Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a ‘ corporate ’ sense of the Church survived it usually did so , as at Holmer 's Green , through the survival of the older , Calvinist tradition which was alien to men like Clifford . |
| 2 | The magnitude of the problem shook me quite badly . |
| 3 | The imperial constitution and the prevailing political temper of the country made them even less effective than in Britain or France ; but the Daily Telegraph incident of 1908 and its effect in undermining the authority of William II helped to intensify them . |
| 4 | The spectacle of the toiling animal and the harrowing sound of the breathing absorbed us utterly . |
| 5 | The success of the tour made it less difficult to tell herself that this was what she wanted , but it did n't stop those sudden down-swings when she was swept by a longing so total that it was like a haemorrhage of the soul . |
| 6 | The audible locking of the door brought it home , though . |
| 7 | But in Anselm 's eyes , her wearing of the veil bound her irretrievably to the monastic life : to draw back now was to take the road to damnation . |
| 8 | A shout from the front of the wood called him back to the edge of the field , where men were watching a group of the enemy busy with spades on the high ground to his left , near the wood where they stationed the Normans . |
| 9 | A Minister of the Crown told me once of being present at a Cabinet committee meeting when she disagreed with her then chancellor , Nigel Lawson , and sensed that the rest of those present were also against her . |
| 10 | Cars parked on both sides of the road made it almost impossible for buses to pass each other on a popular bus route . |
| 11 | The demographic acceleration of the second half of the century depressed them quite sharply , except in those areas in the North and Midlands where manufacturing change and expansion were locally creating a different labour market . |
| 12 | The incessant roar of the tide forced him on again . |
| 13 | People became politicised because many of the issues of the day affected them directly , and they often had the chance to give expression to their political feelings through petitions , demonstrations , riots and , for those with the right to vote , at the polls . |
| 14 | Rentokil would not have won the coveted Business Enterprise Award as company of the year had it not been for individuals playing their part , as our Chief Executive Clive Thompson reiterated ‘ this award is for the Rentokil people and the contribution this Company has made to improving the environment ’ . |
| 15 | Hotspur 's lance , steadily lowered as he came , selected its target , the foremost knight on the tallest horse , and struck the uplifted shield so strongly that the shock flattened its bearer back upon his horse 's crupper ; but he kept his seat gamely , rolling under the lance as it flashed by , to recover dizzily and swing a vehement though ineffective stroke with his sword , before the lurch and sway of the press carried him away . |
| 16 | I thought the dead whiteness of the dress made me more of a corpse than a bride but had n't enough energy to infuriate my mother by telling her so . |
| 17 | The force of the blow pushed them apart , and they arrived at opposite walls simultaneously , kicked again , and met once more in the centre . |
| 18 | The force of the blow caught him squarely and sent him sprawling , gasping for breath , temporarily blinded , rolling in the dust . |
| 19 | I do not think she benefited at all financially — if she did it was a very small amount — and would n't have been able to keep any of the furniture had it not been for the kindness of Aunt Mary . |
| 20 | He was not brown like Buddie , with crinkly hair and pale palms , but a certain swarthiness of the skin set him apart from all the other boys he knew . |
| 21 | I — ’ The ringing of the telephone cut him off , and as he went to answer it Leith , while coping with shock , began to get furious . |
| 22 | But the narrow stetches were used only where the heaviness of the land made them inescapably necessary ; for their disadvantages were many . |
| 23 | And indeed , surfacing again at South Kensington , some atavistic instinct for the lie of the land took them directly to the street in which Louise had had an office , fifteen years or so ago , and where two or three times a year they had met for a meal . |
| 24 | The horror of the memory made it all too easy to choke and scream , but to her relief her performance was cut short in seconds as the door burst open , the light snapped on and she was in Penry 's arms , held close to his chest , and so glad to be there that not even her guilt could mar the joy of the moment . |
| 25 | The shock of the assault carried them both a yard or two back along the passageway . |
| 26 | The captain of the guard led them on to the scaffold , a scrawny-faced clerk gabbled out the sentence of the court . |
| 27 | I was sure that his status as head of the herd helped me out in an unpleasant encounter . |
| 28 | The ferocity of the response hurt him deeply , although he could say , ‘ I told you so ’ with ICI 's announcement that it is to split into two to enhance shareholder value . |
| 29 | The discreet buzz of the phone caught her out . |
| 30 | Rest of the cast fought him off but the tenor got cut about quite badly and had to go to hospital . |