Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I suspect that Mains rather got some enjoyment out of appearing as some grim nemesis of the south . |
| 2 | Full of stairs and small rooms on each floor and no garden to speak of , only a kind of paved area leading off the basement kitchen which rarely got any sun . |
| 3 | A survey found that many employers left nearly all travel arrangements to their secretaries who rarely got any thanks . |
| 4 | And erm we eventually got these things working and er I got the contract along with Jack to turn these pans over , you see ? |
| 5 | Through the book Theatre of the empire of Great Britaine by John Speed [ q.v. ] ( 1612 ) it eventually provided several generations of British and foreign map-users with their cartographic image of central and southern Ireland . |
| 6 | Zimbabwe eventually snatched that game 18–16 , but the Spanish had their revenge later ( see pages 36 & 37 ) . |
| 7 | Ironically she rarely used much make-up herself , but right now she could have done with a cover-up stick to hide the dark shadows beneath her eyes and some blusher to conceal at least a little of her pallor . |
| 8 | Her arrival effectively stemmed any action he was about to take . |
| 9 | Steam sprinklers were introduced and on the first day of their operation , they successfully doused another fire that would have probably removed the remainder of the factory had it taken hold . |
| 10 | He reckoned that Biblical Christianity not only made more sense than any other religion or philosophy , but also it was the only one that had the power to produce real holiness of life in genuine believers . |
| 11 | You go along thinking you know exactly what everything is , and then you stop and look at it and it does n't make any sense and you think maybe it only made any sense in the first place because everyone was pretending it did . |
| 12 | Tom Ayliffe apparently operated another trow , used to transport Forest of Dean coal for the steam engine , from Bullo Pill . |
| 13 | Much over-played these days , on the other hand , is the Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez which turns up along with the Five Preludes for solo guitar by Villa-Lobos , and his lyrical Concerto for guitar and small orchestra ( . |
| 14 | He obviously expected some sort of reaction . |
| 15 | On the other hand action-scenes perhaps made more use than quiet ones of the partial concealment of figures by folds of ground . |
| 16 | Like the HMIs , I have more or less avoided this question so far , mainly by talking about ‘ curriculum managers ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ The effect of looking a bit deeper made more difference than anyone thought , ’ summarises Peter Frey , a psychologist at North-Western University who has written the basic text in the field , Chess Skill In Man and Machine ( Springer-Verlag 1977 ) . |
| 18 | It was on the agenda and at seven o'clock the at night they eh they adjourned the meeting cos they only got half way through the agenda |
| 19 | I only got this book last week . |
| 20 | Because they saw the Pope as the Antichrist of the Book of Revelation and the Roman Catholics as apostates , they fiercely attacked all Church of England rites and ceremonies which followed those of Rome , including its set prayers , its administration of the Sacraments , the use of altars instead of tables , its celebrations of saints ' days , its music and its vestments . |
| 21 | In fact , no L1 - eosinophils were seen in the lamina propria ( Fig 1B ) by contrast with lymph nodes where some such cells apparently lacked this protein ( see below ) . |
| 22 | After three years of deliberation , the " Lewis Report " merely recommended more research , leaving it to the enterprise of individual head teachers and their staff to make progress in this field . |
| 23 | He suddenly found this notion very funny and burst into-laughter . |
| 24 | But he impatiently dismissed this line of thought . |
| 25 | He must have tried in the darkness ; perhaps tried many times . |
| 26 | He looked so refreshed this morning and Ruth resented that . |
| 27 | They only used this house , called Moor House , in the holidays . |
| 28 | BSE , a disease which attacked the brain and nervous system , was believed to have been passed on to cattle through cattle feed containing the remains of sheep infected with scrapie , a similar disease endemic in the UK for over 200 years which apparently posed little risk to human health . |
| 29 | Still further varieties and contrasts of tone are available by such mechanical means as the mute ( sordino ) , plucking , ( pizzicato ) , instead of bowing , the strings , ponticello tremolo in which a most eerie effect is produced by bowing the strings nearer to the bridge than the normal position , col legno in which the strings are struck with the back of the bow , giving a sound like the rattle of dry sticks , glissando , much used these days , etc . |
| 30 | He was also committed to and involved in the admission of women to the medical school , which obviously involved much tact and understanding in order to break down prejudices . |