Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is claiming that Imperial Tobacco failed to issue warnings about the health hazards when he started smoking 30 years ago . |
| 2 | Most of the journalists expected to see children near the line . |
| 3 | Darlington council yesterday agreed to demolish sheds at the motive diesel works east of Melland Street and landscape the site as part of the Railside Revival scheme . |
| 4 | However , in Re Cadbury Schweppes Ltd 's Agreement [ 1975 ] 2 All ER 307 a parent company and a subsidiary were not treated as a single person where two companies agreed to accept restrictions on the supply of goods to a third which was a subsidiary of one of them . |
| 5 | I tried to arrange guides on the drum sander but quickly gave up . |
| 6 | I promised to buy shares in the brewery to make up for it . |
| 7 | Bamrung Boonpanya , who helped to organise protests against the pollution of the Nam Siew river , says that trying to get the police to enforce the law was ‘ like running after rats ’ . |
| 8 | The court was told that she dabbled in black magic and tried summoning messages from the spirit world by using a ouija board . |
| 9 | Several people wearing masks connected by tubes to cylinders strapped to their backs pulled levers and inspected moving parts of the machine . |
| 10 | The Soviet Union , for its part , tried to build relationships within the region in the hope that it could displace the Western powers on the tide of Arab nationalism . |
| 11 | They were never importunate , never servile ; they never tried to lure Europeans into the kind of patron-client relationship which is often assumed to be vital to the functioning of the colonial psyche but which many Englishmen in fact found more annoying than gratifying . |
| 12 | He tried attending meetings of the Student Christian Movement , and was bored . |
| 13 | Mama stopped taking cookies off the baking-sheet . |
| 14 | Angelic-looking Casey Kramer beat cursing drunks in the contest in the Australian outback . |
| 15 | We tried to get witnesses for the defence , but they ail confirmed that he had killed the DO on purpose . |
| 16 | The verdict was delivered with such casual brutality that I flushed with the shame of it — being kicked out like a clerk caught pinching pennies from the till . |
| 17 | To achieve this they pursued tight monetary policies which in many cases involved setting targets for the growth in money supply . |
| 18 | The consultation exercise involved supplying members of the Library Advisory Committee ( LAC ) with copies of our current list , and asking them for suggestions for cuts . |
| 19 | Russia 's acting Premier Yegor Gaidar and Moldovan Prime Minister Andrei Sangheli [ for his appointment on July 1 see p. 38976 ] agreed to open negotiations over the removal of Russian troops stationed in the republic . |
| 20 | He 'd heard men in the bar talking about her . |
| 21 | Oh oh oh not really , but it was when this chanting came in that the young fellas seemed to like gangs in the crowd and this when all the trouble started |
| 22 | The latest round of negotiations with the government over Kurdish autonomy [ see pp. 38126 ; 38211 ; 38308 ] ended on Aug. 20 with apparent agreement on a draft settlement , believed to include provisions for the resettlement of Kurdish refugees and the creation of a Kurdish executive and legislative council for the autonomous region . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Dr Mortimer , ‘ Laura married a painter called Lyons who came to paint pictures of the moor . |
| 24 | I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably said he thought two o'clock every afternoon I 'll remember what I can of Book of Isaiah you know . |
| 25 | Mm , mm its one of the great arguments from the old fashioned sort of religion , that you could turn , you could definitely turn to people and say why are you leaning on me so hard , for all this to fought , you ought to be reading your bible , saying your prayers , going to church and getting in touch with the boss why I laughed when they were saying that Terry Waite would need counselling , I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably set himself two o'clock every afternoon , I remember what I can , book of you know I do n't suppose he 'd needed any counselling , he 'd probably do better counselling other people . |
| 26 | The wind scored shivering channels through the ling and bilberries , the growth of fine , dry grass . |
| 27 | Little wonder , really , she acknowledged ruefully — she 'd seen women in the building all but swoon at his feet every time he walked down the corridor . |
| 28 | After all , I 'd seen pictures of the Queen riding in a carriage , the royal bride and groom rode in a carriage . |
| 29 | After all , I 'd seen pictures of the Queen riding in a carriage , the royal bride and groom rode in a carriage . |
| 30 | They 'd built estates after the war with no amenities at all and they did n't learn from that either . |