Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , however extended , the basic process of writing and printing retained at least some elements of mediation . |
| 2 | ‘ I doubt it , ’ Lucy said with as much calm as she could muster , trying to ignore the surge of misery growing within her . |
| 3 | ‘ The chalets are kept for group bookings , ’ Lucy explained with as much patience as she could muster . |
| 4 | Although all but 20 library authorities noted at least some courses offered by central units , not all of these libraries perceived central training staff as having any responsibility for their staff . |
| 5 | The frustrations and criticisms arose from clear enough aspirations on the part of institutions for the maximum attainable independence — but far from agreed as a concept within institutions and organizations . |
| 6 | World sales in 1980 of custom-built logic chips came to only some £100000 , about one twentieth of the comparable figure for ‘ standards ’ . |
| 7 | None of the television which Boy watched for so many hours made sense in a conventional way , because he watched television as if it was one continuous programme . |
| 8 | The telephone rang at 8a.m. this morning to alert me to the fact that you were to be broadcasting on Radio 4 … 't was a friend of mine to whom I had mentioned your future plans … |
| 9 | Most food imports went to comparatively few countries . |
| 10 | Most people who have looked at the matter have concluded that deterrence played at least some part in the process . |
| 11 | Monday began with yet another blaze of sunshine . |
| 12 | In 1933 , the Hungarian exile , Brassai , published his album of photographs , Paris By Night , and Doisneau recognised at once that beauty could be found in his own workaday surroundings . |
| 13 | But they reckon when they did obviously it 's a set that probably someone had to say the same thing doing or the same person went through so many functions and it was worked using different ways of saying . |
| 14 | The room was filled with books from the Library at Broadcasting House , the BBC headquarters , and the Langham Hotel opposite , which the BBC occupied for so many years . |
| 15 | Jenna had never heard her own name said with so much accusation and all she could do was nod her head , words sticking in her throat at the blast of displeasure in the dark voice . |
| 16 | Arnold has hinted to pals that Mona 's friendship with David Mellor played at least some part in his marriage break-up . |
| 17 | Where the people watched for so many days there |
| 18 | Wrapped inside it , Gabriel listened to yet more rain drumming on the stage overhead , and knew he was safe , however hard the wind blew or the rain rained . |
| 19 | Eventually we began to feel that the Inspector had at least some leanings towards our point of view . |
| 20 | The general fears of high oil prices , debt defaults and possible massive disruption of communications links through terrorist activities resulted in relatively few stock markets making any overall gain by the end of the year on their January 1990 positions . |
| 21 | The latest proposals coincided with yet another summer of delays as tourist traffic queued to go over the sea to Skye . |
| 22 | Almost half the colleges made at least some form of provision for a group of young people who up until 1971 had been considered ‘ ineducable ’ . |
| 23 | His friend vows steadfastness in friendship , but repeats his warning : his illness came from too much study , and he should n't do it again . |
| 24 | D'Arcy smiled with as much charm as he could muster . |
| 25 | Chambers accepted with as little formality as he had shown on coming in . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , the tale of woe continued at Fruithill Park on Saturday , where Falls tumbled to yet another defeat , this time at the hands of NICS . |
| 27 | Started in 1979 as an amateur effort to amuse and impress his friends , Viz 's lavatorial schoolboy humour appealed to so many people that the Newcastle-based cult comic grew into Britain 's third highest selling magazine . |
| 28 | Moreover , said Clive , twice a week was less often than was normal and other men boasted of far more frequency in sex with their wives . |
| 29 | Although the scores of The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker followed Petipa 's explicit orders that each item consisted of so many bars of one tempo and time signature and as to what it was supposed to represent , Tchaikovsky did demonstrate how ballet music could be developed symphonically by using the leitmotifs . |
| 30 | Gina capitulated with as much grace as possible as her companion padded across the room towards another door , beckoning her to follow him . |