Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He did apparently display signs of hypochondria , however — Herbert Read remembered how he was " addicted to pills and potions " and , according to another friend , he kept a variety of pills in his lower waistcoat pocket — but hypochondria , if such it was , was only one aspect of a larger nervous disposition . |
2 | The national gallery told the Minister 's predecessor , the right hon. Member for Shoreham — no doubt the arguments were repeated to the Minister personally by many of the trustees and directors of the museums — that they did not want powers of disposal — not because they did not trust their own intellectual judgment , but , following the line set down in the Museums and Galleries Commission 's 1988 report on the national gallery , because those powers should not be forced on the galleries . |
3 | At 2250 hrs that evening Eighth Army confirmed in a signal to 5 Corps that they were to act in accordance with AFHQ 's ruling that they could hand over all the anti-Tito Yugoslavs so long as this did not involve use of force . |
4 | No summary data are presented and some of the individual trials did not measure quality of life at all . |
5 | Proast was restored in 1692 , but did not secure arrears of stipend , and the case dragged on until 1698 , in the reign of Archbishop Thomas Tenison [ q.v . ] . |
6 | But revivalism in architecture did not mean lack of imagination or inventiveness — quite the reverse : it meant a prodigal outpouring of both . |
7 | As shown in Figure 5 , treatment with cyclosporin A ( 5 or 10 mg/kg for eight days ) did not affect synthesis of prostaglandin E2 , 6k prostaglandin F1a , and thromboxane B2 by pancreatic tissue ex vivo . |
8 | That the economy did not show signs of recovery once hostilities had ceased had more to do with the political choices made by the Franco regime than with the economic structures themselves . |
9 | Patients who did not show evidence of relapse after this four week microchallenge had the diagnosis of coeliac disease confirmed by an open challenge with higher doses of gluten . |
10 | She did not suspect Rachaela of complicity with the authorities , recognizing her as a fellow , though alien , outsider . |
11 | For example , their practice of reiterated warnings to an individual of the wrongfulness of his or her words or actions may have been to ensure that he or she did not plead ignorance of wrongdoing , which could have been an acceptable defence in the courts . |
12 | She will attack the Hague declaration , a French initiative signed on March 12 , this year , where 24 heads of state proposed a UN agency empowered to impose sanctions on governments that did not reduce emissions of greenhouse gases . |
13 | He did not see size of firm as a particularly important factor in his choice . |
14 | The Argentinian Foreign Minister said that his country did not require guarantees of sovereignty over the Falklands as long as they remained in Argentinian possession , and strikes broke out in hospitals . |
15 | However , this explanation does not hold for our results because most of the lean women in our population had regular cycles with biphasic basal body temperatures and did not require induction of ovulation . |
16 | Nevertheless , it must be also stated that the ratios are probably still underestimates because identity codes did not include date of birth and , thus , the double counting procedure may have eliminated persons who should have been included . |
17 | He presented himself as organizer of reciprocities ( ‘ Am I to ask them for a dinar when you are sick ? ’ ) rather than as lineage banker : he noticeably did not raise issues of authority . |
18 | limited ( third party ) ( 1991 ) policy did not provide indemnity of survey carried out by nominated person not holding professional qualifications or with 5 years experience and supervised by professionally qualified person . |
19 | Unfortunately Dutch law did not provide equality of treatment in every respect for the subsidiaries of foreign parent companies — certain social security rules were not applicable to them . |
20 | It might permit the slaughter , but it did not permit entry of Ministry of Agriculture officials , the nuns said . |
21 | Before the Queen 's Bench , after a verdict for the defendant , on a motion that the evidence did not prove want of consideration and that , upon the evidence , the plaintiffs were entitled to a verdict . |
22 | Well , Shannon had never met an idol yet who did n't possess feet of clay , and there was nothing to suggest he was the exception . |
23 | In that you could see what was happening on the floor but it did n't show continuity of work which easily |
24 | With a last dissatisfied glance in the mirror , she left the bedroom and made her way downstairs , vaguely wondering why she did n't feel light of heart . |
25 | It would n't be though , because cows lumbered and splashed , clumsy domesticated animals who did n't obey rules of survival . |
26 | Auck Auckland and we went there and we went into this restaurant well believe it or not , I 've never seen food like that , I mean Joy asked for a leg of lamb , I did n't say leg of lamb , I had the cod pieces |
27 | I mean maybe soon after you maybe I 'll say look well you know blah blah blah you got you know I like saying that I did n't like kind of bloke but not like she 's such a fucking bitch and all this . |
28 | It did n't have walls of gingerbread . |