Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [noun] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , that was oh that chap who had painted Venice such a lot , absolutely recognisable , he could see the frontages of the palaces now , what was the man 's name , the sort of name you know so well you could n't think of it when it was n't in your mind . |
| 2 | She had taught Alexandra all the history she knew from an intensely Scottish point of view , and French with a cramped and ladylike accent . |
| 3 | John White , loaner of the kit , had given Tony all the instruction we possessed on how to use them . |
| 4 | United had won promotion all the way to the 1st division , the Milk Cup win capping a glorious but brief revival . |
| 5 | Just as well someone had rung Catherine half an hour ago , or they 'd both still have been asleep , and he would have had difficult questions to answer in the morning about why he had been , uncharacteristically , out of touch with everyone since leaving Yeo Davis at six . |
| 6 | Over the next ten years it had averaged £23 billion a year . |
| 7 | ‘ The newer cohorts entered a politics that was dominated by the class alignment and divided their loyalties along class lines more completely than did their elders , those who had entered politics half a century before . |
| 8 | Although few adopted a fully-fledged Lockeian position , most believed in the idea of a contract between rulers and ruled , the breaking of which had cost James II the throne . |
| 9 | ‘ Unemployment is really degrading , I felt like I wanted to spend money all the time to cheer myself up , but of course I did n't have anything left over from my bridging allowance . |