Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [indef pn] of the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Although administered by a council , which met three times a year to review policy , it had undergone none of the post-war modernization and investment that had rescued the rest of the farming industry from the crippling effects of war .
2 They were more articulate , had seen something of the wider world , retained a thirst for knowledge , and were sceptical towards the Church .
3 Since she 'd started work she had seen nothing of the surrounding area , except that covered by the bus route which took her to work and back each day .
4 Perkin had made none of the classic mistakes .
5 His smile was relentless and Miss D'Arcy who , until then , had felt none of the virulent force m. the man , was pushed into embarrassment .
6 The Turks had used none of the sophisticated machinery that the Nazis were to employ against another minority community less than 30 years later .
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