Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both governments agreed to try to restart the political talks on Northern Ireland early in 1993 . |
| 2 | In developing the short list of manufacturing locations he proposed to establish to produce the new products which would incorporate all the latest technologies , he had detailed the comparative costs of manufacture per country and identified the economic and commercial advantages and disadvantages of selling components into specific European countries from single and dual manufacturing sources . |
| 3 | When she stopped coming to feed the sick cow , he had to find a reason for visiting her . |
| 4 | He reported having enjoyed the weekly game of football with other members of the youth unemployment centre . |
| 5 | But meanwhile North had discovered that the secret shipments of arms to Iran were generating upwards of $15 million which he proposed diverting to fund the American-backed Contra forces fighting in Nicaragua for whom Congress had refused to provide any further financial aid on the grounds that Reagan was involving America in an operation to overthrow by force another country 's legitimate government . |
| 6 | It was still early , and the rain I 'd heard forecast the previous night was looking about ready to drop . |
| 7 | A rather tasteless melange of Wellington and Edith Cresson , Nelson and Trafalgar seemed designed to provide the missing edge and allay the self doubts . |
| 8 | The horrible truth was slowly dawning on me : I 'd been so preoccupied with finding things like Wellington boots and torches , not to mention boning up on my Enid Blyton , that I 'd forgotten to read the small print . |
| 9 | The planning principles adopted included keeping the common circulation areas and services central — all-internal kitchens and bathrooms back on to the spinal corridor which occupies the central strip of the former nave space ( Fig 45 ) . |
| 10 | Tonight , with Marlin working until nine and a late dinner planned , she 'd decided to spend the early evening assigning and wrapping the presents she 'd accumulated on her various Fifth Avenue sorties , sweetening her labours with wine and music . |
| 11 | We seemed destined to replay the same parts in an old story . |
| 12 | They then seemed destined to suffer the same fate as Jack Handy 's firm : a sharp decline due to financial extravagance and a lack of closely controlled management . |
| 13 | All the books that he 'd bought to fill the stripped pine shelves , and never read . |
| 14 | She 'd had to wait the best part of a month at Holmsly Manor , and then everything had happened at once . |
| 15 | But 5 year old Amy Harding would have found the trauma of having a surgical collar even worse if she 'd had to make the long trip to Gloucester . |
| 16 | It would have been a different story if they 'd had to find the key money for the flat themselves . |
| 17 | Even when he was being particularly careful not to offend , he seemed to manage to say the wrong thing . |
| 18 | Owen and Adam came running to meet the little priest as soon as he rode through the gate and paced wearily into the stable-yard . |
| 19 | If he 'd wanted to lift the whole car , I think he could have . |
| 20 | I 'd hoped to get the poor man writing again . |
| 21 | He 'd tried to sell the Holy Relic , St Vladimir 's Cross . |
| 22 | As soon as she 'd finished breakfast the following morning , Ellie went in search of Mrs McMahon . |
| 23 | She 'd finished tying the orange wrap now and turned to me . |
| 24 | Yet in some strange way the bird seemed to have affected the easy relationship that had previously existed between them and , in trying to analyse her own feelings , Lucy knew that she now felt shy and rather embarrassed . |
| 25 | When Russian forces finally retreated from the Danubian Principalities in 1834 , Nicholas seemed to have achieved the final stabilization of his southern frontier . |
| 26 | Among the main Democratic contenders Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton seemed to have overcome the recent spate of " character issues " which had threatened to destroy his candidacy , but finished second to the former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas in the New Hampshire contest . |
| 27 | And in the September 1957 election the FDP seemed to have chosen the wrong course when its share of the vote fell below 8 per cent , whilst the CDU — strengthened by the 1957 pension reform — won just over half the votes cast . |
| 28 | His gargantuan repast seemed to have put The Fat Controller in a better mood and avuncularity seeped back into his tones the further we got away from the pizzeria . |
| 29 | He seemed to have forgotten the traumatic revelations of the previous evening , smiling and giving her a peck on the cheek as he left . |
| 30 | Throughout Cecil was followed by a bobble-hatted man , who seemed to have forgotten the former party chairman was not standing in the election . |