Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1940 he wrote of an almost sanctified rural life as something vitally different from the separately developing urban culture which so disturbed him and pleaded that agriculture should be regarded as a vocation , rather than merely an industry , though he pointed out that such a view involved the whole orientation and scheme of values of a future society . |
| 2 | It had been sent to an isolated kibbutz with food but the Arabs stopped it and killed forty-seven Jews . |
| 3 | ‘ She recognised me and had some idea I wanted to do a story about her on York station . |
| 4 | ‘ Get a sample for analysis , please , ’ Kathleen instructed crossly , and with economy of movement she drained the tube , refilled it and flushed several times until the water was clear , and then withdrew the tube . |
| 5 | Genesis P Orridge of Throbbing Gristle ( the original ‘ industrial noise terrorists ’ ) and later the more mystically inclined Psychic TV , befriended him and wrote tearful eulogies to ‘ the master ’ when he died in 1986 . |
| 6 | I thought her hair was a lovely colour so I took the remains of the bottle and the other things , thanked her and returned next door . |
| 7 | Trent thanked him and poured another round of rum . |
| 8 | On the thirtieth of September er , a good friend of mine called me and said these people are interested in what you do , give them a call . |
| 9 | In its most heroic and grandiose form , it proposed no less than this : that working people should take over the industries which employed them and organise those industries into nationwide co-operatives , the whole to be in the charge of one , all-inclusive trade union . |
| 10 | ‘ I was pleased that Lawrie McMenemy watched me and said good things about me , that 's another boost . |
| 11 | They remained , therefore , on the outskirts of the town , until , terrified of being crushed by the mob , they decided to seek refuge in the open fields , but they had hardly agreed on this when fresh ash clouds , denser than ever , overwhelmed them and brought total darkness . |
| 12 | Sadler was twice married and had two sons , Windham William [ q.v. ] and John , who assisted him and became professional aeronauts . |
| 13 | He nodded his thanks as he took it and flipped another cigarette butt into the toilet . |
| 14 | Scott 's letter was long , rambling and almost cringing in tone ; nevertheless , Palmerston read it and replied five days later with a not unfriendly letter in his own hand . |
| 15 | You see David bought it and put these people in there . |
| 16 | PP : of course , Ben always challenged the artists he wrote for , extended them and offered new insights into the capabilities of their own voices or instruments . |
| 17 | It was on a programme the other night saying the advice bureau are on the er companies cos some bloke , they were employing him to do something and he sued them and got two grand out of them . |