Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] [conj] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , the only way of avoiding this presumption of responsibility is for the defendant to prove either ( a ) that the driving , accident or damage occurred before he took the car , or ( b ) that he was neither in , on or near the vehicle when that driving , accident or damage occurred . |
| 2 | During the trial , Lord Maclean heard a taped confession where MacIver admitted that he suggested which lorry to hijack and drove to Inverness a week before the robbery to check the vehicle 's routine . |
| 3 | Search consultants are often called in when an organisation is considering going into a new business sector , as Marks & Spencer did when they went into financial services with their credit card ; as when BP were trying to diversify their business and spot winners by developing new technology ; as financial services institutions do when they wish to launch a new product or enter new markets . |
| 4 | Eventually when the letter came in its blue envelope with the pious SAG printed across the seal , the hands so firm holding a gun or tool shook as he took it . |
| 5 | In addition , it is open to the producer or director to show that he did not know or reasonably suspect that the offending programme would be included in a cable programme , or that in the context of the broadcast the programme would probably provoke racial hatred . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , it would be a mistake for legislation on divorce , tax or pensions to assume that they had . |
| 7 | Carrying hot metal , or tripping blindfold between red-hot plough shares , or plunging the arm in boiling water were the usual tests , though the accused might be flung into a pond to see whether he sank or not , or forced to eat an ounce of bread or cheese to see if it stuck in the gullet ! |
| 8 | Or Fergie did when she hopped in and out of cars wearing Honest-Jill-Ordinary leggings and sweatshirts which said , ‘ Hey , forget Bali , I 'm just a working mum like you ! ’ |
| 9 | Present owners British & Commonwealth announced that it hoped to raise an estimated £130 million by putting it up for sale . |
| 10 | As I get older I am coming to believe that our lives are planned before we are born … things happen so fast sometimes as you look back … you can see the pattern plain as day , where you took some turn , or events happened that you had nothing to do with . |
| 11 | Although it was relatively ineffective , the fact that it was considerably safer than mercury meant that it remained in the pharmacopoeia of many countries until the twentieth century . |
| 12 | Her description was so detailed and precise that experts agreed that she had seen the eagle . |
| 13 | Although Romulo denied that he had given such an unequivocal pledge , Ramos stated on Sept. 15 that he would not pursue the Philippine claim to sovereignty . |
| 14 | FitzAlan was silent for so long that Isabel wondered if he thought she was lying . |
| 15 | The result was a striking contrast to the dull brown tinged with grey that Pamela had when she came into the salon . |
| 16 | This was repulsed , though Than Tun claimed that they desired unity which was the wish of the masses : ‘ The Rightists of the AFPFL submitted to the Imperialists in the Nu — Attlee Treaty , now also they are doing the same in discarding the Communist Party . ’ |
| 17 | It was to these that Frankie clung as he inched his way upward , making tortuously slow progress away from the slippery edges of the beck . |
| 18 | Although Richard claimed that he took this initiative in the hope of bringing about peace so that the crusade could get under way , his father objected strongly , presumably on the grounds that the general position of the Angevins would be weakened if they admitted the principle that their disputes could be settled in their overlord 's court . |
| 19 | It was not until 30 April , as disturbances mounted throughout India , that Irwin decided that he had no further option but to arrest Gandhi . |
| 20 | It was reported last night in my local paper ‘ Irish Press ’ that Rocky stated that he did not want to leave Leeds and was prepared to wait his chance like everybody else . |
| 21 | The implication must be that Eadberht denied that he had previously taken holy orders and affirmed the legitimacy of his claim , but Archbishop Aethelheard fled and Christ Church , Canterbury , was probably sacked . |
| 22 | Neither Morgan nor Engels denied that he had no direct evidence at all for this first primeval stage of total promiscuity . |
| 23 | How awful that Eve knew before she did . |
| 24 | The idea that it was a foreign plot seems to be the least likely of the possibilities , because although Stalin believed that they wanted to crush Russia I do n't see how killing Kirov this would help a foreign power in any way to crush Stalin 's Russia . |
| 25 | Neither Charles nor Nigel spoke as they heard his footsteps on the stairs , the slam of the front door , the gates being opened , and his car departing in a scurry of gravel . |
| 26 | He had not seen any of his children for ten years ; but he guessed that Alexei knew that he hated to be treated with formal courtesy . |
| 27 | Now this is , Rocetta is the first campsite that Hannibal had when he went through the alps with his el elephants . |
| 28 | But Washington has not admitted using new types of anti-personnel weapons , although evidence indicates that it did . |
| 29 | Like the British he was fascinated by the thought of obedience willingly given ; hence his belief that satyagraha worked because it changed the opponent 's mind about the issue at stake . |
| 30 | Victory in the 148th league derby on Merseyside was no more than Liverpool deserved for they did the lions share of the attacking while Everton were content to rely on defence and counter attacks in a bid for a hit and run triumph . |