Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [verb] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ‘ m sure you will all be aware of the projected plan to allow building on the land known as Curriemuirend and the action group that was formed to rally support to oppose this and has effectively done so . |
| 2 | ‘ We knew the water was dangerous and had only gone in to our knees . |
| 3 | This figure gradually declined to a low of about 25,000 in 1979 but has since climbed again , to around 125,000 in 1986 . |
| 4 | Kelly died on December 7 but had earlier filled in an appointment for December 8 . |
| 5 | Franklin Electronic Publishers ( formerly Franklin Computer ) effectively created the product category with their Spelling Ace which appeared in 1986 and has since sold over three million units worldwide . |
| 6 | ‘ Ideal ’ family size in 1967 was about 2.4 and has only declined marginally since . |
| 7 | They now take home just £50 a week each and have also given up their company cars . |
| 8 | Cigarette consumption among women also rose between 1972 and 1976 , from 87 to 101 and has since remained more or less constant at just over or just under 100 cigarettes per week . |
| 9 | Although we may be qualified to do so in certain areas , mainly commercial , we could not really be considered a top-class rugby-playing country strength-wise and have therefore decided not to bid . |
| 10 | She launched her own company , Betty Jackson Ltd , in October 1981 and has never looked back . |
| 11 | ‘ They had not been there very long and had just come out of a restaurant , ’ said Mr Robinson . |
| 12 | It did not last long and had largely petered out by early 1972 , when budgie gear , baggies and flares with turn-ups , glamrock and other new influences had taken over . |
| 13 | It has long been clear that IBM Corp 's latest restructuring into 13 somewhat autonomous business units has taken too long and has not gone far enough , and the company has called an extraordinary board meeting for this Tuesday to decide what cuts need to be made to meet 1993 targets . |
| 14 | The children emerged from the elaborate wrought-iron school gates , which were red with rust-preventer but had never got around to being painted . |
| 15 | So far , Brutus ' speech has sounded impressive but has not meant very much . |
| 16 | So , he was in London on some business or other and had simply dropped by to tell her that Jeff and Silvia had got engaged . |
| 17 | He looked fantastic and had actually acquired quite a suntan — or was it just a glow of happiness ? |
| 18 | Later that day , the news began to spread that the Headmistress had recovered from her fainting-fit and had then marched out of the school building tight-lipped and white in the face . |
| 19 | New Stewards came in early 1983 but have since moved on and Tony and Cheryl Wright started in December 1985 . |
| 20 | Mary had been looked after by a nanny until the age of seven and had then stayed intermittently with elderly relatives . |
| 21 | House prices there boomed in 1987 and the first-half of 1988 and have since fallen more sharply than in most other areas . |
| 22 | House prices there boomed in 1987 and the first-half of 1988 and have since fallen more sharply than in most other areas . |