Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Byzantines struggled to reassert their authority and succeeded in subduing the eastern half of Simeon 's former realm , but the western half passed to the control of a Macedonian empire under Samuilo ( Samuel ) ( 976–1014 ) . |
| 2 | One other man , a Henry W. Harris , a railway official , went to his rescue , and succeeded in reaching the drowning swimmer , but got into difficulties himself and could not bring the other to the shore . |
| 3 | Thousands of Latin American Indians and their supporters staged demonstrations on Oct. 12 across a range of Latin American countries from Mexico to Chile , and succeeded in turning the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas from a celebration to a reflection of the current plight of the 40,000,000-strong indigenous population . |
| 4 | Lately Ohly excavated further and also removed Thorwaldsen 's restorations ; and succeeded in arranging the surviving remains in what must be very close indeed to the original scheme : a revelation . |
| 5 | The method used was partly theoretical but mainly empirical , and consisted in applying the non-linear regression option of a statistics package , BMDP . |
| 6 | Muirhead had Cannon on the ropes at the tenth and looked like getting the 3 needed to force an extra end but , with the last stone , took out one of her own . |
| 7 | Nor can we know what Jesus was like , what he said and did by consulting the secular historians of the time . |
| 8 | At the Free Church Council 's meeting an address of congratulation to Queen Victoria was adopted after which delegates sprang to their feet and burst into singing the National Anthem . |