Example sentences of "the [noun] [noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the break Walden began to win more ball , which they ran with great vigour , and were unlucky not to score on a couple of occasions . |
| 2 | Whatever the metaphor Marcus had changed all that . |
| 3 | But the picture was further complicated in 1983 when the Worcester DHA proposed to close another psychiatric hospital , with a similarly small and diminishing resident population , St Wulstan 's , for which it had assumed responsibility . |
| 4 | Continuing weak enforcement , however , meant that the South Korea continued to have some of the lowest real property taxes in the world . |
| 5 | More testimony was given by Sergeant Harris as to the clothing Drew had worn that day . |
| 6 | Local councils in the United Kingdom had lost some £80,000,000 as a result of the BCCI closure . |
| 7 | In any case , a recent mass stranding of pilot whales on the eastern coast of the United States failed to reveal any Stenurus in the air sinuses . |
| 8 | If the United States wished to claim such a benefit it should have to prove the particular provision to be customary international law . |
| 9 | The United States began to buy more consumer goods from abroad than it exported in 1959 ; by 1969 the deficit was $4 billion ; in 1968 the balance on cars became negative . |
| 10 | But emigration to the United States had made this restriction anachronistic and so the Liberal government altered the law . |
| 11 | Daniel Becker , director of the global warming programme of the US environmental group , the Sierra Club , declared that : " The United States helped make this conference a failure . |
| 12 | I knew something was up the minute Tod started selling all the furniture . |
| 13 | The St Kildans had to leave most of their sheep behind when they left the island , and these now run wild . |
| 14 | Before making the offer Branson had done some homework . |
| 15 | The West End had witnessed many worse first previews . |
| 16 | If the Lord Edward had known this , he would have had John of Gaunt 's head on a pole on London Bridge . |
| 17 | Since leaving the hospital Laura had felt much more in accord with Ross , united as they both were by their deep concern for the twins and their parents . |
| 18 | The prophet Ezekiel had given this oracle from God , looking ahead to the age of fulfilment : |
| 19 | ‘ As in , ‘ look who 's sitting in my chair ’ ? ’ she echoed shakily , remembering the way Guy had reacted that unforgettable night in St Lucia . |
| 20 | By the time Christopher had peeled all the apples , she had the oven heating and the pastry rolled . |