Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [be] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The car had been chased up the M1 as far as Newport Pagnall by two Bedfordshire police patrol cars . |
| 2 | A plaque had been hung on the gates : ‘ Fierce Dog — Beware ’ . |
| 3 | Although some remedial work had been carried out the first major improvement was made in 1710 with the completion of a new stone pier . |
| 4 | The pulpit had been wreathed in holly , ivy had been twined up the lectern , garlands of leaves and berries hung from the gallery where 18th-century fiddlers had played before the organ came . |
| 5 | According to a statement received by the weekly Oiga , Salinas accepted responsibility for the coup attempt and declared that its aim had been to hand over the presidency to Máximo San Román Cáceres , Fujimori 's dismissed First Vice-President named " constitutional president " by the dissolved Congress [ see p. 38846 ] . |
| 6 | The prime task of the 1905 revolution had been to break up the large estates and with them the political and economic power of the nobility . |
| 7 | The company policy had been to speed up the line and the rate of production . |
| 8 | A little mirror had been hung on the wall of the dressing area . |
| 9 | There they had been born , their wicker bassinette had been bumped down the shallow flight of steps to the pavement by their trim nursemaid , young men had called , but not one of the three tall sisters had emerged from the house as a bride . |
| 10 | His response had been to build up the power of his supporters the Nevilles : Richard earl of Warwick and his brothers John , who was made earl of Northumberland , and George , who became archbishop of York . |
| 11 | His response had been to build up the power of his supporters the Nevilles : Richard earl of Warwick and his brothers John , who was made earl of Northumberland , and George , who became archbishop of York . |
| 12 | But Coun. Nicholas Thorne-Wallis ( Lab ) , chairman , said that no final decision had been taken over the proposals and Coun. Mrs Rose Davison ( Lab ) called for more options to be considered by the council . |
| 13 | When our mam died — our dad had been killed down the pit long before — he took me in and brought me up . |
| 14 | Another lesson Computercraft learned was to sort out the politics before getting started . |
| 15 | The Pakistan skipper had been drawn down the pitch by Tufnell 's flight . |