Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , about the only contact Edward ever had with other people 's flesh was when the school maids , and then their friends from round about , began to share their sexual favours with him . |
| 2 | Gorbachev also called for international regulation to protect zones with a " unique place in nature " , especially the Antarctic . |
| 3 | 13 1 ) that a man from Sybaris and another from Siris , both Italian towns , were among Agariste 's suitors at Sikyon ; and some of the poets patronized by the western Greeks had experience of mainland monarchy — Pindar and Simonides both wrote for Sicilian patrons : Pindar composed the Tenth Pythian , his earliest poem , for the Thessalian Thorax of Larisa , and Simonides had been patronized by Polykrates of Samos and Pisistratus of Athens in turn . |
| 4 | The hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire also referred to cold weather payments . |
| 5 | Penny almost forgot about poor Kelpie during Pow-wow , for Brownie Owl had some rather startling news for the Pack . |
| 6 | Toby certainly looked in better shape than when I last saw him , but these things are comparative . |
| 7 | Walter Brennan never gargled with methylated spirits , or wore the same ragged T-shirts for months on end , or slept in a cardboard cocoon in a condemned house , or bothered young women on the subway . |
| 8 | The second point is is to echo the er the words that Matt just said about that lady who was converted . |
| 9 | ‘ It is your duty , girls , to make your new colleagues feel at home here , ’ ' Portia suddenly said in stentorian tones which made Marie-Hélène burst out in giggles . |
| 10 | During the pre-Campaign Wave , visits by Thatcher to Moscow and Kinnock to Washington naturally led to intense television coverage of defence issues . |
| 11 | Interestingly , it has been argued that within the Soviet Union itself the key date in terms of the development of socialist realism was not 1934 but 1936 , the moment at which Stalin finally acceded to full power , the moment of the Stalinist " purges " , the moment when the " nationalist " theses of Zhdanov came to the fore , coinciding with Stalin 's own preferred thesis of " socialism in one country " . |
| 12 | PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino yesterday called for tough sentences against coup leaders while the military launched a big manhunt to track down those still at large . |
| 13 | It is impossible to say precisely how much of England still lay in open field in 1700 or thereabouts , but one can make a rough estimate . |
| 14 | Very small farms in the east of England also suffered from low income during the same period . |
| 15 | IBM also moved into new fields through various alliances with small insurgent innovators . |
| 16 | If Jennens thought that Leapor had a future as a poet , Leapor also relied on this woman 's criticism and encouragement . |
| 17 | The first neolithic settlers on the site of Knossos probably lived in wooden huts , of which only the post-holes survive in the archaeological record . |
| 18 | But Russia also suffered from severe disadvantages . |
| 19 | In the 1970s Portugal and Spain both emerged from long periods of dictatorship and established parliamentary-electoral systems with remarkable smoothness . |
| 20 | Tina immediately burst into noisy tears and ran off wailing ‘ Mom — she said that word to me again ! ’ |
| 21 | Later in 1934 , Brunner published a polemical tract against Barth entitled Nature and Grace , to which Barth immediately replied with characteristic vigour in No ! |
| 22 | Unfortunately , Olaf died c.1022 , to be succeeded by his son Anund Jacob , and Cnut 's position in Denmark subsequently came under serious threat . |
| 23 | Nigel never looked at any building before examining the head , and I had learnt never to become too enthused about interiors until this had been done . |
| 24 | Detectives in Northwich yesterday appealed for public help in catching the pair . |
| 25 | ‘ He continued to visit his mother until her death , but I do n't think he and Gaston ever spoke to each other again . ’ |
| 26 | My relationship with Crossman eventually became in some ways a comic one . |
| 27 | While Treitschke demonstrates how economic union in the Zollverein finally led to German unity under Prussian hegemony , it is not clear that there was necessarily any kind of secret agenda from the outset , rather , the natural pre-eminence of Prussia combined with other historical events beyond her control . |
| 28 | The 16-member team led by Karen Jansen also searched for hidden equipment at various sites during its eight-day mission ( see also pp. 38696 ; 38838 ; 38935 ) . |
| 29 | Dr Almahawi also worked for several months at the Unsworth group practice in Westhoughton , near Bolton , Greater Manchester , and as a locum at a local hospital , before his death in May , 1992 . |
| 30 | Dr Almahawi also worked for some months at the Unsworth group practice in Westhoughton , near Bolton , Greater Manchester and as a locum at a local hospital , before his death in May 1992 . |