Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [noun] [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by the summer of 1984 the marriage began to break down and Mrs Martin embarked on an affair without her husband 's knowledge . |
| 2 | His shot was charged down but Mick Harford shot in the rebound . |
| 3 | He strolled over to the window , lit his cigar , stared down as plain-clothes policemen hurried across the courtyard one storey below . |
| 4 | It was when tea was over that Mrs Kirkley said to her daughter , ‘ Would you like to take Millie round the garden , dear ? ’ |
| 5 | However , the negotiations fell through and Stockwith mill remains in its natural , tranquil setting to delight all who visit it . |
| 6 | There were fears that the army would take over after Gen Zia died in an unexplained air crash , but Gen Beg made it clear that he favoured holding the elections that brought Benazir Bhutto to power . |
| 7 | The meal was hardly over when Mr Heath flew to Sunningdale by helicopter to preside over the last stage of the conference on the future of Northern Ireland . |
| 8 | Homes were flooded and blacked out , rivers burst their banks , villages got cut off and rail services ground to a halt as fierce storms lashed the country . |
| 9 | Both had been sold off and Aunt Lou remained in residence on the ground floor which she 'd had converted into a suitable flat for herself . |
| 10 | Safrane 's boot is big to start off and hatchback format adds to its versatility . |
| 11 | Peterborough had a lucky let off when Nicky Mohan headed against the bar . |
| 12 | It may be used just to give the researcher a feel for what is being studied ; as a resource to back up or complement evidence produced from other sources ; or as evidence in itself , as the topic of the research . |
| 13 | In 1940 , so many men had joined up that women conductors had to be employed again . |
| 14 | ‘ Some sixth form boys came up and Taggy Dixon said to the domestic science teacher Mrs Pattinson : ‘ The King is dead . ’ |
| 15 | The King 's horse Anmer came up and Miss Davison went towards it . |
| 16 | The young men she rustled up as marriage candidates seemed to Algy to be all one person with different haircuts , well-born dullards on their way into industry who exclaimed ‘ I say , how jolly enterprising ! ’ when they heard that Algy was a scene painter , and who surprised her by still dancing foxtrots and rumbas that she thought extinct . |
| 17 | Tough loose-head called up when Heinrich Rodgers tripped on the hotel stairs last night and tore ankle ligaments . |
| 18 | erm My ears pricked up when Mr Waterhouse did in fact say , I though he said that it was n't necessarily help in monetary terms , but some of these people might be willing to help in kind , or in sort of helping as people with some voluntary organisations , and I think , if that was what he meant , I think there again that might be very useful , because voluntary organisations are always looking for people to help . |
| 19 | By subtracting the slow rate at which the planet 's surface is rising in the Barbados area , known from previous geological work onshore , he could work out where sea level stood at different times in the past . |
| 20 | Labour councillors have already pointed out that spending restrictions imposed by the Government will mean crucial services could be cut back . |
| 21 | Eikmeyer ( 1989 ) , in a paper from a conference on coherence , points out that reader interpretation depends on the depth of understanding the reader requires . |
| 22 | It cracked , the slender bolt was wrenched out and Harry face contorted with terror . |
| 23 | I went out and boughta subbuteo set on Tuesday ! ! |
| 24 | These aircraft were specially configured for instrument lay out and training capabilities allied to DC-8 operating procedures . |
| 25 | Rachaela had given in her notice at the Pizza Eater and left just as the free balloons began to be given out and Christmas pudding appeared on the menu . |
| 26 | If your bathroom wall is a hollow plasterboard or lath-and-plaster partition wall , the surface should be cut back and timber battens secured to the wall timbers to take the basin securing screws . |
| 27 | After their first encounter , the couple began seeing one another regularly , but the romance fizzled out after Mr Clinton returned to America , believing he had been called up to fight in the Vietnam war . |