Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The earliest extensions or additions may be discreetly sited and carefully designed , but very quickly the hut syndrome is underway and the house is rapidly surrounded by one- or two-storey flat-roofed extensions of the very utilitarian kind mercilessly caricatured by Osbert Lancaster . |
| 2 | The missing boy was n't really interfering with the progress of the Connon case , because the progress only existed in theory . |
| 3 | In case anyone should question these financial allocations , can we point out that they only move the film and crafts sectors towards the level of support long enjoyed in England and Wales . |
| 4 | The small bulb inside exploded into life , displaying his clothes . |
| 5 | The story only waned in popularity when Mandela was released : why hang on to the book , if it existed , at the time when it was most likely to sell ? |
| 6 | Her case only came to light because the Health Authority meeting were mistakenly sent to the media . |
| 7 | ‘ Do you know that in the mythology of Earth the concept of freedom only came into existence after male and female ate of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil . |
| 8 | Wordsworth explains how his own mind slowly arrived at maturity , how he dedicated himself to poetry , and how after being diverted by Cambridge , France and Godwinism , his imagination was restored , a vision of the eternal Mind granted to him on Snowdon ( Prelude 1805 , xiii , 1–119 ) and his poetic vocation assured . |
| 9 | Bucephalus eventually died of wounds at thirty years of age , in 326 BC , following Alexander 's war with the Indian king , Porus . |
| 10 | The remains of the iron overshot water wheel eventually went for scrap in the late 1960s . |
| 11 | Then Julius 's mouth closed over hers again , his hands began a series of loving , teasing caresses , and Jessamy forgot everything except that this was her brilliant , stubborn , bullish husband whom she loved very much , and a bright future suddenly shone in front of them . |
| 12 | Laidlaw trailed off when a car suddenly came into view at the other end of the dimly lit street . |
| 13 | After scenes of tension memorably recounted by Edward Hyde , first Earl of Clarendon [ q.v . ] , |
| 14 | The bear apparently fled in terror , yelling and howling , but contemporary accounts tell a different story , where the bear in fact knocked Lambert down and he was so fat he could not get up ! |
| 15 | The rise in the price of oil had little immediate impact , but the collapse of world stock markets , the fall in demand , especially in the USA , for Hong Kong exports and the fear that Japanese banks would cut back on investment all led to growth predictions being revised downwards , in some instance to negative growth . |
| 16 | However , new investment only amounted to £91m . |
| 17 | The interview inside revolved around vegetarianism . |
| 18 | Lee 's stepdad suddenly appeared behind Philip . |
| 19 | Dot already knew about hospitals . |
| 20 | At the very least , however , unpalatable though the proposals may at present be , they may prove more acceptable than the alternative already foreshadowed by Sir Adrian Cadbury should his own committee 's voluntary code fail to command compliance — the even more unpalatable prospect of governance by legislation . |
| 21 | What psychoanalysis calls fantasies of infantile omnipotence thus came into play , together with other attributes of infantility — greed , paranoia , and an inability to follow complex rational arguments . |
| 22 | For the 1840's-50's this figure usually fell between £1,000 and £2,000 per month . |
| 23 | That promise would not be implemented if the Opposition ever came to power . |
| 24 | But although test boreholes were successfully sunk at Altnabreac in Caithness in November 1975 , the programme quickly ran into opposition elsewhere . |
| 25 | A fresh scandal , believed to be the largest loan fraud ever uncovered in Japan , was revealed on Aug. 13 . |
| 26 | Until 1980 the vote always went against television , although the margin was narrow . |
| 27 | To this , the Inspecting Officer concurred , provided that not more than one car ever stood in Lower Church Street . |
| 28 | The court held that the car still belonged to Bennett . |
| 29 | He kept the windows open because the car still smelled of Arabella 's perfume . |
| 30 | Fatal Attraction actress Close said of George Bush 's campaign : ‘ How dare they talk about a kinder and gentler nation . |