Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of 1341 Charles of Blois 's forces had overrun most of the duchy and accordingly in 1342 Edward sent three expeditions to help his ally de Montfort . |
| 2 | Brahms took three years to complete his second piano concerto , and he was 48 when it had its first performance ( 1881 ) with himself as soloist , in Budapest — then the twin capital , with Vienna , of the Austro-Hungarian Empire . |
| 3 | In Bangor 's Good Temple Hall , where all five candidates held their only public meeting together under the auspices of the Christian Election Forum , Mr Kilfedder lost few opportunities to emphasise his lengthy Westminster experience to an audience of more than 300 . |
| 4 | Fenella felt ridiculous tears sting her eyes and brushed them away impatiently because this was no time to be emotional . |
| 5 | But Haig had persuasive arguments to support his inflexible resolve . |
| 6 | Opera Northern Ireland wanted local children to see its dress rehearsal of the popular musical , and regarded it as an opportunity to help with community development . |
| 7 | Lisa Fletcher spent two weeks studying their language when Acklam Sixth Form College shipped its A-level French students across the North Sea . |
| 8 | From school , Martin spent ten years learning his trade with Yorkshire Light Aircraft at Leeds/Bradford Airport before joining Bristow Helicopters and travelling variously to Nigeria and then Abu Dhabi and Doha . |
| 9 | Mindful of this , Galliéni took immediate precautions to prevent its happening again . |
| 10 | Even so , PT Timah took many years to develop its own technical expertise and still depends to an important degree on technical assistance from multinationals , including Billiton . |
| 11 | Motherwell took 27 minutes to create their first chance when Chris McCart carved out an opening for Joe McLeod , but the striker hesitated long enough to allow Brian Irvine to block the effort . |
| 12 | Poyntz made great efforts to obtain his release and Cromwell was persuaded to send letters to the two leading members of the Council of Brabant on his behalf . |
| 13 | Noreen used these weeks to polish her act and ‘ sell ’ the songs as Bernie had said she should . |
| 14 | Hodgson took 278 minutes to complete his hundred , facing 239 balls and hitting 13 fours and he was still there on 107 out of Gloucestershire 's 208 for two at the close . |
| 15 | Macmillan took great pains to husband his energies . |
| 16 | Its technological arsenal slowly lumbered into place in the desert , while Saddam had five months to prepare his defences . |
| 17 | Mr Sangster 's filly Musicale overcame several obstacles to retain her unbeaten record in yesterday 's Gainsborough Stud Fred Darling Stakes and is now a best-priced 6–1 favourite for the 1,000 Guineas on April 30 , although Coral 's reacted extremely cautiously by offering just 3–1 . |
| 18 | Because so many parents were asking her how they could help their children with reading , teacher and mother of three Barbara Geere wrote Seven Ways to Help Your Child With Reading ( Seven Ways Series , £1.95 ) , which sets out simply how to make a start , build up your child 's confidence , make reading fun ( with plenty of learning games to make or buy ) and , at the end , how to form letters . |
| 19 | Even at this early stage of motor car development the LNW built special vans to convey its rival ; the carrying trucks designed for horse-drawn vehicles were too small for modern cars . |
| 20 | In the few years that followed , Eliot adopted various strategies to keep his poetry flowing . |
| 21 | Asimov advised aspiring writers to take their models from history and the classics . |
| 22 | In contrast to his fiction , Asimov took nine months to write his autobiography , which was considerably longer than War and Peace . |