Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.

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1 At first , the Zuwaitina canteen milk seemed to everyone concerned an instance of just such a letter-of-the-law possession , The realization that it was an issue of constitutional principle came slowly , when the Jordanian 's lawyer ( Abdulsalam Abdulhadi ) outlined his defence .
2 A passenger sitting next to me flung a coin into the river with great enthusiasm .
3 If we look at the Church we find the numbers of monks and secular clergy growing , especially in the eleventh and twelfth centuries ; we also find that more and more of them lived a life of celibacy after the papal reform .
4 In front of them rode the moon , silver-skirted , in a flurry of dark-blue clouds .
5 One or other of them drafted a statement which was a flat denial that he had misbehaved either sexually or politically .
6 One of them became a cardinal , and , in 1130 , pope — or , as he came to be reckoned , an anti-pope .
7 Carvajal was survived by a wife and two sons : one of them became a broker on the exchange , but neither of them seems to have married .
8 you know I can understand now the people that have n't got the truth , when one of the , the mate , when the mate dies whether a woman or a , or a , or a husband dies , they want to die , they do n't want to live because I felt that , I felt that , what 's there , what 's there me left to live , my kids they 're , they have their own families , there all time , they have no time , I brought up three children , I have a full time job and I have time for every one of them to look after and to bring them up and to set them on their way to live and not one of them became a prisoner or something , you know , they 're all have nice jobs and , and nice kid nice people , one , nobody 's in the truth the boys
9 Children were prohibited from smoking in the streets and the sale of tobacco to them became an offence .
10 At last , a streak of orange light appeared to the east ; and gradually the white sea in front of them became an immense expanse of fertile green , while the purple ocean behind turned shimmering white .
11 But this is probably because such retirement arrangements died out before formalizing them became the normal custom , rather than because they were never common .
12 ‘ Managers were proud to lead their staff into dispute and out into the streets over the years ; unfortunately , very many of them became the pit bull terriers of 1992 ’ .
13 Privately , however , he was still sending conflicting signals to his supporters , some of whom got the impression that he had not decided whether to act .
14 While everyone agreed the changes in living standards since the film was made were for the better , there was some nostalgia for farming as it was when they were young .
15 The supporters were happy , the players were happy and everyone agreed the Everton board had pulled off a coup in tempting their most successful manager back to Merseyside .
16 Elizabeth 's customers were disappointed to read her notice , but although several of them asked the reason , she merely smiled and was noncommittal .
17 Most people in bands have quite similar backgrounds and I reckon a lot of them shared the same experience as I did .
18 But even the most socialist of them shared the view , articulated by Brailsford before the war , that the first task of the pacifist was not to overthrow capitalism but to ‘ check the worst consequences of a capitalistic foreign policy , and , if possible , turn it to some partial good . ’
19 None of them shared the icy restraint of the last letter .
20 Me got a make a
21 ah me got a
22 Exclusive of absent freeholders there were twenty-six tenants at Slapton in 1548 , who are matched by thirty resident laymen in 1522 , four of whom owned no property of any description .
23 The case rests on whom owned the knife .
24 Despite the weather , however , 17 of them braved the elements to play the one round Stableford competition .
25 Although the spinal patients had no specific rectal sensation during rectal distension , almost half of them experienced a dull pelvic sensation at maximum distension .
26 As Fael-Inis began to play , each of them drew a deep breath and surrendered , and each of them experienced the deepest contentment at hearing the silver pipes of enchantment .
27 It just occurred to me that not everyone got a chance to see the FA Youth Cup Final !
28 Everyone got a copy ?
29 Just over a year ago everyone got a bit of a scare when an opinion poll showed that one third of the French agreed with the extremist ideas supported by Mr Le Pen — priority for the French ( as opposed to immigrants ) in jobs , housing , and family benefits ; the abolition of all income tax and its replacement with higher rates of VAT ; the reintroduction of the death penalty for murderers and drug traffickers ; and the expulsion of the immigrant long-term unemployed ; the banning of tourist visas for Arabs and Africans ( to stop illegal immigration ) , and so on .
30 Everyone got a pen ?
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