Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [to-vb] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Their small majority made them all the more conscious of the problems they needed to surmount to win the next election .
2 Although the two main explanations of Labour 's growth will remain irreconcilables , the fact remains that the Labour Party did emerge to become the second party in the political system by 1922 , and a party of government by 1924 .
3 After we had been constantly studying the sky for a few months and getting the feel of things , we did tend to develop a sixth sense regarding the weather , a bit like farmers .
4 He realised , with a thrill of annoyance at himself , that in his haste — his weary haste — to get to the hearing that morning , he had omitted to set the second lock with its automatic alarm connection .
5 They were working up to the crucial ( as it was then ) question of how and why she had come to identify the first body as Uncle Mossycop 's .
6 Council expressed its appreciation to all those members who had helped to make the 150th anniversary celebrations a success .
7 The Chelsea goalkeeper had agreed to join the First Division club as cover for Alan Knight .
8 Ruth had volunteered to cook the first meal .
9 Once the Fourth Republic had refused to imitate the Third Republic by committing suicide , de Gaulle had to face the problem of sustaining the Rassemblement 's momentum .
10 I had chosen to join the 10th Battalion of the Parachute Regiment , and the preliminary training evenings were geared towards physical exercise , getting us ready for ‘ P Company ’ , the tests which every aspiring paratrooper , territorial or regular , had to pass before being able to wear his coveted maroon beret .
11 Fran glared at him , cursing the fact that he had managed to get the last word on her programme !
12 Note was taken that Ned had failed to advise the twelfth floor of Barley 's drunken breakout after his return from Leningrad .
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