Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [noun] [adv] [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither he nor his associates really took alarm when Scottish forces began to assemble on Abbey Craig , a hill beside the Forth near Stirling . |
| 2 | Like the horse , she was shivering with reaction and her legs simply gave way beneath her . |
| 3 | In the traditional archive the storage of documents and their use usually took place at one location , but this need not be the pattern of organisation maintained for electronic archives . |
| 4 | Just to show how busy things get , Juan and his colleagues recently took part in a 24-hour intensive workshop on looking at a strategy to increase business in Japan . |
| 5 | Like many players of that era , Jack 's footballing career was badly restricted by the war , but he was available to help us to our regional championship of the 3rd Division South in the first half of 1945–46 while , upon the resumption of League Football in 1946–47 , he shone as a half-back of real quality in a none too great Palace team and his performances quickly drew attention from several 1st Division sides . |
| 6 | ‘ Get off this boat , ’ I told him , but my anger only amused Sweetman who unfolded his long thin legs from the cushioned thwart . |
| 7 | He would not , himself , have remarked upon it , but his wife undoubtedly lacked backbone . |
| 8 | Smokey could churn out the dance stuff at will , but his voice truly took flight on shimmering smoochers like this . |