Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [pron] [vb past] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the 149 lots offered in this session of the Americana sale ( not counting miniatures ) , only 120 sold , and some of the buy-ins were significant . |
| 2 | To push down the British price to that of the cheapest one quoted by any ‘ fly-by-night ’ would have a catastrophic effect on business worldwide . |
| 3 | In the 1890s he turned against this whole programme in disgust , realizing that there was no likelihood of fossil evidence coming to light . |
| 4 | The writer Joseph Addison is the best-known of the few who benefited from this . |
| 5 | Platinum was one of the few I came across that allowed you to have any more . ’ |
| 6 | In 1839 Brigham Young , the US religious leader , visited Britain and established a mission that contributed many converts to the Mormon church in America ; among the many who emigrated at that time were Thomas and Mary Jones from Llanaber in Wales . |
| 7 | ‘ Are you saying that when I showed you Milada Pankracova 's letter to Cara , that was the first you knew of any interview ? ’ she asked , still feeling a shade staggered and needing a little more clarification . |
| 8 | The first I knew of this was when , seeing his bollard shape through the wrought-iron railings , my old humiliator Holland turned to me and said , placing predictably his malicious emphasis , ‘ There 's your ‘ guardian ’ , Wharton , come to take you off for some wanky-wanky , as usual . ’ |
| 9 | Dr Higgs is the only one left for those who believe someone must be seen to pay for the Cleveland controversy . |
| 10 | The only one left of all the big-time crooks . |
| 11 | She was the only one encouraged by this choice of Uncle Knacker 's , recognising the touch of class she desired . |
| 12 | The only one interested at that time was Thornton , so he had to stay for the moment . |
| 13 | Just under half the teachers I spoke to broadly agreed with the two who said of this collection of questions : ‘ very establishment ’ and ‘ obviously class-biased , sex-biased and race-biased ’ . |
| 14 | In the 1960s he worked for several years in industry , including a period as Chief Architect at Camus , before being appointed Head of the Architectural Division at the National Building Agency . |
| 15 | There is no poor law infirmary nearer than Waterford , so I took her there , and that was the last I saw of that dreadful day . |
| 16 | The following points were all made individually — of the seven who responded to this section , no two people had the same view on what was least useful . |