Example sentences of "[adj] and [art] [noun pl] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam struggled , but he was too weak and the storm-troopers tore his trousers off , leaving him stark naked . |
| 2 | All the main parties except the communist Party of the Left and the Greens expressed their support for the move . |
| 3 | The enemy picquet that had ambushed the French vanguard was hurrying to the shelter of the wood , but some of them had left their retreat too late and the Dragoons caught them . |
| 4 | A wasteful volley was shot towards him , but the range was far too long and the balls spent themselves among the thick stalks . |
| 5 | All the same he seemed popular backstage and the girls liked him , but he did n't seem to bother much about them . |
| 6 | When the price of graphite fell in 1900 and the mines closed they returned to their villages ; one result was an increase in the number of cases of cattle stealing in the Western and Southern Provinces of fifty-six per cent over 1899 . |
| 7 | It was published in 1959 and the trustees gave their consent . |
| 8 | Well if you were that close and the lights started you 'd probably get across . |
| 9 | The jelly was sweet and the ants ate it . |
| 10 | ‘ We shall not need to use that formation again , ’ Thorfinn said , and saw that the forest was quiet and the scouts had nothing to disturb them before turning to walk to his men . |