Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun sg] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately no situations arose during field-work where the neighbourhood police were required to use these secondary recipes , although one did state how sympathetic he felt towards adolescents in parts of Easton because ‘ they do n't stand a chance ’ there , a feeling which easily translates into sympathetic handling of situations in which youths are involved . |
| 2 | No wonder that in 1871 contemporaries , stupefied with horror as the city burned , saw in the excesses of the Commune a judgement of God . |
| 3 | You had to tell yourself , again and again , that there were links between all the little homes , filaments that tensed and hummed with power when the time came . |
| 4 | Many necessities of life were hard to find or more expensive than before the war ; even motor fuels , derived from the one substance the country possessed in abundance , rose in price as the war pursued its course . |
| 5 | CHILDREN fled in terror when a gala fireworks display went horribly wrong in Larne on Friday night . |
| 6 | The other children fled in terror as the hay caught fire when the candle tipped over . |
| 7 | I flailed for support as the camera flew up to the padded ceiling . |
| 8 | Miloš exploded with anger when the letter was read out to him . |
| 9 | Invented in 1589 , when Elizabeth I was on the throne of England , the ‘ stocking frame ’ came into use when the demand for stockings was from both sexes , and it signalled the birth of a great industry , although recognition of its revolutionary potential was slow in coming , and William Lee died penniless in Paris . |
| 10 | In a rape case , by contrast , a defendant who says he believed in consent when the girl had demonstrated her lack of it may very well not be believed . |
| 11 | Mr Reid said the matter came to light after a pupil informed a teacher that he had been offered drugs by the suspended boy . |
| 12 | The vacancies came to light as the Department of the Environment announced a reorganisation of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution , prior to giving it new powers in the ‘ green ’ Bill . |
| 13 | These came to light when a couple brought the album in for valuation without knowing the artist 's identity . |
| 14 | The case , coinciding with the treatment of the subject of serial killings in a number of recent films , came to light when a man told Milwaukee police on July 22 that he had been threatened by Dahmer but then escaped from his apartment , where police later found numerous dismembered bodies . |
| 15 | It was said that the matter came to light when the stockmarket crash of October 1987 left the advisers facing large losses . |
| 16 | Mr Peter Joyce , prosecuting , said the offences came to light when the baby , who was not named in court , was taken to a health centre for treatment to an elbow injury inflicted by his father five days earlier . |
| 17 | The problem came to light when an ambulance was delayed attending an emergency at Harwood-in-Teesdale , just before Christmas . |
| 18 | The problem first came to light when an ambulance was delayed attending an emergency at Harwood-in-Teesdale , just before Christmas . |
| 19 | Her case only came to light because the Health Authority meeting were mistakenly sent to the media . |
| 20 | The fifth seeded American won the third round encounter 6–3 6–4 then raced for shelter as the rain flooded the Edgbaston Priory club . |
| 21 | As it happens it rained after lunch so the test match with Auntie was cancelled . |
| 22 | The dungeon pit flared into life as the door slammed behind us . |
| 23 | By the time they had got to their feet the gunman had jumped through the open passenger door and the wheels shrieked in protest as the car sped away from the hotel . |
| 24 | Hari sighed in relief as the door closed behind the men . |
| 25 | But excitement turned to horror when the trail led to a woman 's remains in a shallow grave . |
| 26 | GAYNOR HARRIS , PARTNER IN HOOK HARRIS & CO When growth and stability turned to disaster As the recession continues , an increasing number of accountancy firms are facing financial difficulties . |
| 27 | She held her breath and opened the door a crack — then almost fainted with relief as the steward enquired politely , ‘ Will you be requiring tea or coffee in the morning ? ’ |
| 28 | Women clapped with glee as the princess entered the centre and an elderly woman lying back in a dentist 's chair with her mouth wide open burst into applause as the princess approached . |
| 29 | Wounded men were groaning quietly , and a crippled grypesh bubbled with pain until a sailor finished it off . |
| 30 | ( In their 1988 survey , Mintel noted that ‘ the proportion of consumer expenditure represented by alcohol consumption has fallen steadily , whilst at the same time that spent on leisure as a whole has increased ’ ( Hunt , p42 ) . ) |