Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [det] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Quorn , opposing them , had rumbled Drew 's Exocet weapon , and spent the match giving Perdita so much hassle that she only hit the ball twice . |
| 2 | The solicitor had walked from the station to the car park so many times that he no longer noticed his surroundings . |
| 3 | The Left-leaning tabloid has today given Mr Purtill rather more publicity than he could possibly have ever wanted . |
| 4 | I hope that the Community will concentrate on providing within its borders only those things that it does best — a common legal framework for a large liberal market economy with a social dimension . |
| 5 | The result of sections 91 and 95 is that the statutory pre-emptive rights can be disapplied with relative ease and afford an individual equity shareholder precious little assurance that his existing pre-emptive rights will be preserved unless his shares carry significant votes to block the passing of a special resolution . |
| 6 | His intercourse was with certain holy men addicted to sorcery , who instructed him how to bring over to his side as many friends as he could with witchcraft and soft speeches . |
| 7 | The culture of educated Egyptians was , anyway , in many respects as much French as it was Egyptian . |
| 8 | They tend to be kind and wish to give the candidates as much help as they can , although there is no compulsion on them to cover every detail of the syllabus . |
| 9 | Wilko was reported to have been looking at Ronnie earlier this season but nothing came of it . |
| 10 | Last but by not means least , and we 've heard them mentioned a couple times already this week and it will be dealt with more extensively later in the week we have of course persuaded to enter into detailed discussions with us er , which would hopefully lead to a transfer of engagements by the end of this year . |
| 11 | Violence was a daily part of their lives , and the men paid Trent 's leash as little attention as they would have spared for the commonplace of a bleeding corpse sprawled in the gutter back home . |
| 12 | Astra 's former chairman , Gerald James , alleged in this column earlier this year that he and most of his fellow directors had been victimised and the firm sold off to protect dark secrets about arms for Iraq and a cosy monopoly relationship between British Aerospace and the Ministry of Defence . |
| 13 | Her solicitor , Warren Reed , from Ratcliffe and Co , said yesterday : ‘ Helena Bonham Carter and her parents very much regret that they have had to arrange for the issue of a writ against Andrew James Farquharson . |
| 14 | But Bill says he manages his cash better these days and he 's learned his lesson . |
| 15 | ‘ We are planning to electrofish the North Oxford junction later this month but it really depends on the weather . |
| 16 | but I think needs probably some training before we attack phase two |
| 17 | A country can produce these days as much money as it wants . |
| 18 | Fifteen years ago this plantation where we live and work today was virgin jungle inhabited only by savage herds of elephants ! |
| 19 | It is 40 years ago this summer since I bought my first knitting machine . |
| 20 | Normally Charles and Diana would not sit together at state banquets , but their separation last night took on a new poignancy following the official announcement earlier this week that they have split . |
| 21 | At our pre-delegates conference earlier this year whether it was the first one or the second one I ca n't remember our region unanimously accepted the policy review . |
| 22 | This deal with Channel Ten will ensure that Campese continues playing Test rugby despite his statements earlier this year that he would step down from international rugby and establish a permanent business base in Italy . |
| 23 | whatever they were using as bait presumably some mackerel or something like that but , but as I was saying you could see it trailing through and then all , suddenly out of like nowhere this fish would come and like chase after it |
| 24 | It 's been a good four years for me to lay low , because they 've changed the stuff so many times and they now seem to be getting down to some conclusions about MIDI and stuff . |
| 25 | Barrie Clarke … says it was a tough race so much mud and he got thrown off quite a few times |
| 26 | He would say , casually , to his wife later that night that he had given young Luke Bouverie a lift home . |
| 27 | Seemingly more interested in spoiling tactics than news values , The Sun gave the supposed transcript of an alleged row between Prince Charles and his estranged wife far more prominence than it deserved . |
| 28 | Examinations — A student who fails an examination related to the diploma area of study may , at the discretion of the centre and in agreement with HCIMA , be allowed to retake examinations as many times as he/she wishes ( providing the centre is prepared to set and mark new papers ) and that the programme is still current . |
| 29 | The effort of giving Sam as much exercise as he wanted made Albert more fit than he had been for years . |
| 30 | ‘ We have given our account teams as much authority as we possibly can , ’ says Chris Lever , Digital 's group effectiveness portfolio manager . |