Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [pers pn] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Folding the sheet containing the poem into what I hoped was the perfect paper 'plane , I waited until Mrs Burton 's back was turned and I launched the message-bearing missile in Belinda 's direction . |
| 2 | His was the first correct solution selected and he knew the Premier League teams who have not played in European competitions are Crystal Palace , Wimbledon , Oldham , Norwich , Sheffield United , Middlesbrough and Blackburn . |
| 3 | Now and then the faint popping of the jet stopped and I restored the dim-blue circle with a match . |
| 4 | The mirror was broken and she hated the casual glimpses she got of her face as she cleaned her teeth or when she passed the hall-stand . |
| 5 | She imagined he looked almost relieved and she felt the same . |
| 6 | Nineteenth-century legislation swept away the fictions upon which trover was based and it became the modern action for conversion , though no change was made in the substance of the law . |
| 7 | Ceolwulf left England himself in 796 in the company of the bishop of London ( ASC A , s.a. 794 ) but whether to go on pilgrimage or into exile is not known and he died the same year ( ASC D , s.a. 796 ) . |
| 8 | Versions of the recently introduced song God Save Great George Our King were now heard on all sides ; a little later the text was finalised and it became the national anthem . |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe I could tell you if you did n't keep interrupting , ’ Polly cried , feeling her stomach clench as his mouth tightened and he turned the full power of his steely gaze on her . |
| 10 | Pulling herself together once more , Rachel 's mouth tightened and she knew the best thing would be to get away for an hour by going to lunch and pushing all thoughts of Damian Flint from her mind . |
| 11 | Then her vision cleared and she saw the familiar objects , the Aga and the gas stove with the nearby working surfaces , the table of polished oak in the middle of the room with its four elegantly crafted chairs , and at the far end Alice 's office with the walls covered with bookshelves and her desk piled with proofs . |
| 12 | The lights in its eyes faded and he saw the pricked ears descend . |
| 13 | Then the moment came when the tow line was released and they savoured the eerie feeling of riding the rising thermals . |