Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to add here that after the PM 's announcement and the start of the siren wailing there was a dignified stroll to the shelters , but as the tempo of the siren note seemed to get more urgent the pace quickened and no one wanted to start a sprint but I , being a scrum-half , anticipated this and was in the shelter first . |
| 2 | I agree with Tim , the last few mins were very confusing and was like a blur , I do n't know how Macca 's goal went in and still could n't after watching MotD ( or Manchester of the Day as it was called in TSB ! ) . |
| 3 | Murphy forgot to a stately and was off the box as nimbly as a boy in order to prevent his precious carriage being invaded by this horde in battered boots and smudged pinafores . |
| 4 | He made his official Palace debut in the FA Cup tie with QPR on 5 January 1946 and was between the posts when Palace met Mansfield for the first post-war League match on 31 August 1946 . |
| 5 | But however the relationship between these was seen , staff generally agreed that the developments in this aspect of the school 's provision were substantial and were in a direction of which they approved . |
| 6 | Traffic was strictly regulated in Arcady , ground vehicles being confined to certain routes , especially those that were outside the city regulations concerning fuel effluent , such as the Star Eye trucks . |
| 7 | He was holding a bat at his nearby Brize Norton ground at the age of 6 and was in the village side at 11 . |
| 8 | Alan Aldridge 's chestnut quickened well approaching the penultimate and was in no danger from then on . |
| 9 | Manchester-based Swail , the world No53 from Belfast , closed to 4-3 but was on the rack again at 47-0 down in the eighth . |
| 10 | He was not good enough to make it into the rugby first XV but was among the top academically , taking lots of prizes , and becoming school captain . |
| 11 | And it also managed to chip some of the woodwork , curious to think that I was offered as war damage compensation five pounds to re-case the piano , you could n't of had it repolished for five pounds , but thinking was working class people should n't have pianos , I 'm certain that was at the back of , of the gentleman whose job it was to evaluate war damage , he certainly raised his eyebrows every time we told him , what either a piece of furniture or crockery or cutlery which had been destroyed had cost and he was so foolish after er the house had been almost flattened as de demand bills as proof of evidence that your figures were correct |
| 12 | Somehow he always managed to play off one creditor against another , claiming he was just awaiting payment for some big deal or other that was in the pipeline . |
| 13 | Mike Deakin joined the Palace from Bromsgrove in October 1954 and was among the clutch of bright young men Manager Cyril Spiers discovered among the smaller , often non-league clubs , and then drafted into Palace 's League side in the mid-1950s . |