Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We then sequenced parasite DNA from nine Gambian isolates ( Fig. 2 , legend ) : in each , the ls6 epitope was identical to the published sequence , indicating that it is largely or completely conserved in this population . |
| 2 | News that standards had stayed the same or actually fell in several instances is pretty alarming , especially the apparent deterioration in reading skills among less able pupils . |
| 3 | According to Plutarch , writing in highly refined Greek circles in the early second century AD : ‘ Before this , Rome neither had nor even knew of these exqusite and refined things , nor was there in the city any love of what was charming and elegant ; rather , it was full of barbaric weapons and bloody spoils . ’ |
| 4 | The high temperatures of 10 mill K and more lasted for many milliseconds , and implied that there was a high degree of plasma stability , and large reduction of the unaccountable loss of energy and plasma across the magnetic field found in early experiments on Zeta pinches and on stellarators in the US ( though indeed some unaccountable loss still exists ) . |
| 5 | After retiring , he became a radio commentator on cricket and rugby and also wrote about both sports for Sunday newspapers . |
| 6 | The present drawings represent a selection from a larger exhibition ‘ Italian Master Drawings from the British Royal Collection ’ , organised by Jane Roberts of the Royal Collection in 1987 and also exhibited at that time in America . |
| 7 | There were also photographs of his weak and charming father , who had read Pravda and the Daily Telegraph every morning , and his beautiful feckless mother , who 'd run off with an Italian and now lived in some palazzo in Rome , and of the huge house in which he 'd been brought up . |
| 8 | Exposure to 2°C caused drastic changes to the growth pattern and even resulted in some leaves failing to emerge . |
| 9 | It began life as an appendix to a pre-war American survey textbook , and then ran into several editions in its own right . |
| 10 | Four times end-over-end the aircraft tumbled and then went into several spins , the spins being in both directions with mo complete recovery between them . |
| 11 | When he emerged , Dr Shakhar seemed to think that the talk had gone well and then asked for another audience . |
| 12 | The number of voters citing defence as the main issue they wished to see discussed by the parties rose from 3 per cent at the start of the campaign to only 11 per cent in the third week and then stabilized at that level . |
| 13 | Words that are longer than ten characters are shown in inverse video and then percentaged for that sentence . |
| 14 | Josie disappeared for a couple of minutes and then reappeared with some pillows and a duvet . |
| 15 | My mother was surprised and undoubtedly gratified by this question . |
| 16 | Jones , 33 , took a 3-0 lead and never looked in any danger after that . |
| 17 | So people left Earth and never returned to that planet . |
| 18 | They got to their feet , drank their sherry , smiling a lot , and never went near each other again . |
| 19 | ‘ No , but her mother and father lived in the same house and never spoke to each other for over thirty years . ’ |
| 20 | Channel 4 eased the pressure for space , but also led to more programmes competing for it . |