Example sentences of "[vb past] and [adv] [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An AI mission to Argentina in November 1976 , led by Lord Avebury , was followed everywhere by twenty plainclothes policemen who questioned , intimidated and even detained a number of people whom they meet . |
| 2 | and we had like the ta trestle tables in all these alcoves and people came and actually booked a meal |
| 3 | While the others went on to further success he fought and eventually won a battle against alcoholism , but his writing partnership with Cleese did not survive it , and , at his own choice , he was not a member of the Python film company Prominent Features . |
| 4 | Two life sentences for the man who imprisoned and sexually assaulted a schoolboy . |
| 5 | A MEMBER of a West Indian ‘ Yardie ’ gang who tortured and sexually assaulted a businesswoman for two days was jailed for 10 years yesterday . |
| 6 | At the same time as the petition was being circulated , the Action Committee wrote and widely circulated a letter that anyone , anywhere , could send to their own MPs . |
| 7 | Those around him anxious to please and do his bidding were in no doubt as to what he wanted and desperately sought a solution at any price that would satisfy their commander-in-chief . |