Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [noun prp] [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Revenues generated from VAXes grew 22% to £11.1m , and although Turner said that licence sales ‘ have really slowed ’ because people are n't buying the machines much any more , a high proportion of the £11.1m came from maintenance and services to the group 's existing 500 or so VAX customers . |
| 2 | Conversation was easier now , and although Alison noticed that Carson managed to keep it centred around her life and background she no longer tried to push and probe . |
| 3 | Hall no doubt attempted to justify his action , by referring to the meeting that he had with Lewis on 4th August , and although Palmerston said that he had checked with Lewis , there must have been some misunderstanding between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 4 | Just what constitutes time-wasting is a matter for the referee 's discretion , and if Tyson felt that Southall was deliberately using up precious seconds he was entitled to award Forest that crucial free-kick . |
| 5 | There would be no reason for the trunk to be disturbed , and if Carson decided that he wanted to see the other diaries it would be a simple matter to get hold of them . |
| 6 | ‘ Never tempted , ’ he replied , and while Fabia recognised that there would be a good few women sorry about that , ‘ Boyfriends ? ’ he queried . |
| 7 | But Ranulf was here and while Corbett bathed and changed his clothing , he wondered how Ranulf could protect him from the secret assassins now stalking him . |
| 8 | I was just six then , and while Blyth knew that I had had some sort of little accident when I was much younger I certainly seemed to him to be a lot more able-bodied that he was . |
| 9 | Cardiff turned back and when Gilbert saw that he was watching , he became instantly silent . |
| 10 | And when Jumblatt insisted that he would order his men to advance into east Beirut , Assad had angrily walked out of the meeting . |
| 11 | No you , this was a criteria and when George said that the figures are massaged erm Mr shouted out rubbish . |
| 12 | The man took a lot of convincing that it would not be well unless it was stitched ; and when John said that he would pay , there was a further argument . |
| 13 | And when God saw that the man was lonely He made a beautiful woman like mother to be his wife and to help him . |
| 14 | Telling the caller to come right away , Sophie reflected wryly that fate was against her , and when Helen decided that she was n't needed in the surgery it seemed that she was destined to face Robert alone . |
| 15 | And when Ireton argued that the franchise should be restricted to property holders , Edward Sexby retorted angrily : |
| 16 | And when Zbo explained that Modi was coughing up blood they chased him away . |
| 17 | She did not hear the quiet tread on the carpet , and when Rourke came and sat down beside her she drew in a quick , shaky breath , and let the brush clatter to the floor . |
| 18 | And when Steven learned that Annabelle/Annabelle 's father/mother/brother was an MP/barrister/had the best collection of Beatles records , that clinched it . |
| 19 | And when Charles discovered that she too enjoyed painting watercolours they grew even closer . ’ |
| 20 | And when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing but rather that a riot was starting , he took water and washed his hands in front of the multitude saying , I am innocent of this man 's blood , see to that yourselves . |
| 21 | As the months passed and the court moved — and Anne and Joan with it — from Westminster to Greenwich , from Greenwich to Sheen and then back again to Westminster , and as Joan practised and adopted the ways of the nobility , the close resemblance between herself and Anne became more pronounced . |
| 22 | On and on she heard herself ranting ( could it be that she heard echoes of her own past self , the speaking , ranting , resurrected ghost of that ephemeral figure Liz Lintot ? ) and heard his vague , evasive grunts and answers : yes , he said , he and Henrietta would marry as soon as possible , Henrietta wanted to go to New York with him , she 'd had a thin time herself lately , he needed her in New York , Henrietta had n't been well , needed to settle … and as Liz spoke and listened she was aware of a simultaneous conviction that this was the most shocking , the most painful hour of her entire life , and also that it was profoundly dull , profoundly trivial , profoundly irrelevant , a mere routine , devoid of truth , devoid of meaning : nothing . |
| 23 | But if Alexei said that he was not involved , then probably he was telling the truth , otherwise there would be no reason for him to say anything at all . |
| 24 | But when Dorian arrived and told the story of his love , Basil became a little happier . |
| 25 | But when Dean died before the film was completed , Hopper quit Hollywood in a fit of drunken depression and headed for New York and Lee Strasberg 's Actors ' Studio . |
| 26 | But when Zanuck returned and found Preminger at his studio , he promptly fired him from directing Laura , allowing him only to remain on the film as its producer . |
| 27 | But when Mark defected and made allegations of child abuse sheriff Jack eventually sent social workers to visit the Branch Davidians . |
| 28 | But when Mellor upped and went home to his wife and two young sons in Putney , Antonia became enraged . |
| 29 | But when Charles expressed that as his intention this very day , she softened at once , reminding him that today was his birthday and it would be a pity to spoil it . |
| 30 | But as Souness celebrated that decisive goal , up rose the chant of : ‘ Kenny , Kenny , what 's the score ? ’ , followed by a verse of ‘ Souness , Souness ’ . |