Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The threshold time is therefore automatically raised or lowered to compensate for the reader being swept too slowly or too quickly . |
| 2 | More than half of the children were ignored whatever they did — whether they cried , played or tried to talk to the adult . |
| 3 | Marshal Piłsudski ordered the Polish destroyer Wicher to greet , salute and escort the British as if the Accord were still in effect , and Tadeusz Morgenstern , the commander of the destroyer , was instructed that if the Danzig authorities insulted the Polish flag or tried to interfere with the visit in any way , he was to bombard designated targets in the city centre . |
| 4 | However , Brahim Ghali , a member of the Polisario Executive Committee , had stated in an interview given to the Madrid newspaper El País of Oct. 22 , 1990 , that if the Moroccan government decided not to agree to the holding of the referendum , or tried to interfere in the running of it , then the armed struggle would be renewed on all fronts . |
| 5 | All information held by or reasonably available to you regarding any potential hazards known or believed to exist in the transport handling or use of the goods supplied shall be promptly communicated to us prior to delivery . |
| 6 | Some would say her hair is her finest feature , though Robyn herself secretly hankers after something more muted and malleable , hair that could be groomed and styled according to mood — drawn back in a severe bun like Simone de Beauvoir 's , or allowed to fall to the shoulders in a Pre-Raphaelite cloud . |
| 7 | On market-days and fair-days the cattle were driven along the streets or allowed to rest on the roadway . |
| 8 | Schoolteachers , power workers , post office engineers , staff at the Royal Mint and sections of the newspaper industry were among those who either struck or worked to rule in a bid to break the pay policy . |
| 9 | Whether or not those controlling the company consented or purported to consent to the abstraction of the company 's property by the accused , he will have appropriated the property of the company . |
| 10 | With this Virtual Target Capability application code can be developed without a target , as the code can be run on the host processor or switched to run on an emulation of the target node . |
| 11 | But Old Red 's silences they found inexcusable because he never attended our parties , or bothered to turn on the charm to anyone . |
| 12 | They can be planted out or left to grow in the pot , but will soon need re-potting . |
| 13 | The working-class wives of early eighteenth-century London earned from charring , laundry , nursing , making and mending clothes , hawking , silk-winding and in the catering and victualling services : The great majority of women were unable to work in male trades and , since nearly three quarters of women wanted to or had to work for a living , they necessarily competed intensely for the work which was left , much of it of a casual nature and none of it organised by gilds and livery companies . |
| 14 | Hickson and Jacques severed direct contact with each other ; Shearman and Pateman had a major disagreement over a question of loyalty to the WEA , and the two new university resident tutors were not informed of the proposed developments nor invited to comment on the proposals which might affect Essex and Norfolk . |
| 15 | In 1167 his army had been decimated before Rome by an outbreak of malaria ; and he had been chased over the Alps in humiliating disaster ; but still he plotted and planned to return to the task . |
| 16 | At the major shows , winners are often exposed to the glare of television lights , and expected to parade for the cameras as well , before journeying back home after a long day . |
| 17 | I chose a time when I knew the Trunchbull was out of the way teaching the sixth-formers , and I put up my hand and asked to go to the bogs . |
| 18 | The crew was accused of trespassing and asked to leave by the police , who were called by the vicar when they arrived |
| 19 | Their names were taken from Amal 's brother , but by the time they were collected and asked to appear before the police for statements they had taken great pains to prepare their story . |
| 20 | I was put off at Smith field and asked to get to the Strand as best I could for another bus . |
| 21 | Later that evening Heathcliff 's servant Joseph arrived and asked to speak to the master . |
| 22 | On returning to the ward somewhat shaken myself I made the patient as comfortable as I could and asked to speak to the ward sister , who was fortunately very experienced and prepared to believe what I told her . |
| 23 | There are frequent occasions in a drama session when children are divided into groups and asked to work on a task . |
| 24 | As befits the objects of homosexual desire at that time , this new generation of teenybop pop stars were ‘ boy slaves ’ — more Limply Leslie than Rape Hunger — and failed to emerge from the pin-up process with their masculinity intact . |
| 25 | She would not come to the phone and failed to respond to a message . |
| 26 | She would not come to the phone and failed to respond to a message . |
| 27 | When The Elder Statesman received less than adulatory notices , and failed to succeed at the box office , he was noticeably calm in his reaction . |
| 28 | This followed a complaint alleging that he had issued a buffet receipt to two young passengers in lieu of a travel ticket and failed to account for the £5 received . |
| 29 | Besides , hearing of cases brought by the state against thieves who passed their finds to dealers on the black market and failed to report to the Commission on Antiquities ended his youthful enthusiasm for archaeology : Davide was law-abiding by temperament . |
| 30 | The defendant did not appeal and failed to comply with the notices . |