Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Nez Perce made camp on the Clearwater , which Howard dared not cross , then struck their lodges the following morning and headed for Weippe Prairie and the Lolo trail east . |
| 2 | Employers made claims about the familial nature of their businesses and their warm relationship with their employees . |
| 3 | Scouts led war-parties over great distances to the camps of their enemies . |
| 4 | Recently Colin became friends with a bona fide shaman , Davide , who gave him a dose of ‘ ayahuasca ’ . |
| 5 | Windsor became London for Carry On Loving and Regardless , Maidenhead town hall was transformed into Finisham Maternity Hospital for Matron . |
| 6 | When Minton became friends with her and Rodrigo , they were living at 155 Old Church Street , not far from the popular Queen 's Elm pub in the Fulham Road . |
| 7 | When the Black Prince announced measures against him , Armagnac first appealed to Edward III ; on receiving an unfavourable response , he took the matter further and appealed to the king of France , Charles V. In this he was joined by his nephew , the lord of Albret , who lodged a similar grievance against the Black Prince . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , on 7 June 1973 , the New York Times revealed details of what the NSA was doing and , faced with the possibility of having to admit to an illegal act in open court , the NSA swiftly terminated the operations . |
| 9 | In the most serious corruption scandal to face the government of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro , the Comptroller-General Guillermo Potoy made public on July 17 a report which accused a former deputy Minister of the Presidency , Antonio Ibarra , of misappropriating US$1,000,000 in foreign aid funds intended for the most disadvantaged sectors . |
| 10 | David Murray became chairman at Ibrox in 1988 and , asked about the Liverpool manager 's record in the transfer market , said : ‘ Sure Graeme has spent a lot of cash but he 's sold well as well . |
| 11 | This connection hints again that Fitzgerald led Eliot to the East , and that his reading in the history of religion affected his view of nineteenth-century poetry . |
| 12 | Maria registered delegates on Saturday morning . |
| 13 | This latest outbreak of sectarian fighting , momentarily stilled by a government-mediated ceasefire on July 21 , came as Sunni groups voiced opposition to the government 's apparently conciliatory approach to the Shias ( who accounted for about 20 per cent of the country 's population ) . |
| 14 | Isabel asked Ellen for about the tenth time . |
| 15 | There were times when his grandma or his aunties made trouble for him behind his back , or when someone would comment on his lack of height and Sweetheart would punish him for the embarrassment he caused her . |
| 16 | The researchers made recordings of black adolescents in five different situations , in an attempt to control the variables of race of interlocutor , gender and formality/informality . |
| 17 | When Valuev became Minister of Internal Affairs Dmitrii Miliutin wrote that " The landowning party had every justification for counting on [ him ] for the realization of their views ' . |
| 18 | In September 1989 a hearing began in the Singapore High Court in which Lee Kuan Yew sought damages for defamation against the Far Eastern Economic Review . |
| 19 | There was a quiet wedding , which the children did not attend , and Pamela became part of their household . |
| 20 | One of the earliest defectors to the West was the Russian Igor Gouzenko who with considerable difficulty sought asylum with the Canadian authorities in September 1945 , bringing with him a vast amount of information about Russian espionage activities in North America . |
| 21 | Notwithstanding this the US Arms and Disarmament Control Agency reported that in 1984-88 alone Germany sold weapons worth US$675 million to Iraq . |
| 22 | Taylor made use of all his persuasive charm . |
| 23 | Taylor Made Letter of the Month |
| 24 | Each month the winner of our Taylor Made Letter of the Month receives a brand new Taylor Made System 2 Driver with a flex twist graphite shaft . |
| 25 | A month later , the CAA notified Virgin of their decision . |
| 26 | The SD made gains of 7.5 per cent and 14 seats , while the Conservative People 's Party ( Con. ) and Radical Liberals ( Rad . |
| 27 | What is odd about the fact that admiral Horley ruled Hungary between the two War World Wars ? |
| 28 | Even as the armies of Chaos laid siege to the shrine Aenarion stood before the ever-burning flame and begged Asuryan to aid his people . |
| 29 | The apparently impressive result was that Sarah made distinctions of the following sort : ‘ yellow question banana ’ would be replaced with ‘ yellow colour banana ’ , or ‘ round question apple ’ with ‘ round shape apple ’ . |
| 30 | A " yes " vote was returned in the June 18 Irish referendum , however , and the French parliament made progress towards ratification later in the month . |