Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many cases they focused on areas which AEA had already identified as essential to our future success and where we had already initiated action . |
| 2 | But out here , on the high road , it was difficult to recall the purple and blue shadows and the firelight and the long oak table where they had all taken supper . |
| 3 | Adam had only picked the car up three days earlier from his boss at the Congleton , Cheshire , firm where he had just started work . |
| 4 | Herd life extended beyond the office out to the organization man 's natural habitat , the suburban community , where he found even watching television was a group activity . |
| 5 | A metaphysics stressing the invariance of divine ideas created dissonance where it had once created harmony . |
| 6 | Up until the age of 33 , I managed to push this turmoil to the back of my mind , although I 'd always had trouble with relationships because I was so full of self-doubt , and succeeded in destroying any relationship that seemed to be leading anywhere . |
| 7 | Mrs Singh filled them in although she had already expressed alarm at the number of notes she was going to have to write to the school . |
| 8 | They finally came down on the side of 36-year-old Anne Bancroft , although she had seldom played comedy , having made her name in such powerful dramas as The Miracle Worker and The Pumpkin Eater . |
| 9 | Fortunately the Aer Lingus 737 had delivered her from Heathrow in less than an hour , so she 'd barely had time to become bored . |
| 10 | And when I last looked at it , one question on behaviour modification had managed to creep on there as well but I ca n't remember what the question is , so you 'd better pay attention for the whole of the rest of this lecture in case I in case I remember it . |
| 11 | Judged on the attendance , the almost complete lack of sectarianism , the productive political discussion in the workshops , and the constructive criticism , the event was more of a success than we had ever dared hope for . |
| 12 | I did their first demos with them , and took the opportunity of telling them a few facts of life , saying that while it was nice to play guitar , if at the end of the line they were all broke then they were going to be very unhappy musicians who had missed their chance to be big , and so they had better take care of certain realities and do it right away . |
| 13 | Although he had previously enjoyed support from Komeito and the DSP in addition to his own party , in December 1990 the Komeito chairman , Koshiro Ishida , had questioned the wisdom of a candidate of such " advanced age " . |
| 14 | Once the work was finished , much sooner than he 'd ever dared hope , Penry was left without occupation . |
| 15 | THOUGH FATHER MCGIFF ADMITTED to himself that he was no longer a youngster , he knew it was n't his age that had him suddenly welcoming autumn and winter far more than he had ever welcomed spring and summer . |
| 16 | I felt as if I had just given birth . |
| 17 | Earlier I had felt as if I was being torn in two , but now the decision was made , I was floating on a warm tide of physical ease , as if I had just given birth . |
| 18 | ‘ Fuck off and leave you alone ! ’ echoed Quigley , as if I had just taken pi to sixteen decimal places off the top of my head . |
| 19 | The artist had fussed around while the thing was being loaded on my ship , babbling about how important it was and how delicate it was and so on , until I 'd just stopped listening . |
| 20 | Her hair was messed up as if she 'd come straight from bed , and her cheeks despite the coolness of the day were flushed as if she 'd recently made love . |
| 21 | ‘ My steward shall take charge of the matter for you — if you so wish , ’ Elizabeth Mowbray interposed , as if she had already given thought to it . |
| 22 | His wife taught the remaining pupils , three seventeen-year-olds , and , as if she had only postponed death until her duties were done , she died of a heart attack at the end of July , the day after the last girls left . |
| 23 | I mean , er FIMBRA can do its regulatory bit , the same as the police can regulate or the , or the government can regulate , but only within certain er parameters , and if somebody really wants to cheat , then they will cheat anyway and er we 've go we 're in a very sophisticated position where the directors of B C C I were able to move money from one continent to another and it meant er it looked as if you 'd actually got money in three separate areas , but in fact there was only one lot and it was being moved rapidly . |
| 24 | If you hit then resolve damage against the target using the bolt thrower 's full strength of 5 . |
| 25 | If I may anticipate a point which , I know from experience , the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) may in due course seek to make , those increases mean that , when looked at alongside the extra help that we have made available in the past four years through income-related benefits for the less well-off families with children , which will amount to some £600 million next year , total expenditure on help to families next year will be higher than if we had simply increased child benefit each year since 1987-88 . |
| 26 | as if they 'd just discovered immortality to be |
| 27 | I never would have credited that people would talk about these illusions as if they 'd really taken place . ’ |
| 28 | On the other hand , she thought miserably , what if they had already made love , and were now dozing ; before waking to start all over again ? |
| 29 | Only some large religious or political issue would induce people to take the very considerable step involved in emigration if they had any established position to keep them in England — younger sons , the poor , and those with nothing to lose might easily be more ready to travel , if they could get the financial backing needed , or were willing to go as indentured labourers . |
| 30 | Banks made provisions of up to around 70% against total third-world loans , and assumed they would get tax relief as if they had actually lost money . |