Example sentences of "[det] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While at Howard University he had taken up a position as a consultant on Caribbean affairs , this led him into full-time work for the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission , where in 1948 , he became its Deputy Chairman based in Port of Spain . |
| 2 | This provided us with fantastic entertainment , and more seriously , a talking point about respecting peoples views — particularly within our church communities . |
| 3 | This led to the development officer having to assume such a role herself , and occasionally this involved her in more work than she felt she could easily provide . |
| 4 | This brought them into hostile contact with some of their neighbours , especially with the counts of Armagnac . |
| 5 | They were also in the business of wiring installations for consumers ( in houses , factories , schools , offices , shops ) beyond the mains terminals , and this brought them into direct competition with the 7500 , usually small , independent electrical contractors . |
| 6 | This brought us to female suffrage and , indirectly , to dictatorships . |
| 7 | Some put him at average height , others said he was a tall man . |
| 8 | The regional team of officers began from the basepoint of the Mezey Report , but this left them with considerable policy problems to solve since the zone hospital concept was supported neither by the constituent health authorities of the region ( the AHAs and the DMTs ) , nor by the community health councils . |
| 9 | And this stood him in good stead when he moved to the Darlington area . |
| 10 | These stood her in good stead as a borough councillor and labour organizer , but proved to be much less effective in national politics . |
| 11 | Not all approached it with such seriousness . |
| 12 | For a long time Laura had nurtured this dream , but Bernard well knew that selling products in your own shop at the same time as supplying other retailers was a risky undertaking ; the latter regarded it as unfair competition . |
| 13 | They all took it for white wine and discovered their mistake . |
| 14 | There was a marketing push in December that took it to third spot but by January the Escort was back to fifth position , behind even the aged Vauxhall Astra . |
| 15 | That kept me on reduced activity for about three weeks . |
| 16 | That left him with severe deafness . |
| 17 | Most held him in some awe — fear , too , whenever he was on the road . |