Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Dec. 29 the HCR met for the first time since the attempted coup and approved the new Cabinet , whose membership was announced the following day . |
| 2 | ‘ It is coming ? ’ he asked for the fifth time since they had broken away from the Baglietto . |
| 3 | Further , because raw material imports rose through the eighteenth century while those of manufactured goods fell , there was an even more marked increase in volume than in value . |
| 4 | We headed for the 4th Squadron where we had been officially invited by some of the English members . |
| 5 | Slowly , so slowly , he moved along the bare skin until his fingertips reached the lace that edged her French knickers . |
| 6 | The Midland rose in the same way as it later fell — by acquisition . |
| 7 | He dabbled in the long jump until the age of twenty-four and then decided to switch to the sprints . |
| 8 | This behaved in the same way as the first unit , so I took this one back and got a third … |
| 9 | Quite clearly ‘ neighbourhood ’ representation emanated from the latter group since all active members were home-owners . |
| 10 | The issue rarely surfaced in the showery south-east until a string of droughts in the 1980s . |
| 11 | The draw itself is expected to last no more than 10 minutes , although there is always the chance of the sort of hiccup that occurred before the 1982 tournament when Belgium and Scotland ended up in the wrong groups — and there was the embarrassed re-examination of screwed-up slips of paper such as might be seen when the vicar 's wife wins both the turkey and the hamper in the Christmas raffle . |
| 12 | Although a fall in numbers occurred in the first year after charges were introduced , that was largely due to the building works , but the figures have increased and Welsh men are looking forward enormously to the addition to their national museum . |
| 13 | She knelt beside the young man as he lay slumped against the wheel of Sybil 's car . |
| 14 | By the way , you referred to the Caroli girl as ‘ Angy ’ — did you know her ? ’ |
| 15 | The next day at lunch he referred to the previous day as bringing " tears in the morning and tears at night . " |
| 16 | In other words , the real cost of employing labour rose at the same rate as productivity — over 3 per cent a year ( figure 8.3 ) . |
| 17 | Sanjurjo perished at the very outset when the plane taking him back to Spain from his Portuguese exile crashed on take-off . |
| 18 | It is ironic that this prohibition occurred at the same time as several well-designed research studies were clearly demonstrating the efficacy of ECT . |
| 19 | In Sarajevo , some of the heaviest shelling in recent months erupted around the besieged city as leaders of Bosnia 's warring factions prepared for a new round of peace talks in New York . |
| 20 | It seems that they are not gods exactly , but made of the same stuff as gods . |
| 21 | The fineness of the gold began a gentle decline through the tenth century to about 90 per cent , and debasement accelerated during the following century until it took a sudden nosedive in the two decades between 1071 and 1092 , falling from about 70 per cent to a mere 10 per cent . |
| 22 | She revealed that she first learnt of the threatened closure while her daughter was fighting for life . |
| 23 | It seemed like the right reaction as well , because everyone thought we were ambient intellectuals going around posing in mirrors and stuff . ’ |
| 24 | It was just a tragedy that her friend had married a man whose birthday came under the same sign as her own . |
| 25 | Any who dare to question this are quickly dealt with by being accused of faithlessness , invoking that frighteningly powerful guilt feeling instilled into the human mind whilst the individual is still very young , and it is just this abuse of childhood which is so surely the primary cause of failure to reduce the constant renewal of the horrors of war . |
| 26 | In P3/T1 we pivoted in the first column because |
| 27 | Mosasaurs , when not head-butting each other , were deep-diving sea hunters , and evidence of avascular necrosis in their bone structure hinted that they suffered in the same way as did human divers — they had frequent spells of the ‘ bends ’ . |
| 28 | It accelerated in the nineteenth century as industrialisation took place , and increased even more rapidly in the twentieth century under the impact of advanced technology and science . |
| 29 | Anderton scored in the 26th minute after Barmby had headed Neil Ruddock 's cross back across the goal , delivered the corner that Teddy Sheringham converted after 44 minutes and then crossed for Barmby to score late in the first half . |
| 30 | Villa 's comeback powers were revealed when Cyrille Regis equalised in the 34th minute after Roy Keane had given Forest a ninth minute lead . |