Example sentences of "a [noun] [pron] [vb past] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether the action was heard by a consul or by one of the praetores fideicommissarii , in either case it was not an action of the formulary system but of a kind which lay beyond that system ; the involvement of magistrates in assessing the cases was therefore known as cognitio extra ordinem . |
| 2 | So a drug which acted during this phase , a ‘ true causal prophylactic ’ , was exactly what was wanted , but how was it to be found ? |
| 3 | An incident at dinner on Sunday night became part of the Reverend Mr Grant 's conversational furniture , a story he told for many years later . |
| 4 | Vincent had grasped early on that his deep-seated , recurring fearfulness in the face of life was a condition he shared with many nineteenth-century artists . |
| 5 | But the proposition that it was not lawful for the Secretary of State to adopt a tariff which differed from that of the judges was in my opinion wrong . |
| 6 | In a contest which arose from such proceedings about five years ago a Man was killed . |
| 7 | I am quite unable to accept that Parliament in adopting somewhat more prolix language was intending to achieve a result which differed from that recommended by the committee . |
| 8 | For a second they glared at each other . |
| 9 | He did not rate his findings on the antibacterial substance worthy of a full paper , and included them in a publication which dealt with several substances derived from Penicillia . |
| 10 | ‘ Such a pity she took to that unfortunate boy Saul Quatt , instead of that good-looking young officer that was quartered here that year . ’ |
| 11 | On Jan. 15 the Cabinet approved a plan which called on all groups and individuals voluntarily to hand over small-calibre weapons by mid-March . |
| 12 | And a girl who looked like that must be forever finding herself pursued by men . |
| 13 | No one would take home a boy who looked like that , so pale and delicate . |
| 14 | Minutes before three youths had been seen in a car driving at high speed … as they crossed a junction they collided with another car and spun into Mr James . |
| 15 | For a moment they stared at each other — and , though the anger and hostility in the room were almost visible , the memory of that long-ago day hung in the air between them . |
| 16 | For a moment they stared at each other , while the klaxon remorselessly threw out a yard and a half of raucousness every two seconds . |
| 17 | Sophie looked aghast and for a moment they stared at each other . |
| 18 | For a moment they struggled with each other 's clothing , tearing at the lacing , freeing themselves , and then he had lifted her on to him and was thrusting deep into her , her legs wrapped about his back , her pelvis pushing down urgently to meet his movements . |
| 19 | For a moment they looked at each other square in the eye . |
| 20 | For a moment they looked at each other , and then they were in each other 's arms again . |
| 21 | For a moment they looked at each other in the penetrating light of early morning . |
| 22 | Strange how wide a gulf he found between these old retainers of Lancaster and the full council of the realm , let alone the unpredictable vagaries of parliament . |
| 23 | The only contract for endorsing a product I obtained in those days was for Churchman 's cigarettes . ’ |
| 24 | The towering striker put United 2–0 ahead in the 68th minute of a match they dominated for most of the time . |
| 25 | In fact , he decided , he would be interested to see a wife who accepted with such apparent equanimity her husband 's absence on a Saturday . |
| 26 | For a while they lay in each other 's arms , the sweet lethargy claiming them , but as Alain 's arms tightened around her and his lips became insistent , Jenna drew back and looked up into his dark eyes . |
| 27 | ‘ If I was a person who believed in such things … ’ |
| 28 | An inquest into the death of James Carney , 24 , of Thames Road , Redcar , who was a passenger in a taxi which collided with another vehicle , was adjourned yesterday pending the outcome of court proceedings . |
| 29 | For over a decade I lived with this new knowledge and with the ethical dilemma surrounding my own pursuit of insider research . |
| 30 | When Congress assembled the Speaker of the House of Representatives asked Hall to give the opening prayer and on a Sunday he preached before both Houses in the Capitol building . |