Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To that extent it does not matter in principle whether the individuals are described in a particular society as ‘ upper class ’ , ‘ middle class ’ or ‘ lower class ’ , or whether the society is rural or urban : it is a universal that all individuals in all societies have contacts with other individuals ( even the exceptional case — say , a hermit — has occasional societal contacts or has had them in the past , and ‘ isolates ’ are special cases ) . |
| 2 | ‘ The City is certainly more inclined to look kindly on the film trade than before , and thus a considerable weight that has handicapped us in the past is removed ’ , remarked John Maxwell , as he launched British International Pictures ( BIP ) as a public company with interests in production , exhibition and distribution . |
| 3 | During the six years that followed his restoration , Louis put together again the coalition of ecclesiastical and secular support that had sustained him in the 820s . |
| 4 | It was just this power and seriousness that had fascinated her in the first place . |
| 5 | He explained about the legend and the Monument and the meteorite that had brought it in the first place . |
| 6 | At once , he could see that it was the same monstrous nightmare that had attacked them in the basement . |
| 7 | She had never liked the arrangement that had installed her in the Ward household , but having heard the tragic story , and knowing how much it meant to the woman who had rescued her from a life of loneliness , how could she refuse ? |
| 8 | Think of people that have influenced you in the past , and got you to do things , which , if you look back , and you think , that was very clever . |
| 9 | They are looking at job-weighting , concepts of ‘ stewardship ’ and performance measurement in the knowledge that greater flexibility in pay ( and recruitment ) will be crucial factors in escaping from what Mr Montagu calls ‘ the rigidities that have bedevilled us in the past ’ . |
| 10 | However , ailments other than the above , that have troubled you in the past are covered . |
| 11 | He care for the whole of mankind and has given us in the Bible a guide-book by which to live . |
| 12 | Perhaps there are even some who do not realize we have a magazine , and all those who do know and have supported it in the past , do you really want the magazine to die and be no more ? |
| 13 | And having pilloried them in the past it is only fair to hear their point of view . |
| 14 | Simon , however , would n't hear of it , and had joined her in the kitchen to help with the dishes . |
| 15 | Parkin gave a brief account of the previous night in his bass voice , saying that he had spoken briefly to Nicola at the pub outside TV London before the party started , and had spotted her in the boardroom . |
| 16 | Commander Abigail was not a heavy drinker , but after his gloomy morning walk he had felt the need of consolation and had found it in the Disraeli Lounge of the Queen Victoria Hotel . |
| 17 | Well I have made a statement to the police and have put it in the police station in a sealed envelope . |
| 18 | Gordon Jackson , QC , defending , said that the accused had not plunged the knife directly into Mr Kerr nine times , but had stabbed him in the course of the struggle . |