Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] in a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is believed Stavridis told the judge in a behind-closed-doors grilling that the pilot was directing him from shore . |
| 2 | Before they came we removed all trace of our connection to television , rearranged the office furniture a bit , and hid a camera in a bankers box . |
| 3 | As priyayi he obtained an education in a Teachers ' Training School and was sent off to the little island of Bali . |
| 4 | A month before he went up in 1897 his father 's first cousin ( and namesake ) had been struck by the lad 's awkward manners , silent gaucherie , unsuitable dress , and down-covered chin ; three years later Edward returned the visit in a colours blazer , accompanied by his wife and his eight-months-old son . |
| 5 | It is said that aged three Gauss corrected an error in a wages list , whilst aged eight ( some say ten ) he wrote down in moments the answer to the following problem set in class : add together all the integers from 1 to 100 . |
| 6 | They met after care assistant Gillian , of Aintree , put an ad in a Forces ' newspaper asking for a pen-pal a year ago . |
| 7 | Gaby went to work in New York , Rose emigrated to Australia , taking Steve ( who had a spell in a Children 's Psychiatric Unit as a kind of punishment for killing Charley and who knew what else ) with her . |