Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it was , however , the administration had taken over responsibility for this war ; and it had to work with what it had , making a just cause as best it could . |
| 2 | At their recent meeting Nether Wyresdale Parish Council decided to take out membership of CPRE as a local organisation . |
| 3 | There had been a good deal of rain , the Thames was high , and a north-westerly had piled up water at the river 's mouth , waiting for a strong flood tide to carry it up . |
| 4 | The first group had taken up position in all the key intersections so that they could control anyone who attempted to pass . |
| 5 | 30–4 " The court met to take up consideration of Archibald Currie 's case . |
| 6 | As far as I could gather , Nour 's father had taken on responsibility for all his sisters , married or not , and for their offspring , and since his death Marie Claire had assumed the burden . |
| 7 | In what was interpreted by the CIA and the Department of State as a post-missile crisis concession , the Soviet Union agreed to turn over control of all weapons systems within Cuba ( including surface-to-air installations which could be used to shoot down US overflights ) . |
| 8 | The government tried to drive out inflation by announcing that it was prepared to exchange paper money for specie . |
| 9 | Added to complaints by women 's organisations about the screen 's increasing sexuality ( for that era ) , the Arbuckle scandal helped to bring about censorship by the Hays Office , a self-regulating body set up by the big studios in 1922 , under lawyer Will H. Hays . |
| 10 | The sleeping-bag began to soak up tea from the steaming groundsheet , and I screamed , ‘ Damn ! |
| 11 | Upholstery became a separate trade , and seating began to put on weight in consequence . |
| 12 | The Clegg Commission was abolished in 1980 and eventually the government managed to squeeze down pay in the public sector through its use of cash limits . |
| 13 | After the service was over , they broke their fast in the small whitewashed refectory before approaching the Prior who confirmed his speculation of the previous evening that the Lord Bruce and his entourage had taken up residence in the port of Leith . |
| 14 | Beirut port , where the Lebanese army had taken over control from the militias the previous month , opened on March 15 after a 14-month closure . |
| 15 | Mrs Burrows nursed Betty through a dangerous illness when the doctor had given up hope on her . |
| 16 | This proved invaluable in March 1941 when the Barley Mow brewery was knocked out of action by German bombers and the Cannon brewery had to fill in production for 18 months . |
| 17 | Even so , Parliament had to vote down dissent from those who disliked the Gregorian calendar 's ‘ Papist ’ origin , or anything ‘ new-fangled ’ . |
| 18 | Isabel Lavender began to smooth down finger after finger of her gardening gloves , intent upon maintaining appearances , even through domestic tasks . |
| 19 | Apart from these particular initiatives there was a general enthusiasm for the way in which fundholding had opened up communication with hospital colleagues . |