Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [det] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly the performance record of OTC stocks had little reassurance to offer him . |
| 2 | He was a Persian provincial governor , whose powers had few limits provided he stayed loyal . |
| 3 | Her family and friends made many attempts to draw her into public life , including offering the sub-editorship of a literary magazine , but these were all rejected . |
| 4 | The Shoan leaders had little inclination to assault it , but when the redoubtable Fitaurari Habta Giorgis arrived from Addis Ababa with reinforcements , Ras Yemer , accompanied by Lij Yasu and several thousand men , escaped through the Shoan lines . |
| 5 | I believe the police spent some time asking him questions but he had obviously not seen you so that was that . |
| 6 | Subjectively worded regulations were treated literally , and the courts eschewed any attempt to persuade them to judge the necessity or reasonableness of such regulations . |
| 7 | Simple tools needed many people to work them . |