Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I noticed how her teeth were still white , not rotting black like those of the courtiers who constantly stuffed sweets and comfits into their mouth . |
| 2 | But just when it seemed that the former were to disappear up a one-club road to exclusive excellence , along came Newport and beat them to mark the first real return on all the investment at Rodney Parade . |
| 3 | John Wesley , however , greatly admired Herbert and adapted a number of his poems , usually for the worse , as hymns . |
| 4 | Richard Anthony Ainscough FCA , Michael George Battersby FCA , David Peter Bradley ACA , Ralph Burton Holden FCA , Donald Malcolm Lyon ACA , Brian Christopher Marsden FCA , Michael Harvey Townend FCA and Jeremy Newsom Stirrup FCA , all of Oakmount , 6 East Park Road , Blackburn who were found guilty of misconduct within the meaning of Bye-law 76(a) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that they in Blackburn between 20 April 1991 and 7 September 1991 passed clients ' monies through the firm 's office account were each reprimanded and jointly and severally fined £750 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 5 | Before the railways came , livestock was usually driven ‘ on the hoof ’ to the market , which not only took time but resulted inevitably in the animals losing weight and hence value . |
| 6 | Turning to face front , she suddenly saw Ellie and gave a little screech of alarm . |
| 7 | He remembered Gina 's summing-up of Eleanor 's character and told her that she only saw people as shits because she was n't woman enough to hold a man . |
| 8 | No it 's not it 's my new guest on and then Jack and the Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water , down fell Jack and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling |
| 9 | As a result of this , Palmer had in the back of his mind been thinking about muon catalysed fusion , and when the newly arrived Jones announced his talk , Palmer naturally took notice and went along to listen . |
| 10 | When Pilate realised that a riot was a distinct possibility , he literally took water and washed his hands of the affair with the words : |
| 11 | This woman apparently saw Americans as wandering children , unable to break with a bloodstained , hopeless parent . |
| 12 | And then , when both feet were clothed and he sank into a chair exhausted , he suddenly remembered Italy and felt cheered . |
| 13 | She wanted to co-ordinate an article about trees and pollution and Jay and Francis had discovered a photographer who only did trees and did them brilliantly . |
| 14 | AT THE 600th step I finally stopped counting and paused to take in the view . |
| 15 | As well as catering for the spiritual needs of the Russian settlers , monks , sometimes with lay assistants , participated in the colonial process by establishing small monastic communities which soon attracted peasants and became the focus of new communities . |
| 16 | Again and again , Tracy upstaged Gable by returning from the point of death with a weak smile until Gable finally dropped Tracy and yelled , ‘ Die , goddammit , Spence ! |
| 17 | He just collected animals but did n't know how to look after them . |
| 18 | For a time , things hung in the balance , until Richard finally lost patience and took the city of Messina . |
| 19 | Christopher Gore , a genius tormented by mental illness , who finally lost control and killed his parents . |
| 20 | I just took opportunities and worked at them . ’ |
| 21 | He scarcely attended school and has no skills . |
| 22 | On the first Friday in August they finally reached Cowdray and won the semi-finals by the skins of their gumshields . |
| 23 | No I was , I just saw Food and Drink |
| 24 | And he was just wandering round and then he just went bleugh and bombed in the garden |
| 25 | Erm well I just wrote Miriam and said , I saw your article in Green Week can you send me further details . |
| 26 | Since no apprentices were taken after 1910 , and since the age at which girls normally left school and began working was fourteen ( give or take a few months ) , the youngest women in the sample were born in 1896 . |
| 27 | RADIO 1 's Newsbeat programme — a show DJs initially resented because they thought listeners just wanted music and chat — is 20 years old tomorrow . |
| 28 | He quickly passed Schumacher and closed the gap on Patrese , whose plan to run non-stop was foiled in the most unexpected way on lap 51 when the engine suddenly died . |
| 29 | In fact , during 1943–44 Albert played in every outfield position at least once and he still scored goals that set the fans ' interest alight . |
| 30 | A semi-finalist in last month 's Canadian Open , Meddings totally dominated Davies and ran out a comfortable 15-12 , 15-10 , 15-10 winner in just over half an hour . |