Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isabel became suddenly aware of her own vulnerability and of the need for preventive action . |
| 2 | Stewart became still more of a national hero when he represented Australia at rowing in the Melbourne Olympics . |
| 3 | The High Court in Bristol has been hearing how Mr Hayward became seriously ill in 1989 with a tumour caused by asbestos in his lungs . |
| 4 | It was here that Madge Segger and Phyllis Ratcliffe became so enthusiastic about Medau . |
| 5 | In 1990 , ICI produced nearly half of the global output of the most common halon gas . |
| 6 | Gerald became so successful in farming and property that he was able to retire at the age of forty . |
| 7 | As his Hollywood stock plummeted , Altman became increasingly estranged from the mainstream of Hollywood . |
| 8 | And New Zealand admit Chris Pringle became so angry at Pakistan 's tricks that he produced life-time best Test figures of 11 for 152 after scuffing the ball . |
| 9 | However , after this early burst of full-frontal militarism , Baden-Powell became decidedly shy about the matter . |
| 10 | William became heavily involved in the new railways even subscribing £400 to the campaign for Parliamentary permission . |
| 11 | The RSPB wants to see the AHGS becoming less important for farm support and that all environmentally damaging grants in the LFA should cease . |
| 12 | While Soraya wandered apparently penniless around the shops the Shah gave innumerable Americans informal press conferences in which he repeated the message the Americans had suggested . |
| 13 | And from then on , Dana became increasingly responsive to my love-making . |
| 14 | Indeed , it would have been quite natural if , when Picasso became more interested in the purely pictorial problems involved in composing and unifying a picture the size of the Demoiselles , he had begun to look with greater concentration at Cézanne 's later figure work . |
| 15 | A grim , angst-filled film by Ingmar Bergman became ludicrously enjoyable through the persistent hiccups of the person sitting in front of me , which provided a perfect counterpoint to the strangulated Swedish voices onscreen . |
| 16 | Having gained full internal self-government in 1971 , Brunei became fully independent from the United Kingdom in 1984 . |
| 17 | It is a special occasion as it coincides with a lovely Flower Celebration and we have Canon Harney to thank very much for allowing this to happen in our lovely Cathedral . |
| 18 | In other words , while many LEAs became greatly sophisticated in their thinking about the school curriculum , the variety of curriculum practice between schools remained largely unchallenged and the autonomy of the individual school remained sacrosanct . |
| 19 | This is perhaps the most important reason why Marx and Engels concentrated so much on Morgan 's work , and by and large accepted the main lines of his account of the early history of mankind . |
| 20 | Martin Brundle drove a superbly measured race in his Ligier Renault to come home fifth for his third points-scoring finish in four races . |
| 21 | But , despite hir misgivings , Zambia could feel hir attachment to Tammuz grow more profound with each hour . |
| 22 | Toby seemed oddly uncommunicative on the subject . |
| 23 | Lady Debrace seemed more concerned about Harry 's ability to drive her daughter safely in so powerful a motor car than about Madeleine 's reputation . |
| 24 | The AP came only third in the neighbouring major city of El Alto , CONDEPA winning 34.10 per cent of the vote and the populist Civic Solidarity Union ( UCS ) winning 23.7 per cent . |
| 25 | Freud came very close to seeing the individual of modern Western society as being an abstraction from group psychology . |
| 26 | David Elsworth seemed quite satisfied with the performance of Barnbrook Again , observing that he still had 17 days before the big race . |
| 27 | Donna seemed quite excited about it . |
| 28 | She expected to find Kathleen prostrated by the tragedy in her family , but although she spoke sadly of Cormac 's wasted life and her mother 's collapse , Kathleen seemed remarkably untouched by the tragedy . |
| 29 | Fairfax approaches very close to the laibon , between them . |
| 30 | But in the aftermath of the bid , while suggestions that TI paid too much for Dowty were still flying around the City , the group won praise and respect from many analysts when it released a detailed account of the provisions it would be making in connection with the takeover — £87.1m in all , of which £41m represents asset write-offs and £46.1m additional expenditure that TI will have to incur . |