Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friction led to furious rows and the rows led to Willy demanding that he should be allowed to take a room where he could look after himself . |
| 2 | Dan realised with growing dismay that at forty-six he was qualified for nothing . |
| 3 | As we have seen , in the past false biological views led to false reasoning . |
| 4 | The East German won , the Frenchman came second and Allan qualified in third place . |
| 5 | And indeed the little creature merely sighed before lying motionless , the fateful twitching stilled at last . |
| 6 | The relative lack of council housing has made this system more important : in 1948 34 per cent of farmworkers lived in tied housing , but by 1976 this figure had increased to 53 per cent . |
| 7 | The defence budget amounted to 35,062 million koruna in 1989 and was expected to amount to 31,180 million koruna in 1990 , or 23.6 per cent of overall government expenditure . |
| 8 | Despite this , only 50% of cancers in this group were actually detected by faecal occult blood testing , the remainder arose as symptomatic cancers in the period between screenings . |
| 9 | It led to an abandoned fishing hamlet called Hamningberg , where we camped for the night in a grassy field studded with interesting saxifrages and other flowers . |
| 10 | The profit attributable to ordinary shareholders amounted to 524 million which , after dividends of 237 million , resulted in a transfer to reserves of 287 million . |
| 11 | Lord Devlin expanded on this in the lorry accident case in 1969 : |
| 12 | It was also partly in response to the effects of overaccumulation that deflationary policies led to decreased capacity utilization in the United States . |
| 13 | Gallup 's interviewers asked in 1983 and 1987 , and again on Friday and Saturday : How long ago did you decide which way you would finally vote ? |
| 14 | But it turns out that snails parasitized by certain kinds of fluke ( flatworm ) have extra-thick shells . |
| 15 | Briefly , antigen strips preincubated for one hour in blocking buffer ( 5% non-fat milk powder in phosphate buffered saline pH 7.2 , containing 0.05% Tween 20 ) were incubated overnight at room temperature in serum samples ( diluted 1:100 v/v in blocking buffer ) or mouse monoclonal antibody GL2 that recognises Giardia heat shock antigen ( diluted 1:1000 v/v in blocking buffer ) . |
| 16 | But they 're all the same so that if you are er with which is the medical side and an opportunity arose for some other reason for you to transfer to another group we have n't got to retrain you . |
| 17 | Moreover , as the University validates the Normal College 's courses , it would seem to us that whatever the pros and cons of retaining a local authority based teacher-training institution in Gwynedd , a much more sensible long-term solution would have been to integrate both the Normal College and St Mary 's College into the University College of North Wales when that opportunity arose after 1974 . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've never seen anything like that in my life , ’ Mitch announced in absolute awe . |
| 19 | During the budget debate many deputies argued for heavier spending on public works projects to cut unemployment , rather than the introduction of measures to reduce the budget deficit . |
| 20 | Teesside Crown Court heard how blonde Julie Spence agreed to four sex sessions with her husband when they split after ten years of marriage . |
| 21 | Subtle lamps gleamed on pink-clothed tables , each with its own vase of flowers . |
| 22 | But Bangor recovered from 42–4 to triumph without losing another wicket . |
| 23 | The widening of the EEC argued for greater awareness of the European market and the need for both young people and businesses to face the real demands for new skills , greater knowledge of other languages and more mobility in moving throughout other countries . |
| 24 | Further chemical reactions led to living organisms . |
| 25 | Provision made by other agencies , Guide Post Trusts , for example , MENCAP Homes and so on and so forth . |
| 26 | On the licensing of overseas editions : A royalty of 6% ( six per cent ) of the Publisher 's net receipts on all copies duplicated by licensed overseas agents . |
| 27 | Though Acca lived until 740 , he was never restored to Hexham and in 734 Ecgberht , bishop of York , consecrated Frithuberht to the still vacant see . |
| 28 | Trent rode in first gear , headlight tunnelling into the forest gloom through which the rain bucketed . |
| 29 | The idea of eating these things seemed absurd , and yet Pinkie asked for some . |
| 30 | Conditions at the 20-pitch permanent park led to strong condemnation at Newry and Mourne Council . |