Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [noun prp] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this time , all provinces except Zambezia had at least 40 per cent female enrolment . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , at Erfurt , many of the princes and the archbishops of Mecklenburg and Salzburg and the bishops of Merseburg , Worms and Bamberg proceeded to designate Philip as imperial defender until Frederick came of age . |
| 3 | dogs barked in the farmyard , and Nosey howled in reply till Sharpe snapped at him to be quiet . |
| 4 | Since delivery only required one of us , I 'd undertaken to go down to Fraxilly while Mala stayed with the ship . |
| 5 | Within an hour the two women had decided which patterns to order , and Myra settled at her typewriter while Claudia perched on the edge of her desk to phone Dana . |
| 6 | Soon after our conversation was interrupted by my flailing attempts to follow Grond while Pat scampered after me on what appeared to be a completely different route . |
| 7 | Chalet Proment 's Type of Pudding is possibly the most sinful offering since Eve opted for the Apple Menu in the Eden Giardino Trattoria . |
| 8 | Mossop , faithful both to preference and history , remained in the car whilst Harry walked up the front path , trying to ignore the ravenous alsatian growling and tearing at the neighbour 's fence . |
| 9 | During the two-week break before Billy opened in London , White revised the whole show 's choreography to make the most of designer Ralph Koltai 's massive sets , which included staircases appearing and disappearing , scenes sliding off and on , high overhead platforms sliding forward for dancers , a back projection screen being lowered , and streams of coloured lights . |
| 10 | They were barely out of the club before Rory turned on Adam , no longer able to keep the lid on her simmering anger . |
| 11 | Six months after Opren came off the market he proposed no improvements but whatever changes we make in our monitoring system ‘ it is almost certain ’ , he assured us , ‘ there will be another such incident sooner or later ’ . |
| 12 | Her mother spent a weekend with us about six months after Shanti came to us , to reassure herself that for us to adopt Shanti was really what she wanted . |
| 13 | Some months after Wilson resigned from being prime minister , he admitted to two journalists that he believed there was a faction in DI5 sympathetic to the South African and Rhodesian authorities . |
| 14 | A few months before Jacques died on 17 July 1673 he attended the marriage of his only daughter , Marie Geneviève , who married the famed organist Claude Balbastre on 2 January 1763 . |
| 15 | It remained for the Spaniards to connect them in extended compositions and base them on secular songs as Cabezón did on the ‘ Canto del Caballero ’ and ‘ Guardame las vacas ’ or play them as so many Mass-movements and motets were even more incongruously played — on the lute . |
| 16 | Mr Dixon could hardly believe his ears as Hank poured into them the story of the book and its apparent success . |
| 17 | He managed to co-opt the gloomy Georg into circulating with more champagne and everyone averted their eyes as Georg drew near Suzi and refilled her glass . |
| 18 | Timothy nodded , winced , then closed his eyes as Niall rose to his feet , moving away from the bed . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , it was no more than Scotland deserved for perseverance , and a fitting punishment for the obstinate Maltese when Nevin squeezed in a third goal in the 85th minute to ensure Scotland 's opening victory of this World Cup campaign . |
| 20 | She sat without protest in the passenger seat as Donaldson clambered into the back to sit on a narrow sideways bench , thinking to himself this is n't real , it is n't happening . |
| 21 | She was on her second cup of tea when Harry blundered into the house like some evil giant out of a fairy story . |
| 22 | Illinois outfit The Poster Children are rumoured to be supporting the band on all dates , although there was no official confirmation as NME went to press . |
| 23 | And then there was that night just before the murder when William came to him with his plan . |
| 24 | On the day arrangements went smoothly and we were settling ourselves on the 1220 ex Llangollen when Colin appeared in person , having done his work in the small hours and put our visit ahead of his sleep ! |
| 25 | We now know from Russian eyes , particularly from Khrushchev 's much suspected but surely authentic memoirs , how precarious and nerve-ridden the future looked to the Communist high command when Stalin succumbed to his stroke on 5 March , 1953 . |
| 26 | I explained how I 'd attempted to fire at the Corporal as Kaptan lay on the ground and how the gun had malfunctioned ; it would be more accurate to say I 'd been first to aim but the Corporal had got his shots off first . |
| 27 | Cornelius chewed upon cold dry toast and watched in disgust as Tuppe tucked into a fry-up of suitably epic proportion . |
| 28 | The second offence came to light when Ironside drove to a local shop to buy food . |
| 29 | Everyone in that gymnasium heard the break as Charlie staggered against the ropes . |
| 30 | He was about to suggest that he had a break when Willie pointed to the letters and sounded them out on his own . |