Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The courses were Linguistics-based and were designed to be professionally relevant in a broad sense , though they included much that made no claim to immediate practical usefulness . |
| 2 | The suspicion must be that it was a combination of excessive speed and the failure of the driver or guard to apply the brakes early enough that caused the accident . |
| 3 | The change did not mean that the new recruits to Parliament were any less committed to socialism : indeed , many of them probably understood its teachings even better than had the bulk of MPs of the pre-war era . |
| 4 | A variety of wording is used and it is difficult to be certain how such clauses will be interpreted ; but the change in judicial attitudes just noted would suggest that they will fare better than did the clause in Anisminic . |
| 5 | Obviously that had a fire risk to it as well . |
| 6 | In 1987 BTR launched a bid for Pilkington , the world 's leading manufacturer of flat and safety glass , which presented the arguments about conglomerate mergers even more starkly than did the Hanson bid for Imperial . |
| 7 | Yes , so that became the the fire prevention suite , erm and erm still is the fire prevention suite , erm and is well used now again , almost bursting , I should think er with increasing staff and , and work which seems to come each year . |
| 8 | The Salvation Army worker living there was a young girl , Sharon , so that balanced the house up a bit . |
| 9 | The only road was a quarter of a mile away up a track , leading down to the campsite itself , so that made the immediate area pretty safe . |
| 10 | I understand that Miss Hauxwell usually did n't cut her grass until well into August , so that gave the plants plenty of time to bloom and seed . |
| 11 | Ah so that controlled the lights to your plants then . |
| 12 | So that explained the display of bad temper . |
| 13 | So that created a problem and we then found that a number of people were leaving Brothers to seek their fortunes elsewhere because the work that they liked to work on and you know traditionally they 'd been on it for years , er was no longer there and er subsequently there was a slip in the numbers employed . |
| 14 | Tracked across the ceiling so that shut the off . |
| 15 | While they had shared championship success when they had first met , after a split of four years it was their second era together that brought the ultimate honour for them both — the 1987 Open Championship title . |
| 16 | It 's something she would naturally do but it was not the job alone that spurred the gentleman to buy her flowers . |
| 17 | Most historians have assumed that it was the aftermath of Prasutagus ' death alone that caused the Revolt and that the Druids were not involved , but I have always taken the view that it was the threat of their imminent extinction which concentrated all their efforts on arresting the progress of the army , with the probability of a great British victory . |
| 18 | It was power alone that made a man attractive . |
| 19 | Whatever might have been the prosaic reason for his initial posting to Masai District , an officer who stayed long enough and had a sufficiently striking personality could expect to become locally famous not only for his love of the Masai but also for the love they bore for him . |
| 20 | Blufton seemed trustworthy enough and had no direct relationship with Nicola . |
| 21 | ‘ It confirmed that I don ‘ t exercise enough and suggested a programme of swimming and walking . |
| 22 | Two major " betrayals " in five years were more than enough and created the permanent attitude of mistrust towards leadership which characterized radicals in the labour movement from then onwards . |
| 23 | His work with The Miracles kept him in hits until 1972 , when he finally went solo and delivered the gorgeous Smokey , which might have promised more than it delivered but which ultimately — on ‘ Baby Come Close ’ , ‘ Just My Soul Responding ’ and the personal protest of ‘ Holly ’ — established him as the great single Romeo of modern soul . |
| 24 | Giles thanked him warmly and pushed the map into his coat pocket . |
| 25 | For example , in the MISLIP project teachers in different subjects ( biology , history , English ) found that the microcomputer helped pupils to plan projects better and improved the motivation of pupils ; while the school librarian at Bankhead Academy pointed to the use of a wider range of resources by pupils in the school library . |
| 26 | He whirled suddenly and struck the wall with his clenched fist . |
| 27 | Then he straightened suddenly and returned the paperweight to its place on his desk . |
| 28 | The boy sat up suddenly and laughed a strange , low laugh . |
| 29 | I went inside and saw a beautiful work which the artist had done on the other side . |
| 30 | Dexter jumped inside and inserted the ignition key . |