Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adj] and [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He called at the Vicarage at about half past two and asked if he could see the church . |
| 2 | He was delighted with this and said that he would send his advisers to see me — on a Sunday afternoon . |
| 3 | Edward 's cup of troubles was yet to overflow : Scottish resistance to his dynastic claims burst into open warfare from 1295 to 1298 and smouldered and crackled until the end of the reign . |
| 4 | Joshi and Owen ( 1981 , pp. 106–7 ) studied the labour force participation of successive cohorts of women in Britain from 1950 to 1974 and found that it was motherhood , rather than marriage , which determined the length of women 's lives in paid work with Ms Average withdrawing from the labour market for seven years . |
| 5 | As you can imagine we are intrigued by this and wonder if anyone has any knowledge of the ‘ Bread Ferry ’ . |
| 6 | But what if the parent is not happy with this and believes that their child really ought to be doing more homework ? |
| 7 | Creggan was startled by this and wondered if in some way she understood that he had made a vow that if ever the chance came for them to escape he would place her freedom before his own . |
| 8 | Peter had set aside this one bottle when I won the Catalan Open in 1989 and said that he would open it when I won my next Tour event . |
| 9 | Bach ( 1978 , 1979 ) studied data on weather and corn yield in the United States Corn Belt states from 1901 to 1972 and estimated that corn production in those states would change by about 11 per cent for every 1 °C change in average maximum temperature over the growing season , and by about 15 per cent for each 10 per cent change in precipitation . |
| 10 | The spokesman added : ‘ The magistrates were made aware of that and appreciated that we have taken steps to prevent a recurrence of this problem . ’ |