Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [adv] [subord] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took a chair which belonged to the eighteenth century English poet , Alexander Pope who 'd lived there while writing the first English translation of Homer 's Iliad . |
| 2 | Hurrying out with his little band through the inner and outer baileys , at the gatehouse their guards told them that they had heard rather than seen the Regent 's force riding between castle and town some time before . |
| 3 | Doctor Braby , hard-worked GP and police surgeon to the district , had done more than confirm the fact of death on this occasion , he had called immediate attention to certain peculiarities about the body , and boldly essayed a guess at the length of time it had actually been in the water . |
| 4 | The tall , blond player who had joined West Ham at the tender of age of 17 some four years earlier , had done more than choose the right moment to emerge , he 'd nicely anticipated the coming of the right man , Alf Ramsey , who took over the England management shortly afterwards and began to forge the national side which would win the World Cup in 1966 and in which Moore would play an anchor role . |
| 5 | These were set out facing the way the explorer had gone so as to ensure a good view of him on his return . |
| 6 | Since typing had taken longer than anticipated the booklet would not appear until the end of December . |
| 7 | He pointed out how the existing tax system had evolved so as to encourage the unfettered growth of car ownership and the transport of freight by lorry . |
| 8 | As he grabbed , his hand stuck to the statue and he remained imprisoned there until found the following morning . |