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Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [conj] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Athelstan turned to the porter and tossed him a silver coin .
2	Naturally the inherent constraints of the archaeological evidence , our caution about the relationship between the archaeological record and the activities that formed it , and the limited research which has been carried out determine the cohesion and balance of a work of this type .
3	Northumberland National Park were pleased at the response and felt it was a very worthwhile event , while in the Peak District 17 schools took part .
4	‘ Second , once sterling left the ERM , and with inflation sharply down , we were right to take the opportunity that gave us to relax policy and get interest rates down .
5	She said a tiny minority were making life miserable for the majority and said it was time to tackle the root causes of crime .
6	She said a tiny minority were making life miserable for the majority and said it was time to tackle the root causes of crime .
7	When the crowds had left after the second home match , Chapman met the helpers in the stand and asked them to take him on trust , asserting that the changes were in the club 's interest .
8	There they give just the same protection to their new owners as they did to the jellyfish that developed them .
9	‘ Then it was the horse-riding that brought you here ? ’
10	I could n't understand what was wrong with him until Frankie pulled out the other two from behind the boiler and found them in a similar state .
11	At that point were both of you behind the shield or had he stepped out from behind ?
12	Outside on the terrace , at the point from where Francis used to dive , and made the dive that killed him , I looked down into the moon-flecked pool .
13	It was the veil that told it was not the garden , then the hat that went to race-meetings and the dressing-case made up the rest of the story : Maman was going away .
14	An unsuspecting crew member intercepted a call destined for the prince and passed it on to Diana .
15	Yin Tsu welcomed the Prince and brought him ch'a .
16	There was something about the wizard that irked Him beyond measure .
17	The blackbirds that saw it quickly treated this bird as though it were potentially dangerous and mobbed it , even when their fellows could not see the owl and so were making no noise .
18	‘ What are you doing ? ’ he shrieked , twisting about madly on the ropes that suspended him .
19	Then they cut the ropes that tied me and I was able to get to my feet .
20	Now he lifted the pullover off over his head , unbuttoned the shirt and dropped it , the trousers and underpants sloughed gracefully and quickly , as if he were very practised in this .
21	When Helen came back she closed the shirt and buttoned it .
22	‘ Then , late in the game , Ray Wilkins grabbed me by the shirt and threw me to the ground with a judo throw .
23	Eventually we dragged it to the waterfall and flung it in .
24	He pulled out the bike and straddled it , followed by Alexander , who inclined his fat head minimally .
25	Lee took hold of the bike and pulled it over the fence .
26	She dressed hurriedly , made herself a snack , took the bike and wheeled it round the corner of the cottage into the front garden .
27	For most of the time the plaintiffs seemed to miss out on the need to prove their reliance on the accounts and had they addressed this early enough , the case might never have come to court .
28	Before he fired the man , Judge Shindler heard from the rest of the jury that the wayward juror had DRUNK and SWORN during the trial and DISTRACTED them while they tried to listen to the evidence .
29	‘ Then Robert would have stamped out the flames and carried me still smouldering into the thicket . ’
30	He saw the daft circles they made as a wind lifted the flames and turned them ; he saw their hysterical galloping back and forth , and saw the cherry-red line crackling across the stumps of corn , towing its apron of smoke .