Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [be] [noun] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Though one might think that all those who left must have been in agreement with the National Socialist ideology , there appear to have been artists of all persuasions who remained members .
2 Courses are available at all levels and exhibit a considerable diversity , from foundation courses which provide a basic general education in art and design to CNAA post-graduate courses leading to master 's degrees in such specialist areas as fashion and textiles , fine art , and graphic design .
3 ( To both Leonard 's and his mother 's regret , sadly ; another of those alienating-reconciling events which seem to have been characteristic of this family . )
4 With Sir Thomas Cooke , his successor as governor , Herne appears to have been party to some extremely shady deals to break up the opposition group in 1693–4 , and to have engaged in bribery to help secure a new charter for the company in 1694 ; all this brought a parliamentary storm on his head in the spring of 1696 .
5 All they had done was look at each other and exchange a few very prosaic words , yet something magical was happening .
6 The old feudal tenancy , with its claim to perpetual rents , had disappeared in England in the 1660s and in the colonies Americans wanted to avoid being tenants of any sort .
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