Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb past] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hull was presumably steel ; it was this that gave her a rust-streaked look under the dirty coating of ice and snow . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly , considerable pressure was put on the Conservative government to take some action to cope with the problem , though it was neither clear nor agreed what the basic problem was . |
| 3 | He broke the gun in half and showed us the cylinder filled with six red plastic capsules . |
| 4 | Managed to let him know about our Social and sold him a book of Christmas Draw tickets . |
| 5 | The Sinn Fein man claimed two plain-clothes men approached Mr Fox in Thomas Street , Dungannon on September 2 and promised him a new house if he agreed to work for them . |
| 6 | ‘ Bad cooks — and the utter lack of reason in the kitchen — have delayed human development longest and impaired it the most ’ . |
| 7 | It is interesting to note that they come from the same stable that brought us the national insurance surcharge . |
| 8 | He employed the wry , self-deprecation that made him a refreshing presence on the campaign trail . |
| 9 | Everyone around him had assumed that at the ti me of his wife 's death he must miss her very much and said what a wonderful person she was . |
| 10 | Brown Owl had put all three into the same Six and called them the Ghillie Dhu . |
| 11 | She was much disgusted and sent us a postcard saying she was developing webbed feet . |
| 12 | Her brother was disgusted and called her a filthy collaborator , but at least the Englishman was safe . |
| 13 | We never rested five minutes that he did not fall asleep and gave us a little nasal music , and which hindered me nothing so fully as I wished to have done . |
| 14 | Go on , Emma snatch that and read me the Gilbert and Sullivan clue . |
| 15 | gave me a C yeah and said improved greatly from the last showed much better in his work and really trying hard and gave me a C. |
| 16 | AND ALL THAT made it a busy year for Autocar & Motor . |
| 17 | ‘ David did n't like them at all and promised her a clothing allowance , ’ said her friend . |
| 18 | The Sunday Life , barely four years old , has had its own share of successes , with a sales rise which outstripped every other national daily and weekly paper in the British Isles in 1992 and won it the Newspaper Society Sunday Award . |
| 19 | However , some remnants of the latter ( the Citizen Army and Sinn Fein Volunteers ) seized Dublin in 1916 and proclaimed it an Irish republic . |
| 20 | In fact , many felt its power had become too great and thought it no bad thing when it was forced to close , I believe in 1932 or 1933 . |
| 21 | During this time he introduced himself to the Governor of New South Wales , who received me most kindly and offered me every assistance ’ , and paid his respects to Captain Philip Parker King , who had commanded his expedition with Lady Franklin to Recherche Bay the previous December , and who was now resident in Sydney as Port Officer and Superintendent of Government Vessels . |
| 22 | But Stephen was very helpful and gave me a lot of encouragement . ’ |
| 23 | The creation of the Educational Priority Areas was one of the last things which Tony Crosland accomplished at the Department of Education and Science , and one of those that gave him the greatest pleasure . |
| 24 | Leading Scot was Adam Hunter after a 72 for 291 that gave him a share of 13th place and a cheque for £5,783 . |
| 25 | As a child he was always adventurous and found everything a huge joke … |
| 26 | It sold more than a million copies in Britain alone and won me the Billboard award for best singer/songwriter in America . |
| 27 | Then I knew that the King was safe and needed me no more . |
| 28 | Ron finally became angry and wrote me a letter asking when I was going to turn up for training . |
| 29 | I but saw him the once , and yet can not bear for him to despise me so . |
| 30 | They got cracking and built him a cart |