Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 For instance , an awful lot of breasts got painted out in the nineteenth century .
2 Lorton wondered if he 'd chickened out at the last moment .
3 Today 's farewell party brought together staff who 'd worked there during the Second World War .
4 The southern islands became known mostly during the 17th to 19th centuries ; Antarctica itself remained unvisited until the late 18th century , and unrecognized as a continent before the start of the 20th century .
5 She had run the country for 11 years ; and he had coasted along to a fourth Conservative victory on the back of her achievements .
6 In 1928 the Medical Officer reported that maternity and child welfare had developed remarkably over the last two years .
7 Either he left when he discovered the pregnancy , or he had already gone , or the relationship had broken up in the first year or two after having the baby , when he had been unwilling or unable to settle down and take the responsibility .
8 She knew her character had altered completely over the last few years .
9 Nor had the problems begun only at that time : the Bank for International Settlements had already warned that net bank lending had fallen steeply in the second quarter of the year , from $90,000 million to $65,000 million , while the amount raised in the world securities markets had shrunk from $44,000 million to $25,000 million .
10 Boro had fallen behind to a fourth minute penalty on a ground where they were seeking their first win since 1938 .
11 Runcorn had fallen behind in the 19th minute but were unlucky to go in only level at the break through Steve Shaughnessy 's brilliantly taken equaliser - a flashing near post header from a cross by right back Jamie Bates .
12 Pat Archer , of the county council 's transportation department , said the problem had dropped slightly in the second half of last term .
13 Second , the Old English , descendants of settlers who had come over with the first wave of English conquest during the Middle Ages .
14 Trevor Williamson , an 82nd minute replacement for Stephen McBride , floated in a corner which was knocked down and McMullan , who had come on in the 64th , hammered it into the net .
15 Donna shivered and decided to head back to the car , not even sure why she had come here in the first place .
16 But after all , he had come far in the last few months .
17 Then Beryl went on to outline a couple of job offers that had come in within the last few days .
18 The empiricism that had come out of the 19th century as the dominant intellectual mode had been twisted to the right , so to speak , by the ‘ white emigration ’ from Europe .
19 Forest , held to a 1-1 draw at the City Ground , were 3-1 ahead with 17 minutes of normal time left , and deservedly so ; they had come out for the second half bristling with determination to make quality tell .
20 Bowater 's retiring chairman , Norman Ireland , described the purchase as an ‘ exhilarating opportunity ’ and said trading in the last four months of 1992 had been good and this had carried on into the first two months of this year .
21 Since a few ladies who had been at the tea would also be at the committee meeting , and , anyway , Boyd had messed up her best black afternoon dress , she wore now a pretty gown in green wool which she had picked up in the last sale at Eaton 's .
22 Nor , she was sure , Bert , whom she had seen yesterday for the first time as a potentially responsible comrade .
23 After an hour of this , the pike left it alone and when it had done so for the fifth time , El-ahrairah swam across himself and went home .
24 They had done so for the last forty-five years .
25 They had done so for the last forty-five years
26 His main findings were that 51 per cent had left employment in the destination area at some stage during the twelve-month period , most of these had returned to their area of origin and that 75 per cent of those who left the destination area had done so within the first ten weeks .
27 He had dozed off in the first act , but always does after luncheon wherever he is , he explained .
28 The population of Europe , including Russia , had grown steadily since the seventeenth century , and continued to do so after 1880 .
29 Yonder , the town , had grown enormously during the last twenty years .
30 The income from customs dues , which had risen sharply in the first year of the reign , thanks to Mary 's reforms , was remarkably sluggish thereafter .
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