Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Taskopruzade quotes from his father these words of Hocazade 's : " At the time when I was at the Sultan medrese in Bursa I was thirty-three years old and loved nothing save Taskopruzade goes on to say that Hocazade used to take more pride in having taught at the Sultan medrese than in having been kazasker or Mehmed II's Hoca .
2 I did n't want to hurt their feelings , having been brought up to be polite , so I tried to look happy and muttered something about Helen playing the piano very well .
3 Australia lost the Ashes in 1953 , New Zealand won one and lost one against Australia in 1974 , Australia won two of the three 1908 matches against a fully aitched England , and even West Indies lost one of the three Tests they played in 1966 with their four Hs .
4 Murray 's cross from the right in the 67th minute was precise and evaded everyone except McCoist , whose header was turned towards Dykstra 's right-hand post and was as finely judged as the ball that set up the chance .
5 So it 's my great pleasure to declare congress open and to welcome everybody to Portsmouth .
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