Example sentences of "[subord] the [noun] [adv] [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While this may be " absurd " , there are other hints that the position was more complex than the Encomiast either knew or wanted to admit . |
| 2 | The American government had pressed the Bahamians to clean out the drug lords , but instead the trade had flourished until the Americans finally insisted that their own coastguard be allowed to patrol Bahamian waters . |
| 3 | Clara , when the idea was broached , declared instantly that it was not worth her while to ask her mother 's permission , whereupon the school embarrassingly said that if it were finance that were in question , then help might be forthcoming . |
| 4 | The accused would , however , be guilty if the lease already existed and the accused dishonestly obtained an assignment of it . |
| 5 | Sacrifices were offered while the women noisily wailed and wept . |
| 6 | Such a trial , however , could well prove to be a double-edged sword for the administration , since the general once boasted that he possessed information that would prove highly embarrassing to President Bush . |
| 7 | The Burgundians thought that eating too many potatoes caused leprosy , the Prussians believed that they were responsible for the dreaded consumption , whilst the Russians simply said that they were food sent from the devil . |
| 8 | The evidence before the judge also showed that that was the nature of the plaintiff 's business . |
| 9 | But the siege was to drag on into the summer of 1098 before the fortress finally capitulated and Rodrigo was able to enter in triumph and order Mass to be sung in one of the main squares . |