Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holme Marsh patchy , a draw below 30 prefered or blank a possibility . |
| 2 | The only two recorded and monitored giant earthquakes in history were of this type — in Ecuador in 1906 and Japan in 1933 . |
| 3 | IBM Corp has agreed to pay the US government $14.8m to settle that potential False Claims Act civil suit after IBM admitted to providing reconditioned or remanufactured computer equipment to the US government between 1980 and 1990 , contrary to contract provisions — under the contract , IBM was required to notify the government prior to delivery of anything other than new equipment , and the investigation revealed that IBM delivered approximately 15,000 reconditioned or remanufactured machines to the government ; IBM voluntarily owned up that it might not have fulfilled its obligations under the contract after conducting an internal audit . |
| 4 | Vibrant with exercise , alone , firmly pushing aside all thought that oppressed her , she sat and watched the sea , while the salty air buffeted softly against her cheeks and the gulls wheeled overhead , slightly paler than the pale sky . |
| 5 | German PoWs : " In addition to the Yugoslavs " Macmillan continues , " Gen Keightley has to deal with nearly 400,000 surrendered or surrendering Germans , not yet disarmed ( except as to tanks and guns ) who must be shepherded into some place or other , fed and given camps etc . |