Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these days of concern for the environment I am unwilling to use peat ( though I did try it some years ago and found my plants made little headway anyway ) . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , Wiltshire Police say claims by the dead woman 's mother , Elsie Titcombe , that she reported her daughter missing 4 days before her daughter 's body was found are still being investigated . |
| 3 | Mrs Titcomb says she reported her daughter missing 2 days later . |
| 4 | Mrs Titcomb says she reported her daughter missing 2 days later . |
| 5 | The airline has beefed up the awards provided by its frequent-flier programme , and overhauled its aircraft to give more leg room . |
| 6 | Some doubted its ability to withstand rough weather . |
| 7 | GHI found its strap fitted all wrists and the magnet held up to seven nails or screws . |
| 8 | So long therefore as the central country of the Bretton Woods system pursued responsible policies , fiscal deficits in a peripheral country such as the United Kingdom generated balance of payments problems for that country , and any government seriously committed to maintaining a fixed exchange rate on the US dollar found its freedom to run such deficits severely curtailed by the commitment . |
| 9 | When the academies opened their doors to women in 1919 the association changed its curriculum to offer preparatory courses , the drawing teachers ' course was closed and for a while they placed emphasis on the trade-oriented forms , like book-binding which was also started later at the state school . |
| 10 | GENERATION ago America convulsed its society and changed its laws to free black people from discrimination . |
| 11 | Britain , the self-assured Palmerston included , reacted too slowly to shifts in the balance of forces in Europe after 1848 and found her power to influence Continental affairs substantially reduced . |
| 12 | Friends of the Earth and the Women 's Environmental Network are expected to lodge formal complaints in Brussels that the UK Ecolabelling Board breached its obligation to consult relevant organisations before setting standards . |
| 13 | Both these men became good friends of mine and I frequently visited their homes to deliver large sacks of fan-mail which came in from all parts of the country and the northern U.S.A. |
| 14 | In 1519 , Zwingli became preacher at the Grossmunster , and he used its pulpit to launch savage attacks on Catholic doctrines . |
| 15 | The Kuwaiti government used its funds to provide substantial assistance to the build-up of anti-Iraqi forces in the Gulf and to provide funding for countries adversely affected by the imposition of international sanctions against Iraq . |
| 16 | What was very difficult to prove — but was much suspected , especially in the late 1940s , at the time of the first Press Commission — was that advertisers used their leverage to get favourable coverage and dampen criticism . |
| 17 | He then described his proposals to reduce that cost penalty and turn the division from an operating loss into a satisfactory profit and return on investment . |
| 18 | His fingertips feathered her nipples , and she heard his smothered exclamation of pleasure at their stiff thrust as he bent his head to scatter random kisses down the line of her throat . |
| 19 | Corbett stopped his horse to watch some labourers in the fields below working to bring in the last of the crops . |
| 20 | Since unguarded and uncensored words have usually been anathema in Russia , he mostly limited his performances to select private gatherings . |
| 21 | Creggan found his plumage had fine mist settling on it , while his beak grew shiny wet with it as the trees of Three Island Pond changed to faint grey shadows of their former selves before disappearing into white . |
| 22 | And just as in football he knew how to get the most out of his resources , so in the factory he used his skills to obtain maximum production . |
| 23 | Although Rainald was a cleric , he did not take his religious vocation with any great seriousness , and on many occasions used his intelligence to give imperial policies an anti-papal effect . |
| 24 | His philanthropies were many and he used his influence to move English Quakers into a stronger stand against slavery — a difficult position for a retired West India merchant . |
| 25 | The court was told that youngsters also used his home to watch pornographic videos and drink alcohol . |
| 26 | In September 1989 in Austin , Texas , Glen Mauldin , an assistant to former senator Chic Hecht ( Republican , Nevada ) was indicted on charges that he used his office to help secure approval of thrift deals in return for payments . |
| 27 | Neither was a dominant dog , but Ollie was an opportunist who used his appeal to maintain certain rights that Melanie , especially , had given him . |
| 28 | One major pharmaceutical products company recently used our service to remove contaminated lint dust from the air conditioning ducting that served their production area . |
| 29 | In the US , Pepsi-Cola and Coca-Cola announced their plans to use recycled plastics in drinks bottles within half an hour of each other . |
| 30 | Recently 771 conscripts publicly announced their refusal to do military service as part of a national defiance campaign by the anti-apartheid community . |