Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the North , in the Democratic Republic , the army shed all guerrilla characteristics and became a professional force . |
| 2 | She had not thought to have Ariel set her whole spine on a splint , so when , after three months , Sycorax raised herself and found her weak legs and took a few steps , her whole weight slung against Ariel on one side and Jack Elsey on the other , she was bent like a hoop and could only shuffle forward , raising her head , like a turtle poking out of its shell , to address anyone who was not actually on the floor below her . |
| 3 | She washed and dried herself between the legs and inserted a fresh tampon . |
| 4 | Springsteen circled my legs and howled a bad-tempered welcome as I opened the purple — yes , purple — envelope . |
| 5 | It was Sayeeda who gave me an insatiable desire to open the doors of Oman , doors which were locked to most foreigners and needed a special key . |
| 6 | In 1939 Morgan went to France at OC2 Air Formation Signals and played a key role in organising telecommunications between the French and British forces : for this he was appointed CBE . |
| 7 | Accordingly , the AKT was administered during the first and last of the group sessions and constituted a straightforward method for evaluating the success of the first course objective : specifically , to increase participants ' alcohol knowledge so that future alcohol use can be more informed and therefore more prudent . |
| 8 | The youngest of the family , John , was quite unlike his brothers and became a Spanish Merchant . |
| 9 | On the other hand , it seems likely that a positive function in the evolution of human society has been exercised by envy in that it maintained variations of individual behaviour within tolerable bounds and maintained a mutual bond , policed by envy and the fear of envy , between all the differentiated members of a society . |
| 10 | Mildred opened her eyes and breathed a huge sigh of relief . |
| 11 | Then she shut her eyes and took a deep breath , collecting herself . |
| 12 | When Bernice glanced over her shoulder , he averted his eyes and took a consuming interest in the door hinges . |
| 13 | Robyn closed her eyes and made a tremendous effort . |
| 14 | For a moment Ben seemed about to say something , then he dropped his eyes and made a small movement of his head . |
| 15 | Amanda had started massaging his shoulders ; he 'd closed his eyes and imagined a hot sun and someone rubbing oil on his back , and then she 'd slipped off the bed and had gone to have a bath with the other complimentary packet of foam . |
| 16 | Folly closed her eyes and felt a fiery ball of mixed desire and jealousy settle in her stomach . |
| 17 | One pellet lodged between his eyes and became a permanent dimple . |
| 18 | Instead she opened her eyes and watched a small cloud move across the sky . |
| 19 | Paul Arkwright looked at Dinah with his bright eyes and gave a hesitant smile with his full lips . |
| 20 | He added to his first-half penalty with two second-half drop goals and landed a further penalty . |
| 21 | Shutting the window with careful hands , he tugged trousers over his pyjamas and pulled a polo-necked sweater over his head . |
| 22 | This journal had the highest median and modal number of authors and published a high proportion of multiauthor or collaborative studies ( 21% in 1988 ) . |
| 23 | Well before 1880 , Wesleyan Methodists had a thriving Sunday School and some form of regular public worship in the Strand-on-the-Green area , but due to the generosity of the Duke of Devonshire , a large site in Sutton Court Road was made available to the Methodists , who raised funds and built a substantial Hall in the centre of that site , opened in 1880 and used for Sunday School and public worship ; followed , in 1902 , by the erection of a Manse on the southern flank . |
| 24 | Back home in Hamilton Su'a scored club centuries and had a big reputation as a hitter , which he justified to a wider audience by hitting 30 of his 36 not out in boundaries , once despatching Tufnell over midwicket into the stand . |
| 25 | The National Health Service ( NHS ) was always based on administrative units and had a non-elected board of control . |
| 26 | A further decree in 1982 , this time initiated by a civilian government , reinforced state control of the banking and finance sectors and went a little way to encourage Nigerian capital to invest more in the manufacturing sector . |
| 27 | Cuts in salaries , bonuses and overtime payments have reduced many family-incomes and caused a sharp drop in consumer spending . |
| 28 | Ebert watched Li Yuan 's face as he spoke the words and felt a genuine admiration for the young T'ang . |
| 29 | She sold their wedding presents and took a civil service job at £12 a week . |
| 30 | ‘ So , ’ Trish said patiently , ‘ we left the Sala dell'Arte together , we bought gelati and gained a billion calories eating it , we came home , scrubbed the goo off our faces and plopped into our beds — and in all that time , you never said a word worth hearing . ’ |