Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such information was not highly ‘ theoretical ’ but it helped build up an objective picture of the people who went to the theatres I studied and gave me a useful corrective to people who made sweeping generalizations such as ‘ the theatre is for everyone . ’ |
| 2 | Out of season they helped build up local defences by filling sandbags . |
| 3 | Last summer we initiated the loan exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge of the finest private German collection of Romantic and Nazarene Drawings which we advised and helped build up over the years , having bought for the collection on commission here at the London auctions major drawings like Koch 's ‘ The Schmadribachfall ’ , and Overbeck 's important preparatory study for his fresco at the Villa Massimo in Rome . |
| 4 | It helped make up the minds of waverers on the question of independence and it sent a signal about Serbian intentions to the outside world . |
| 5 | Her ‘ Tale of two orphans ’ focuses on two young African elephants — Ndume and Malaika — who she helped bring up when they were brought to Daphne Sheldrick 's sanctuary following the massacre of the rest of their herd by poachers . |
| 6 | The Local Government union NALGO calls it an infamous act of betrayal to Jamie Robertson , who helped bring in thousands of new jobs to the area following the closure of the railway works in the mid nineteen eightees . |
| 7 | ( And it was that lack of hits which probably helped bring about the suicides . ) |
| 8 | This is good news indeed and the students and families concerned are most grateful for all the support which helped bring about such a satisfactory outcome . |
| 9 | Among the book 's central allegations were claims that Mossad had ( i ) failed to inform the United States of prior intelligence concerning the October 1983 suicide bombing of the US Marine battalion headquarters in Beirut , the Lebanese capital [ see pp. 32646-47 ] ; ( ii ) established a secret spy network ( " A1 " ) in the USA ; ( iii ) helped bring about the dismissal of Andrew Young from his post of US representative at the UN in 1979 after secretly recording Young 's clandestine meetings with PLO officials [ see p. 29956 ] ; and ( iv ) caused the downfall of Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin in 1977 by exposing his wife 's illegal foreign currency bank account [ see p. 28533 ] . |
| 10 | A management group of specialists ( including representatives of the Countryside Council for Wales , Dyfed Wildlife Trust , Otter Project Wales and RSPB Wales ) helped draw up the initial conservation plan and now guides all aspects of the management and monitoring programme . |
| 11 | There 's an appetite for Mould , which helped sell out his two recent London shows with ease . |
| 12 | At Benjamin 's urging I helped pick up a wooden chest . |
| 13 | During July , the entire area paid lasting tribute to an aircraft that helped open up not just this town , but hundreds like it all over Canada . |
| 14 | Big earners like John Barnes , Dean Saunders , Mark Wright , Ian Rush and Michael Thomas helped push up salaries by £2.2m . |
| 15 | After a dip caused by the 1981–83 recession , the publication of a definitive catalogue by Hans Nadelhofer helped push up prices , and by 1985 a the third ‘ Portico ’ mystery clock ( from an edition of six ) achieved a new world record of $400,000 for a Cartier piece . |
| 16 | She rarely attempted to create new routines but one idea she did think up had painful consequences . |
| 17 | The approaching fleet , now seen to be wearing banners showing the Leopards of England , did slow down and bunch together as they approached the harbour entrance , to negotiate the fairly narrow channel . |
| 18 | But then again yo you 're you 're advised against going over the speed limit that most people do , I do I I tell yo like I said I 'm not a saint cos like a couple of times when I was first driving , especially in my fucking sprint cos it was a quick car I used to drive up people 's arses and wait until I could overtake them and if they did slow down that used to incense me and I 'd fucking , I 'd go right up there arse and then probably try and cut them up when I went , overtook them and I s fucking learnt , I got a I had a couple of close calls like , people are slamming brakes on and stuff |
| 19 | However , the desire to provide an extensive training programme as soon as boards came into existence did rule out any early collaboration between provider and receiver . |
| 20 | At school he dared answer back to the Headmaster — politely — when he felt he was in the right . |
| 21 | If the courts did throw out a case that you 'd dealt with , you stood a chance of being sued over it . |
| 22 | He did throw out a hint- ’ I stopped . |
| 23 | When they did make up the T-shirts — as I backed down and did the separations — they got busted for sedition , which was an obscure act of whenever . |
| 24 | Not to his face , you understand , and he did make up for it by giving lavishly to the church … ’ |
| 25 | At Bristol and Liverpool slavers did make up significant proportions of the merchant fleets . |
| 26 | The son of Topsider did make up a lot of ground in the closing stages , but by then it was far too late . |
| 27 | But Pete did stay around , and they live together in her parents ' house with their nine-month-old baby . |
| 28 | ‘ You always did stay up late , ’ she said , moving towards him , standing provocatively close , before walking past him into the hall . |
| 29 | Whilst I did track down what I thought was the best , several of them , in fact quite a number of them , said " no " . |
| 30 | But others of us who were Governors were so opposed to it that we all said we 'd resign from the governing body if the school did opt out . |