Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In the preceding months the PS had sought to step up pressure on the government ; it had joined with the PCP in tabling a censure motion in parliament in October 1989 attacking the government for its low ethical standards ; although the motion was defeated , attention was again turned to the then Finance Minister , Miguel Ribeiro Cadilhe , following allegations early in the year of his financial misconduct [ see p. 36945 ] .
2 The tax on all registrations was eventually repealed in the October of 1794 , but in the meantime Charles the Cheesemonger had had to hand over ninepence of his hard-earned money to have his little brood 's details entered in the Anglican parish register , having already spent sixpence in the same way for Mary and Sarah in the October of 1784 .
3 When news of Stony Stratford reached London , the Woodvilles had tried to whip up resistance to Gloucester .
4 When news of Stony Stratford reached London , the Woodvilles had tried to whip up resistance to Gloucester .
5 By the early 1890s the NVA had begun to pass on evidence of cases to the Home Office , complaining of the difficulties of prosecuting under existing legislation .
6 Leopold Gratz , ( Socialist ) Foreign Minister in 1984-86 , was fined 450,000 schillings ( approximately US$40,000 ) after being convicted on Oct. 5 of bearing false witness in connection with the Lucona affair [ for details see pp. 38110 ; 38738 ] ; he had denied covering up evidence on the involvement of his friend Udo Proksch in the scandal , and announced that he would appeal .
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