Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | cleani , co cos I got caught pulling a little girl 's pigtails . |
| 2 | He studied again the letter he had found in the wallet , then got to work making a careful copy of it . |
| 3 | He swore his family to secrecy and tried to continue living a normal life , making regular stage appearances and several movies . |
| 4 | She wanted to eat her cake and have it , put Georg away in a little box for the future , when she 'd finished having a good time . |
| 5 | In fact I 'd started caddying a long time before that , carrying golf-bags instead of delivering papers or milk for pocket-money . |
| 6 | The cultural difference between Spain and the Spanish king 's northern dominions was considerably greater than that between France and Scotland ; Scotland managed to resist becoming a permanent part of the French political hegemony , but she had long been an enthusiastic member of the cultural one . |
| 7 | He did investigate having a public enquiry there last year . |
| 8 | It soon became clear that he had enjoyed having a free hand with Frank . |
| 9 | Mr de Klerk said he had considered appointing a black minister , but had concluded that such a step would be counter-productive at the current delicate stage of negotiations . |
| 10 | I had considered selecting a twinning conception , and using the other infant as a control . |
| 11 | Benny moved along with a strong sense of adventure , and had to resist whistling a jaunty tune as she crept through the scrubby vegetation that surrounded the cemetery . |
| 12 | On Jan. 10 the Federal Assembly had approved opening a new inquiry into those working in parliament , government and the president 's office in order to unmask former StB agents and collaborators . |
| 13 | ‘ We never see those sort of pitches in county cricket now and on this tour our batsmen had to start learning a different technique of playing against spinners in a very short time . |
| 14 | In fact , as I recall , I was up on the step-ladder dusting the portrait of Viscount Wetherby when my employer had entered carrying a few volumes which he presumably wished returned to the shelves . |
| 15 | Becky also commented on the new suit , but not until she had finished checking a lengthy column of figures . |
| 16 | By July of that year Lutyens had finished adapting a disused china room beneath the Throne Room for its permanent position , and the house was opened again to the public for a charge of sixpence ( 2½ p ) per person , this charge , as always , going into Her Majesty 's charitable fund . |
| 17 | By 1978 British Rail and the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français ( SNC ) had started planning a single track rail tunnel for through rail services , commonly known as the Mousehole , and they put forward a plan to the governments in 1979 . |
| 18 | Yesterday Ian Walker , prosecuting , said Thompson had admitted making a threatening call to his ex-wife at Eppleby and misusing the 999 system when interviewed by police . |
| 19 | One had tried using a hand-held scanner for the job but had given up because it made too many mistakes . |
| 20 | But then she had heard that soft , unmistakable ‘ pop ’ from the tiny kitchen and her host had re-entered carrying a chilled bottle which the trace of vapour trailing from its neck proclaimed to be the real thing . |
| 21 | It had meant starting a new drug , heparin , an anti-coagulant administered by self-injection . |
| 22 | He had begun building a water-powered factory and consolidating his landed estate by purchase . |
| 23 | Christopher added that , as one step , Washington had endorsed holding a special meeting of the foreign and finance ministers of the world 's seven leading industrial countries , the Group of Seven , later in April to co-ordinate joint efforts to assist Russia 's transformation . |
| 24 | Queen Anne 's former chief minister , Henry St John , Viscount Bolingbroke , who had been ousted from office by a Whig on George I 's accession , arrived in Paris that spring , to be followed in August by another influential figure , James Butler , Duke of Ormonde , who had succeeded Marlborough as Captain-General and had contemplated leading a military rebellion against the new king . |
| 25 | The problem is that roads and pavements are often too busy , noisy or polluted to make walking a pleasant alternative to driving . |
| 26 | Significant progress was nevertheless achieved in May , when the factions agreed to begin implementing a temporary ceasefire . |