Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most letters asked for autographs or photographs , some complained of or praised a person interviewed or view expressed , and there was always a sprinkling of old dears short of correspondents who rambled on about the old days . |
| 2 | In the press , in the House of Commons , in reports to government departments and in popular folklore there emerged the evacuee stereotype — a dirty , lice-ridden and foul-mouthed urchin who wet the bed with monotonous regularity , preferred fish and chips to a proper three-course meal and was about as domesticated as a wildcat ; similarly , the evacuee mother appeared as a negligent slut , impossible to live with and having the vocabulary of a Billingsgate fish porter . |
| 3 | The profession was extremely hard to break into and to maintain a very low weight required constant vigilance and self-discipline . |
| 4 | After setting out the facts , the judgment of the Court of Appeal , delivered by Lord Lane C.J. , first dealt with and dismissed an argument for the respondent based on chapter 29 of Magna Carta 1225 ( 9 Hen . |
| 5 | It is possible to add to or realise the investment at each quarterly dealing day . |
| 6 | But much of it has been regarded as stemming from forces eager to interfere with and undermine the free economy , shifting the locus of decision from the market place and into the political arena . |