Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These tendencies became especially marked in the canal mania of the 1790s when , according to an enthusiast in 1796 , " perseverance having vanquished prejudice , the fire of speculation was lighted and canals became the subjects of general conversation " . |
| 2 | After this year , however , Gary became really confused for a couple of months and began to doubt his call in the first place . |
| 3 | The biker and his bike got absolutely plastered in a green slimy substance . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , accordin' ter Will , Joe 's bruvver used ter fight in the pub tournaments over Stepney , ’ Nellie went on . |
| 5 | Companies such as Rover , Alfa-Romeo and Seat became increasingly caught in no man 's land , insufficiently large to compete on effective terms with the Big Six and yet unable to gain a secure niche in the market which would enable them to compete with the luxury car makers . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the image of an out of control , imperial president became well established in the early 1970s and contributed much to the strong backlash against presidential power that bedevilled Ford and Carter . |
| 7 | ‘ It was really in the 1920s and 1930s ’ , recalls Environment 's Manager Christopher Nell , ‘ that London Underground became highly regarded in the fields of design and architecture . ’ |
| 8 | The concentration on Heron 's bond issues in Switzerland , where only lead managers can call a default , leaves a potential conflict of interest if the banks which issued the bonds for Heron sought now to negotiate against the company . |
| 9 | One forgotten hero of the Victorian era was Capt. Hedley Vicars of the 97th Regiment , a gallant and devout officer , whose tireless work for the welfare , both spiritual and physical , of the men under his command became widely known after the publication in 1856 of Catharine Marsh 's biography of him . |
| 10 | The two schools became closely associated with the Whig and Tory Parties , in much the same way that the Labour and Conservative Parties champion non-nuclear and nuclear policies today . |
| 11 | Labour made least advance in the West Midlands , with its share of the vote in Sandwell , Walsall and Wolverhampton actually decreasing compared with 1988 . |
| 12 | Inevitably the early history of anthropology became closely allied to the history of Darwinian evolutionary theory and many controversies which now seem obscure relate to the burning debates surrounding the concept of natural selection . |
| 13 | Jinny felt her breath stop as her eyes swivelled automatically to look at the Hare-woman . |
| 14 | Among those who had received medical advice , knowledge of postcoital contraceptive methods differed significantly according to the source of that advice ( table ) . |
| 15 | The creed still makes sense but , as both Mr Gandhi and Mr Singh began dimly to realise in the 1980s , the doctrine does not . |
| 16 | Kruger grinned then moved to the railing where he watched two female joggers passing beneath him , their bronzed legs moving in rhythmic unison . |
| 17 | In these terms , each of the schools investigated generally complied with the Coordinating Team 's criteria for inclusion in the Minor Project . |
| 18 | As her eyes grew more accustomed to the hellish gloom , Tallis could see how many of these forlorn corpses were gathering on the north bank of the river . |
| 19 | United had one more chance six minutes before the end when Martin Foyle did well to turn on the ball ; in the edge of the penalty area he hit a shot low and hard towards the corner of the net but it just drifted wide of the far post and United 's chance had gone . |
| 20 | Unknown even to the operators , some of the rods of uranium fuel which were supposed to fall from the back of the reactor into a storage pond had instead tumbled into the channel which led up to the tall chimney . |
| 21 | The Soviet side had initially responded with a counterproposal involving ceilings for both sides of either 225,000 or 195,000 troops for Europe as a whole ( thereby calling on the United States either to accept an imbalance of 30,000 troops in Central Europe or to withdraw some or all its forces from the other countries ) , but accepted the original proposal after the US side had rejected this alternative formula . |
| 22 | The Hussars drew their sabres to drive the unarmed men back into the river , but French artillery had already closed on the southern bank and , as soon as the Hussars went into the trot , the first roundshot slammed across the water . |
| 23 | Bettws Community Council and local MP Alex Carlile had both protested against the plan . |
| 24 | The administration had instead settled for a policy of " holding the line " , which basically meant the continuation of containment . |
| 25 | Adeane had strongly advised against the controversial speeches of the past year , especially the one to the architectural profession . |
| 26 | The plaintiff rode his horse violently and collided with a pole which the defendant had negligently left in the road . |
| 27 | Bernice had obviously fallen from the ledge above her . |
| 28 | ‘ He 's sensitive , ’ she shouted , after Geoffrey had recounted an incident in which Meredith had supposedly scuttled into the band room to avoid interviewing some out-of-work actor who had an appointment with him . |
| 29 | Hu had served on the politburo standing committee and secretariat ; Rui and Yan had both served on the secretariat . |
| 30 | By the summer of 1419 all Normandy was his : the major walled towns of the duchy , Caen , Falaise , Cherbourg , and Rouen had all fallen to the English besiegers . |