Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April 1991 LIFFE launched a new version of the Japanese Government Bond ( JGB ) futures contract which trades exclusively throughout the day ( 7 am to 3 pm London time ) on the APT system . |
| 2 | As the riders passed they called out : high-pitched cries which startled the birds that nested in the tree-tops . |
| 3 | But Richard Walker had other ideas , with just two minutes to go he coughed up . |
| 4 | With only one hour and 30 minutes to go I squirted out a cheap-looking burning skull design , slapped on a logo and sent the damn thing off with only minutes to spare . |
| 5 | We have achieved a better than expected pro-forma combined profit and Stoddard Sekers is now putting in place the strategic plans to enable it to grow strongly both organically and by acquisition ’ . |
| 6 | Yet the thought of being cooped up indoors for another few hours made her feel almost suicidal . |
| 7 | This remark had haunted Khrushchev , who had several times explained he did not mean it literally , and finally got that famous goat . |
| 8 | ‘ The scripts make me sound very smart and I like that , ’ he said . |
| 9 | That prospective Tory candidate for Cheltenham John Taylor survived attempts to deselect him has much do with her efforts as local party chairman . |
| 10 | Mr Middleton is said to have whipped the animal several times to encourage it to climb over . |
| 11 | While five weeks of dry windy weather would suit the farmers , water resources experts want it to keep on raining to top up a desperately low water table . |
| 12 | Anne stole a glance at John occasionally , and several times caught him looking intently at her , but each time he looked away quickly . |
| 13 | Experts say there has never been so much free time available to so many people . |
| 14 | But coach experts say it has n't been proved that belts are safer . |
| 15 | As time passes , conditions in parts of its range alter and some of its descendants evolve into slightly different forms enabling them to survive more efficiently in their new circumstances . |
| 16 | Most blokes say they do n't give a |
| 17 | For his part , Mr Gaunt claims that 38 of the 50 members who have signed the exemption order saving them from the full rigour of the CFTC 's rules say they do not like the agreement . |
| 18 | But when Britain went off the Gold Standard in 1931 , the Champagne houses found themselves receiving just two-thirds of the price they had come to expect . |
| 19 | Many of these ingredients were indeed present , but as the months passed I became increasingly aware that there was much more than just science at work here . |
| 20 | As the months passed he spent more and more time away on his growing shipping business . |
| 21 | His arms went round her and eased her against his chest , and the brush of his body hair against her nipples made her cry out . |
| 22 | Holmes ' warm words of thanks made me feel much happier , and I saw that he was right . |
| 23 | But at last she made an effort to pull herself together , and , dragging herself from the bed , she went to the wash-basin , where splashes of cold water to her eyes made her feel more normal . |
| 24 | The sudden , loud slam of the front door , and the sound of raised voices made her break off . |
| 25 | As their eyes met she straightened suddenly , ignoring the stabbing pains . |
| 26 | Speakers at the conference also criticized the Department of the Environment for not providing local authorities with funds to enable them to track down offenders . |
| 27 | He looked at me , calmly threw his jacket into the car and then launched into what I can only describe as the most unbelievable martial arts display I have ever seen . |
| 28 | The subtitle is ‘ Making Feminist Sense of International Politics ’ , and those very words make you realize how little we are used to seeing feminist analysis applied to the ebbs and flows of global power . |
| 29 | But I 'll be untouched and intact in the morning ! ’ she said , her eyes daring him to say otherwise . |
| 30 | In both cases , a right arises where the treaty parties intend it to do so , and the third party assents thereto . |