Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [verb] with the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Socialists ( 24.5 per cent ) had considered merging with the Communists when the war ended to create a single working-class party but their leaders , like Leon Blum , believed that the road to socialism lay through a liberal-democratic political system rather than a Soviet-style regime . |
| 2 | I have always looked upon you as Theo Daniel said he could not see the pain Frederica said was in the olives , and Alexander , still lecturing , said that Vincent had objected to paintings of symbolic Christs in Gethsemane by Bernard and his compères , had torn up his own , had made do with the olives themselves . |
| 3 | Barry had been invited to the hotel by Moore who had agreed to co-operate with the authorities in their campaign to acquire evidence of the mayor 's widely alleged use of illegal drugs . |
| 4 | Barry had been invited to the hotel by Moore who had agreed to co-operate with the authorities in their campaign to acquire evidence of the mayor 's widely alleged use of illegal drugs . |
| 5 | It soon transpired , however , that the Corporation had agreed to combine with the guardians for the reception of smallpox patients from the Borough only , not from the rural areas , whereupon Mr. Haddock gave notice that he would raise once more the question of putting the hospital on workhouse premises , specifically the south-east corner of the grounds . |
| 6 | In those few months my brain had become saturated with the things of my new life — even my mouth was full of RAF slang and jargon . |
| 7 | The party , which had been formed in 1981 , had won only three seats in the 1987 general election but a rump led by David Owen had refused to merge with the Liberals in January 1988 [ see p. 36501 ] , and had performed poorly in the local elections in May 1991 . |
| 8 | The PLO had refused to comply with the demands of the Lebanese government to disarm its forces based in southern Lebanon , claiming that they constituted an army and not a militia [ ibid . ] . |
| 9 | ‘ But if he had wanted to disappear with the diamonds , ’ she persisted , ‘ we 'd still be looking for him now . ’ |
| 10 | Once I had started to work with the children , I did exactly what I would have done with older children — or adult learners . |
| 11 | Da Silva said he had tried to reason with the fans but they had drawn guns . |
| 12 | The HSE 's review of the first year of COSHH concluded that most firms were aware of COSHH and had tried to comply with the regulations , though many had not gone beyond the collection of information about hazards . |
| 13 | She should try to forget him , but the memory of their afternoon together had the power to make her cheeks rosy , and so they stayed while she put on the plainest gown which she could find in the wardrobe which she had left behind , with her personal maid , when she had pretended to go with the Parslows . |
| 14 | The exact way in which they had failed to comply with the regulations is unclear ; a representative of the Education Authority told me that the school has re-opened on a ‘ technicality ’ , because the School Council had not been consulted before the closure ; people in Village told me that the Education Authority had not consulted anyone in the community before-hand , a bigger breach of the regulations . |
| 15 | They had failed to change with the times , so the speeches they wrote for the Queen did her no favours . |