Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Left influence was sustained increasingly by events overseas , events over which most Labour supporters felt they had little control and which most of them probably saw as secondary to their still-lingering economic burdens . |
| 2 | Many retailing organizations said they gave fixed-term contracts to seasonal workers brought in to cope with the Christmas peak . |
| 3 | Observers said they expected pro-reform supporters of President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to win 70 per cent of the 270 seats . |
| 4 | West German officials said they hoped similar arrangements could be made . |
| 5 | She was the target of a bomb attack during her visit and French officials said they suspected Iraqi government agents . |
| 6 | The Japanese seizure of Manchuria in 1931 went relatively unchallenged by the Western powers as an intra-Asian affair , but as Japanese ambitions grew they aroused growing concern in nations further afield , notably the European powers with territories in Southeast Asia , and the US with its Pacific interests . |
| 7 | Interior ministry sources said they suspected ultra-rightwing groups were responsible for the murder . |
| 8 | Talk of a pre-emptive Israeli strike against the missiles meant the Saudis felt they needed stronger air defences to guard the missiles … and so the British arms sellers moved in . |
| 9 | Talk of a pre-emptive Israeli strike against the missiles meant the Saudis felt they needed stronger air defences to guard the missiles … and so the British arms sellers moved in . |
| 10 | These have been included in the FRED because respondents stated they found similar material in the discussion paper helpful . |
| 11 | Tests revealed it contained formic acid , which a doctor from Newcastle University said could be lethal to a child if only teaspoonful was swallowed . |
| 12 | Miss Claire Cannon , prosecuting , said that tests showed he had 74 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath . |
| 13 | When police arrived they found two Englishmen who seemed to be shocked victims of an armed hold-up , said James Curtis , prosecuting . |
| 14 | Two out of three voters said they wished other candidates were available . |
| 15 | Many students realised they had little hope of going abroad and sought instead other escape routes from their situation . |
| 16 | Bosnian Muslims said they wanted more territory than had been offered under a proposed peace plan . |
| 17 | But Macoun was there during an unusually wet season , and when the first white settlers arrived they faced immense hardship until they developed techniques for coping with this semi-arid environment . |
| 18 | They 're around 30 , some victims thought they had foreign accents . |
| 19 | They 're around 30 , some victims thought they had foreign accents . |
| 20 | Other employees said they had favourite sections of the roadshow , and everyone was enthusiastic about the Crystal Maze game that makes up part of the roadshow . |