Example sentences of "[num] and [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Serbia was occupied in 1439 and became a Turkish province , but Murad 's siege of Belgrade in 1440 was repulsed by the Hungarians . |
| 2 | Edward Heath disbanded the government and parliament of Northern Ireland in March 1972 and created a new post of secretary of state for Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | She had lain on her bed at her farmhouse home on January 2 and put a double-barrelled shotgun to her head . |
| 4 | Richardson scored 53 and shared a second wicket partnership of 141 with man-of-the-match Lara , who hit 14 boundaries and made his runs from 132 deliveries before being run out . |
| 5 | Joined the Group in 1985 and played a major role in developing the Group 's gas turbine division . |
| 6 | Mr Athulathmudali had defected from the ruling United National Party in 1991 and led a powerful opposition group , the Democratic United National Front . |
| 7 | Arthurton denied the Australian attack for seven hours 45 minutes in his seventh test , hitting 16 fours and one six and overshadowed a fine bowling performance by paceman Bruce Reid , who took five for 112 . |
| 8 | The agreement , however , passed the House of Commons by 473 votes to 47 and received a similar endorsement in the Irish Dáil . |
| 9 | They raided his home on January 7 and seized a nine-page list detailing 272 titles called Editman 's Horror List . |
| 10 | Today ( a wet Monday ) he was up as usual at 6.30 and had a few cornflakes and a pint of coffee . |
| 11 | After a two-year tour of the Continent , he returned to England in 1799 and started a veterinary practice at 17 Giltspur Street , mainly among brewery horses and those of a similar type . |
| 12 | Uli played for the ‘ Boks against the Cavaliers in 1986 and scored a remarkable try in the Third Test . |
| 13 | As a result , The Lost Houses of Wales was published in 1986 and caused a massive stir with extensive press coverage . |
| 14 | The scheme has been running since 1986 and won a similar CIMA award in 1988 . |
| 15 | I went for a couple of terms in 1986 and gained a different perspective on drawing which helped me look more deeply at my subject and see light and shade differently . |
| 16 | I went for a couple of terms in 1986 and gained a different perspective on drawing which helped me look more deeply at my subject and see light and shade differently . |
| 17 | Armstrong was born in 1893 and had a classical education at Oxford before reaching art school just before the outbreak of the First World War . |
| 18 | He graduated in 1940 and spent a short time at Pennsylvania State University before returning to UCLA to do his PhD . |
| 19 | Joined the Group in 1975 and played a major role in developing the Group 's significant offshore engineering activities . |
| 20 | Robin transferred by invitation into the main club at 21 and earned a worthy reputation as a fine golfer ( best gross 69 ) . |
| 21 | Richard Andrews Mould was born at Whitchurch , north Shropshire , in 1807 and became a successful wine and sherry merchant with extensive vaults in the Exchange Chambers , Liverpool . |
| 22 | To these ends the Duke of Northumberland financed a publishing house , the Boswell Publishing Company , in 1921 and established a weekly newspaper , The Patriot , in 1922 . |
| 23 | He left the Army in 1946 and became a Lay Pastor first in Norfolk and then in Yorkshire . |
| 24 | When the All Party House of Commons Select Committee reported in 1984 and suggested a further review of child care legislation was needed , did the same Select Committee envisage the incompetence of the Government ministers of the day to so irresponsibly deal with their duties ? |
| 25 | Clarke was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1862 and received a Royal medal in 1887 . |
| 26 | Brazil achieved independence from Portugal in 1822 and became a federal republic in 1889 . |
| 27 | Some ministers devoted part of their time to local affairs : S. J. Smith , for example , was born in Bedford in 1822 and became a Congregational minister in Enfield after attending a denominational college and taking the London BA . |
| 28 | Complete counts of the winter population were made each January from 1972 to 1976 and recorded a steady increase from 300 in 1972 to 2,175 in 1976 . |
| 29 | A Congregational Picnic was held in Killicomaine on the evening of Thursday 26 June 1952 and proved a great success . |
| 30 | Baptists began raising a Sustentation Fund in 1908 and set a minimum salary of £160 in 1912 . |