Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the bureau became embroiled in the Watergate affair and between 1973 and 1976 it was subjected to unprecedented investigation which revealed the full extent of its post-war activities and the dangers inherent in unchecked police bureaucracies . |
| 2 | However , this morning Beth Christie was brighter than usual ; she planned to shop for the dinner party she was holding later in the week . |
| 3 | Aston Villa winger Dwight Yorke admitted speeding in a 50mph zone on the A38 through Birmingham . |
| 4 | The Barbarians , led by Scotland 's Gavin Hastings , failed to cope with the surface water and were beaten 16–8 by South Korea , who became the first Asian side to reach the semi-finals . |
| 5 | Two years later she applied to nurse in the Boer War and died from typhoid fever at Simonstown , aged 37 . |
| 6 | When they got out they were taken inside a building and made to sit on a stone floor that was gritty and unswept . |
| 7 | Vietnam owed the Soviet Union some 10,000 million roubles ( 6,000 million roubles due by 1995 ) , but the two sides failed to agree on an exchange rate for converting the debt into hard currency . |
| 8 | When the Labour Cabinet , in August 1931 , failed to agree on an economy programme , Ramsay MacDonald , in his own words , ‘ strove hard and took great risks in being responsible for the delay , to keep the Government in , because no National Government of any kind is the sort of thing that I should support of my own free choice . ' |
| 9 | MK Trafford Holdings failed in a takeover bid for Manchester United , which failed to float on the stock market as well as the pitch . |
| 10 | Mr Goldberg said they could bring a libel action , but he planned to wait until the appeal verdict . |
| 11 | Other work , such as McCabe and Mrs Miller , The Long Goodbye , and Nashville , although warmly received by the critics , failed to perform at the box office . |
| 12 | Yeah he got trapped in a car park and he could n't get out for ages and ages and then as he got out he crashed into another car . |
| 13 | For some reason Gadfly failed to appear on the invitation list . |
| 14 | His ill-looks are a punishment received when he failed to appear at a fairy festival , preferring to spend his time with a mortal maiden . |
| 15 | While McEnroe , who appeared far from visibly insecure , enjoyed watching the following match between compatriots Andre Agassi and Michael Chang , a clearly embarrassed Babcock was left to confirm that if he failed to come to a press conference after his next match — against Goran Ivanisevic tonight — he would be fined up to $10,000 . |
| 16 | The crucial events around which the case centred occurred at a dinner party given by the General , when Aitken and some others were present . |
| 17 | He also agreed to grant to the state land at Tatoi as payment for the remainder of his debt . |
| 18 | Pearce said : ‘ We always planned to try for a drop goal whenever we were in the French 20 metre area . |
| 19 | It was blow-out , on the driver 's side , and erm , well we just lost it , the wheel was snatched out of his hand when the tyre went and the next thing we just slammed into the barrier and then got catapulted into a concrete wall , |
| 20 | They agreed to come to the negotiating table and Robert Carnwath , with their counsel , drafted terms of agreement under which a settlement could be worked out . |
| 21 | The three bassets were already in residence , draped snoring on the fireside rug , but they seemed to be used to Debbie because two of them sniffed her in a bored manner and the third merely cocked a sleepy eye at her before flopping back on the rich pile . |
| 22 | Martyrdom became an important theme as Pearse became disillusioned with the language movement , worn down by financial worries , and increasingly political : W. B. Yeats [ q.v. ] thought him ‘ a dangerous man ; he has the vertigo of self-sacrifice ’ . |
| 23 | Like many radicals Cary became disillusioned with the Rump Parliament and welcomed its fall . |
| 24 | Both countries agreed to work towards a peace treaty to replace the 1953 armistice agreement [ for which see pp. 13077-79 ] . |
| 25 | On behalf of the Inter-Regional Group of some 400 radical deputies , Mr Yevtushenko moved to include on the agenda discussion of Article 6 of the constitution , which enshrines the ‘ leading and guiding role ’ of the party . |
| 26 | Caspar stopped sniffing in a bracken tunnel and came bounding back towards Philip . |
| 27 | Her bright tone brought a reluctant smile to Faye 's lips , then she dabbed her swollen eyes with the tissues Belinda gave her and tried to struggle to a sitting position . |
| 28 | Kelvin McMahon , 24 , of Hounslow , London , was charged yesterday with murdering Christopher Stanley , nine , found strangled in a wartime pillbox last week . |
| 29 | Suppliers selected for trial should be notified and invited to participate in the planning organisation . |
| 30 | She closed her door quietly , regretting not leaving the Polo on the road , and tried to sneak through the back way to her room . |