Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The raw material came from such sources as Renaissance sketchbooks , engravings and travel guides and was originally limited to Antique works of art known between 1400 and the conquest of Rome by Charles V in 1527 . |
| 2 | A co-founder of the Christian Democratic Party ( PDC ) in 1960 , and three times mayor of the capital San Salvador between 1964 and 1970 , Duarte campaigned for democratic reforms as candidate of the National Opposition Union in the February 1972 presidential elections , but was defeated amid allegations of massive electoral fraud and launched an abortive coup in March . |
| 3 | Arguments started on some fisheries when match organisers and pleasure anglers tried to fish venues usually left for freelance angling . |
| 4 | Hair combings from her brush went at once into hiding — a small stoup , designed for Holy Water , concealed their rather sordid twirls — in accordance with the unspoken law that anything ugly should be put out of sight , which applied to more things than hair combings . |
| 5 | ‘ And wrung their hands when patients died of simple infections because penicillin had n't been discovered , ’ teased Dominic . |
| 6 | Social commentators noted that this phenomenon was not new : bright colours and rising skirts apparently went with good times whilst body concealment and drab tones accompanied depression . |
| 7 | On concrete roads the abandonment of ministry research on water leaks coincided with substantial problems after water seeped into the joints . |
| 8 | The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham entered into a series of transactions with various banks which resulted in considerable losses when interest rates rose . |
| 9 | She turned to Beuno and spoke of lighter matters until darkness descended . |
| 10 | They wrote on such subjects as education , art , philosophy and science . |