Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what of the farmers expected to carry out the work in a time of recession . |
| 2 | FCA of who had been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 1.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to carry out a review of its compliance procedures in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.09 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to warn clients of the extent to which they may be exposed to risk in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 , when the firm gave advice to clients such that , if acted upon , it would result in commission being received , it failed to inform those clients of that position in writing in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.47 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to issue engagement letters in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.60 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to ensure that it had adequate records in accordance with the terms of the Regulation was reprimanded , fined £500 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 3 | As regards the current European Communities-European Free Trade Area negotiations [ see p. 37906 ] , the programme avoided ruling out the possibility of an eventual application for EC membership . |
| 4 | As I lay back on my bed I tried to work out the connection between him and the British Empire and Fresnes gaol , but could make nothing of it . |
| 5 | Sometimes , when she had been to a romantic film , or had been kissed good-night by Pogo , she had sat on the edge of her bed , staring at that dark , handsome , boy 's face and tried to conjure up the memory of his living presence . |
| 6 | Staring at his back , she tried to conjure up the image of him lover-like , tender , and failed . |
| 7 | He bent to pick up the curl of hair , which he put carefully in his pocket , next to his heart . |
| 8 | As George bent to pick up the halter of the horse which the boy had been holding , he looked round the yard with interest , noting how his father 's voice , though by no means a shout , had penetrated every corner . |
| 9 | The bus stopped to pick up a passenger off one of the first terraced streets of the town . |
| 10 | Fran turned to leave , then stopped to pick up the photograph of her father . |
| 11 | He tried to set up the League of Princes , an international peace-keeping force aimed primarily against the Turks , and the exhibition shows the route of the journeys he made to other countries to promote the idea . |
| 12 | Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea . |
| 13 | Among the book 's central allegations were claims that Mossad had ( i ) failed to inform the United States of prior intelligence concerning the October 1983 suicide bombing of the US Marine battalion headquarters in Beirut , the Lebanese capital [ see pp. 32646-47 ] ; ( ii ) established a secret spy network ( " A1 " ) in the USA ; ( iii ) helped bring about the dismissal of Andrew Young from his post of US representative at the UN in 1979 after secretly recording Young 's clandestine meetings with PLO officials [ see p. 29956 ] ; and ( iv ) caused the downfall of Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin in 1977 by exposing his wife 's illegal foreign currency bank account [ see p. 28533 ] . |
| 14 | He tried to cover up the flutter of surprise by leaning forward and telling the driver it was time to return to New Scotland Yard . |
| 15 | Four Ministers apparently tried to cover up the truth by hiding under a cloak of secrecy . |
| 16 | Bloomsbury House tried to dampen down the enthusiasm for Lyons — the uniforms were very expensive to provide — but many ended up working there . |
| 17 | And her mind tried to blank out the rest of it . |
| 18 | At the CPSU congress currently in session Gorbachev tried to play down the significance of the strikes , claiming that the " general strike " urged by independent miner 's leaders had not materialized . |
| 19 | Delaney tried to play down the fear in his voice — fear for her . |
| 20 | Carrie tried to mop up the mess with the edge of the table cloth and put a mat under the worst of it to stop the damp marking the table , but her hands seemed all thumbs and she could n't stop crying . |
| 21 | We tried to draw out the kind of changes that might help make the whole thing happen . |
| 22 | Mr Vassiliou , 61 , seeking a second five-year term , helped to draw up the formula as a basis for negotiation which would bring down the dividing ‘ green line ’ . |
| 23 | The agent hesitated as he tried to read out the name of the Russian ship from the bill of laden in his hand . |
| 24 | January 30 : Cannabis worth £100,000 uncovered on a fruit lorry stopped coming off a ferry at Larne . |
| 25 | The hospital had a flower shop inside its main entrance and I subbed Fenella a tenner to get a decent bunch of flowers ( I knew I should have told them about their pot plant ) while I tried to chat up the nurse on reception . |
| 26 | In fact they had Mala 's and my molecu-prints and other data from our previous visits , and that helped to speed up the process to a slow crawl . |
| 27 | Strikingly , MITI frequently tried to slow down the rate of accumulation to avoid overcapacity , a problem exacerbated by the increasing size of new plants which reduced the number to be built each year . |
| 28 | We tried taking out the pith from behind the bud , and we tried leaving it in — it made little difference . |
| 29 | No matter how hard the WRU tried to dress up the occasion with male voice choirs and star tenors , there was little genuine entertainment on offer . |
| 30 | She came up once and tried to get out a cry for help to the others standing there , but the laughing gripped her lungs and they thought she was fooling . |