Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of those accused told me that a proper legal defence cost him only £140.00 with legal aid , which he got back because they won . |
| 2 | His passage cost him just £10 . |
| 3 | Mr Hill 's huge jackpot cost him just 54p . |
| 4 | This enforced poverty made them easier targets for propaganda : if they left with no more than their allowance , they could be portrayed as shabby Untermenschen scuttling away like rats ; if they managed to outwit the system , then they were economic criminals fleeing with stolen goods . |
| 5 | This group 's unsuccessful conduct of the war incurred them much unpopularity , and discontent at their domination of the king , together with rumours of corruption , self-seeking and extortion , underlay the commons ' attack upon them in the Good Parliament of 1376 . |
| 6 | The rain hit us somewhere north of Huarmey , a solid wall of water lit by flashes of lightning . |
| 7 | But the one remained known as Willibrord ( despite an unimpeachable Roman allegiance ) , while the other called himself thereafter Boniface . |
| 8 | The first GPs of the season brought me more success than I 'd ever dreamed . ’ |
| 9 | Fully 77 per cent of our panel throughout the campaign rated these issues as ‘ extremely important ’ for their voting choice , but television news gave them less coverage than defence , though more than unemployment and inflation . |
| 10 | The political élite paid it more attention than it did radio , even though the latter had a greater importance insofar as size of audience was concerned . |
| 11 | The Supergrid gave them more freedom to optimise their siting by these criteria . |
| 12 | ‘ Nurse sent me home early.because I 'm ill , ’ she said in a small voice and walked slowly up the stairs . |
| 13 | An aggressive self-publicist , her inflamed prose brought her much notoriety . |