iranians who often found her acquisitiveness on behalf of the country irksome but impossible to resist . |
| 9 | Though he published little under his sole name , the best testimony to his erudition is to be found in the prefaces of numerous books on Mozart by both English and foreign authors who readily acknowledged his guidance . |
| 10 | Like some naughty child who 's been caught playing a prank she just kept her head low , staring at the floor . |
| 11 | Ballymoney equalised just two minutes later when Danny Graham slid the ball to the unmarked Michael Neill who then drilled his shot into the roof of the Cookstown net . |
| 12 | When they introduced computers they also taught her typing and keyboard skills . |
| 13 | After a few years in atomic energy research he then discovered his vocation as teacher and enthusiast as a lecturer in chemistry at Birkenhead Technical College , where he also voluntarily taught about theatre , literature and music in a humanities section . |
| 14 | At this stage he had been in contention behind McCallen and Dunlop and even after his restart he still clawed his way back into the leading group . |
| 15 | For the first four months he also funded his salary out of personal savings . |
| 16 | These were the copper sheathing which greatly reduced the fouling of their bottoms by weeds and the loss of speed this entailed ; and the carronade which greatly increased their fighting power . |
| 17 | The woman was well built too , and the man had a very large stomach and was wearing a baggy shirt which just covered his belly . |
| 18 | It was his ability to achieve that power and well-being which alone justified his despotism . |
| 19 | Maybe the parties foolishly signed a pact which then found its way into the hands of the DTI . |
| 20 | It would be inappropriate , however , to avoid the general subject of birth control , since it was this very question which ostensibly destroyed his ambition to lead the Conservative Party , and indeed , to be prime minister . |
| 21 | AN UNKNOWN BOY WHO BRAVELY GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ANOTHER . |
| 22 | Similarly another teacher felt that she should give firm scolding to an extremely active young boy who continually left his place during story time . |
| 23 | Putting aside his choice of partner , the lady who publicly declared her support for the barbaric practice of ‘ necklacing ’ those who step out of line , there is his friendship with Col Gaddafi , who is said to have paid the bill for the ANC leader 's recent tour of North Africa , as well as contributing $135,000 to Mrs Mandela 's defence . |
| 24 | Balbinder was 3 years old when I first started visiting the house , a very sociable child who eagerly awaited my arrival and the chance to play with the bag of toys I always brought with me . |
| 25 | The Supreme Court charged Cerda himself with ‘ lack of discipline ’ , suspended him on half pay for two months , and replaced him by another judge who dutifully closed his case . |
| 26 | Dawn was an attractive , lively girl who thoroughly enjoyed her work as a bank clerk , and whose social life centred on her favourite sports , hockey and tennis . |
| 27 | I think that what happened was that a lot of traditional union members , that is , the white , heterosexual male stewards who normally formed its backbone , for once took a back-seat , and allowed us to get on with it — to organize in our own way which we did . |
| 28 | Holding the crouched , double-axe-hand attack position , Angel One consciously slowed his breathing . |
| 29 | Lucille herself never used her title , but she knew Sharpe was perversely proud of it and must have informed the Prince of its existence . |
| 30 | I knew the rule well enough , but in that split second it never entered my head . |