Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the preceding months the PS had sought to step up pressure on the government ; it had joined with the PCP in tabling a censure motion in parliament in October 1989 attacking the government for its low ethical standards ; although the motion was defeated , attention was again turned to the then Finance Minister , Miguel Ribeiro Cadilhe , following allegations early in the year of his financial misconduct [ see p. 36945 ] . |
| 2 | The tax on all registrations was eventually repealed in the October of 1794 , but in the meantime Charles the Cheesemonger had had to hand over ninepence of his hard-earned money to have his little brood 's details entered in the Anglican parish register , having already spent sixpence in the same way for Mary and Sarah in the October of 1784 . |
| 3 | When news of Stony Stratford reached London , the Woodvilles had tried to whip up resistance to Gloucester . |
| 4 | When news of Stony Stratford reached London , the Woodvilles had tried to whip up resistance to Gloucester . |
| 5 | By the early 1890s the NVA had begun to pass on evidence of cases to the Home Office , complaining of the difficulties of prosecuting under existing legislation . |