Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Our family got off light altogether , ’ Mrs Lennox said . |
| 2 | If so were the figures I posted for corners etc totally false , or were we like ‘ Cobras with arthritis ’ again ? |
| 3 | They argued about freedoms not in terms of immediate advantage , but in terms of absolute justice . |
| 4 | I think that 's why I got through life as well as I did . |
| 5 | By an Act of 1922 a pawnbroker could charge a ‘ valuation fee ’ of 1/2d for each 5s lent for pledges under £2 . |
| 6 | Before learning about our infertility , we had already planned to adopt ‘ hard-to-place ’ children , and so , with little prospect of natural children , we applied for adoption all the sooner . |
| 7 | The sound was over and silence was back , or what passed for silence here . |
| 8 | I never cared for results never cared for results at all . |
| 9 | Those who cared for Michael gently encouraged him to accept his toys and belongings again . |
| 10 | She cared for religion as little as I for politics — less , for politics painfully makes itself heard and-felt ; twice it came near to breaking up my life , even though I defied it to interest me . |
| 11 | ‘ By jove , that was a nice winner you rode for Gardem yesterday . |
| 12 | The tiresome twosome asked about shares in For Eyes : their PE ratio , dividend yield , and a host of other conversation-stoppers that all left the trainee dealer tongue-tied and credulous . |
| 13 | Spanish Point club spokesman , Joe Flynn , said : ‘ Ken taxied for take-off around 4 o'clock and then climbed to about 200ft . |
| 14 | A LETTER by author Charlotte Bronte sold for £66,000 yesterday . |
| 15 | The Basquiat estate is after twenty or so paintings , which Baghoomian says he sold for cash immediately after Basquiat 's death . |
| 16 | and suddenly I mean people lived for centuries there |
| 17 | S I well I asked for questions before , Mr , but erm what is your question ? |
| 18 | The refugee was one of several people travelling on false documents who , when detained in the UK , asked for asylum not only from their countries of origin but also from Germany . |
| 19 | Consider the validity of the agreement between A and B. Would your answer be different if A asked for £3,000 instead of £1,000 ? |
| 20 | But I had informed the police and asked for help even before the doorbell rang . |
| 21 | If students asked for help too often , marks were deducted . |
| 22 | It held passion and fire , it was a kiss of domination that asked for surrender yet promised surrender in return . |
| 23 | This month 's choice is from Paul Savides of Stanwell , who asked for Ramble On , a song containing a very gentle verse pattern which contrasts greatly with the heavy , busy choruses . |
| 24 | The questionnaire addressed to the Head of Department asked for information under five headings : |
| 25 | She asked for Mr so I says who is it ? |
| 26 | Ron asked for secrecy so that he could sign another driver without its being known that he was truly needy . |
| 27 | Where we asked for marks out of ten , or thermometer ratings out of a hundred , we can use relative scores for different parties to construct measures of preference . |
| 28 | ‘ That is something we asked for years ago which has not been implemented , particularly because Dublin is not prepared to co-operate with London in what they would see as interning Irish citizens on Irish soil . |
| 29 | Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar . |
| 30 | Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar . |