Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His marriage to Osthryth , the sister of King Ecgfrith , inhibited him from bestowing royal favour on Wilfrid until Archbishop Theodore engineered a reconciliation of offended parties in 686 . |
| 2 | Yeah , this , this is interesting , it gets confusing perhaps because erm , I rang British Section , British Section today erm , enquiring about er , ah , there it is , were , were are we , erm enquiring about er groups having two prisoners you brought this up last time and as the result of me talking to somebody there erm , it became clear that British Section still showed us as having Sabri Lushe as a prisoner , erm and they were n't aware that we were no longer dealing with him , he 'd been released , and what they say is they usually get conformation from International Secretarium |
| 3 | Although the show elevated him from struggling stand-up comic to greeting card icon in two short series , last spring Damon bailed out of In Living Color to devote his energies to writing and starring in films . |
| 4 | These children had completed their preparatory year and were of normal intelligence but severe physical problems prohibited them from entering regular school . |
| 5 | Despite his apology , a religious court convicted him of using insulting language . |
| 6 | But a religious court convicted him of using insulting language and ordered 50 lashes with a 6ft bamboo cane . |
| 7 | But a religious court convicted him of using insulting language and ordered the flogging . |
| 8 | SHORTLY after Aisling Rodgers was born a woman approached her parents and accused them of pouring scalding water over the baby . |
| 9 | Indeed , after the three defendants successfully appealed against the prison sentences she accused them of endangering British youth : |
| 10 | Although the so-called Toleration Act of 1689 meant that Dissenters were no longer being persecuted for their beliefs , they were still denied full civil rights , since the continued existence of the Test and Corporation Acts technically banned them from holding political office . |
| 11 | ‘ Boats and women , ’ he said in a voice that reminded her of melting dark chocolate . |
| 12 | McNeill referred to Jim Smith , his counterpart at St James ' Park , as ‘ insulting ’ and accused him of conducting private business in public . |
| 13 | The Israelis accused him of selling nuclear information to the Iraqis in 1985 . |
| 14 | I did it on having testicular cancer . |
| 15 | Stocks of petrol were low , and late one afternoon cars passing the orderly room were stopped by an irate major-general , who berated us for using valuable petrol at such a time of crisis . |
| 16 | Monica Shorten : ‘ My only regret is that the rival claims of the science departments and university clubs and social life distracted me from taking full advantage of my time in such an interesting community . ’ |
| 17 | Environmentalists criticized it for emphasizing improved access to energy supplies while failing to ensure adequate environmental safeguards . |