Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that Tolkien thought of The Lord of the Rings in the same way . |
| 2 | Conceivably connected too is the possibility that Æthelred took as a consort the daughter of a Northumbrian earl , Thored , maybe to mollify such of the northerners as had supported him . |
| 3 | Salads , quiches , baked potatoes , cheese and bread covered the table ; bowls of taramosalata , smoked mackerel pâté and humous stood on the worktops ; a casserole simmered on the stove . |
| 4 | Thousands of them looked down now as something round and shiny drifted around the Earth . |
| 5 | The detail of planning legislation by and large fell to a number of able officials who had a remarkably free hand . |
| 6 | All efforts to appear polite and subdued went by the board . |
| 7 | Thoughts of being stranded and stormbound drifted between the dreams . |
| 8 | Boyden and Handy arrived on the scene just as this was beginning to happen . |
| 9 | When Behbehanian arrived at the hotel in Aswan , he was shown into the Shah 's suite . |
| 10 | Between February 1950 ( when the electorate returned the Labour Government with a barely adequate majority ) and October 1951 ( when Labour went to the polls again and were defeated ) , the confidence and authority of Gaitskell , as of his Government , withered . |
| 11 | But when Soapy went into the restaurant , the waiter saw Soapy 's dirty old trousers and terrible shoes . |
| 12 | She was dark , petite and soignée , and her smile , though warm , held a hint of reproof , as Sabine came to a halt , gasping , her hand pressed to her side . |
| 13 | As Sabine emerged from the bedroom , she found Marie-Christine standing in the empty salon , staring round her . |