Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] they [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lands officers in the Road Service division objected because they claimed the one foot high flower beds could restrict a driver 's vision . |
| 2 | The ALP finished with 0.2 per cent less of the two-party preferred vote than did the opposition coalition , and in at least 10 instances the ALP won because they received the second preference votes of supporters of the Greens . |
| 3 | Leonora snatched her hand away , her eyes hunted as they scanned the large , square hall . |
| 4 | Obviously we will be guided by our consultants but this er er view of is er er meeting with er er great success in the villages because obviously er we feel that if there is a public inquiry then we stand a better chance of British Coal sticking to the promises made when they had the original planning application and removing all waste by train to suitable sites and there 's one at Welbeck which is waiting for the material . |
| 5 | The presence of its members was normally tolerated because they supported the industrial action of the TUC , 1,200 of them being arrested during the dispute , and because some of its leading figures , such as Robin Page Arnot who did sterling work in organizing the councils of action in the North East , were active in the dispute . |
| 6 | She compromised on the kitchen garden with prayers , which seemed to be heard because they reached the stable unobserved . |
| 7 | The Greek authorities made no effort , indeed it is not known whether they had the legal authority , to allow the post mortem examination to take place before the body was released , despite the scarcity of important evidence in a case of this kind . |
| 8 | BALLYNAHINCH 'S pack dominated the opening exchanges and made their intentions known when they won the first scrum against the head . |
| 9 | Another month passed while they continued the old routines before company orders revealed that they were to march south to the Marne and prepare for a counter-attack against General von Ludendorff . |
| 10 | The banner headlines screamed as they splashed the fuzzy , long lens pictures across the newspaper pages . |
| 11 | Her waterdetector — now lost — had twanged when they crossed the Spanish Fork city limits . |
| 12 | Her worst fears were confirmed when they reached the circular chamber . |
| 13 | On Saturday 28 September , some of the hardiest souls in London and the surrounding environs took to the footpaths of Battersea Park , got cold(s) , wet , mentally tested and later drunk as they contested the 1991 Amnesty Sponsored Quiz Quest . |
| 14 | They seemed to be paralysed as they encountered the hard wall of his chest , and his lips covered hers and met no resistance at all . |