Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is uncertain whether he composed this song himself or adapted an existing poem to the mocking , sentimental tone that was his and was already regarded as typical of Dublin . |
| 2 | But the common story , so far as we can tell , was of a prospering contado helping a few of the citizens to be successful merchants , carrying local market goods and some from longer distances ; and if Francis ' father had not been a successful merchant trading into France , the saint would not have borne the name he did , nor suffered the intense reaction to his father 's worldly values which helped to inspire him on the path to poverty and heaven . |
| 3 | Nor paid the least Attention to its Charms ; |
| 4 | I sniffed it and whispered an obscene word to it , then I put on my coat and overshoes and walked out of the hotel . |
| 5 | By Jaysus , they run to the top and stabbed the old fella to death . |
| 6 | The Law Commission , in their Report No 160 on Sale and Supply of Goods ( 1987 ) , recognised many of the weaknesses in the present law on merchantable quality ( paras 3.4 – 6 ) and recommended a new definition to be adopted in all contracts involving supply of goods . |
| 7 | Foreign Minister Jabir , first appointed on Oct. 3 , was a United States-educated professor of political science , who had been advising King Hussein on the peace process and led the Jordanian delegation to the Madrid conference [ see p. 38594 ] . |
| 8 | In 1948 Pillai became India 's Commissioner-General for Economic and Trade Affairs , with the rank of Ambassador , and led the Indian delegation to the GATT talks . |
| 9 | Heynckes had joined Bayern in 1987 after seven years as manager of Borussia , and led the Bavarian club to two Bundesliga titles . |
| 10 | She was a devout Anabaptist and befriended James Burton , who was involved in the Rye House Plot , and gave him sanctuary , but she was betrayed and taken to London , where she was tried and became the last woman to be burnt at the stake at Tyburn on 16th October , 1685 . |
| 11 | Although Hayman was over-age for recruitment , he was taken into the Diplomatic Service as a first secretary in 1954 and posted the next year to Belgrade . |
| 12 | Today Roads and Traffic Minister , Christopher Chope opened the building and announced a major change to the driving test . |
| 13 | Although she was asleep , I whispered , I forgive you , and made a mental note to be more professional in the future . |
| 14 | But there were trees on the islands which filled with sunlight in the morning and made a pleasant contrast to the concrete and bars of so much of the Zoo . |
| 15 | He travelled a little as papal legate , and made a private visit to the United States and Latin America , but his experience of countries other than Germany' ( which he loved ) and Italy was practically non-existent . |
| 16 | I slid away , another shadow in my dark costume , and made a wide half-circle to an unoccupied area being prepared for new landing patches . |
| 17 | In New York , UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali informed Alatas that the UN was studying the report of his special envoy , Kenyan Attorney General Amos Wako , who arrived on an official visit to Indonesia on Feb. 8 and made a two-day visit to East Timor on Feb. 13-14 . |
| 18 | He defaced the typewriter keys with a file and made a special trip to Hertfordshire to drop it in a reservoir . |
| 19 | She celebrated with other sick children and made a special plea to Santa to keep the closure-threatened hospital open . |
| 20 | She has achieved a great deal , and made a valuable contribution to our company 's efficiency over these last seven years . |
| 21 | The SD report for the first quarter of 1939 mentioned the speech only in the context of factors influencing the German press to fix attention firmly on foreign policy developments , and made a brief reference to Hitler 's remarks on the ‘ Church problem ’ . |
| 22 | A radical minority of the intelligentsia took their criticism beyond intellectual dissent , broke their ties with conventional society and made a conscious commitment to the revolutionary overthrow of the tsarist order . |
| 23 | His speech also emphasized the " new covenant " concept and made an unabashed appeal to the middle class which , he promised , under his administration would " be forgotten no more " . |
| 24 | You went for rides with her in her VW , and made an extended trip to Lisbon - to Madrid also , I believe . |
| 25 | Clio accounted for 2.1 % of all new car registrations in Britain during 1992 and made an important contribution to the success of Renault UK , whose sales in 1992 grew by 15.14% . |
| 26 | X landed the Cessna and made the first turnoff to the flying club . |
| 27 | He became so identified with us that he was the perfect penitent and made the perfect confession to the Father for us . |
| 28 | Sure enough the creature obliged , and made the dizzy descent to the floor in an instant . |
| 29 | She wandered all over the stave and produced a curious counterpoint to the tune . |
| 30 | Paramedics treated the driver of the second car for shock and applied a surgical collar to the policeman . |