Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , not enough of a clue as to whether these were the same depredations Johnson had deplored : Elgin had suffered marauders more than once . |
| 2 | Following the accident , the government of the then Prime Minister V. P. Singh had grounded India 's remaining 18 Airbuses , on the grounds of the alleged safety risk . |
| 3 | Earlier , the EPA had issued regulations allowing public utilities up to 21 years to remove dangerous levels of lead from drinking water . |
| 4 | Earlier in 1991 BMS had suspended sales of polyurethane covered breast implants until the FDA received safety data . |
| 5 | Further back , Judi had envied Anne her college boyfriend , had always tried to impress and amuse the older girl , had briefly tried to copy her clothes and food preferences , had longed to be asked to share her toys so that she could express her devotion through generosity . |
| 6 | Just one glance had told Muldoon that they were very far from being as generous as he had encouraged Mark to believe . |
| 7 | But the woman 's insults rankled , as did her earlier insolence — for her contemptuous glance had raked Theda 's person when she had dared to ask at the Feathers for a room for the night . |
| 8 | J.B. Holgate had suffered engine trouble and been forced to return . |
| 9 | The Association had constructed properties in the past which were let to tenants , with the right to buy . |
| 10 | Mere logic and abstinence from wishful thinking had enabled Milner to summarise the story of the next sixty years . |
| 11 | A proportion of the fry had changed colour pattern . |
| 12 | The Mandelbaums , who were not strict Orthodox Jews , had lived in Leeds for twenty or thirty years , and through wealth , charm and kindness had become part of a wider social circle than was usual . |
| 13 | Mr Cunningham had asked Mr Lamont to ‘ extend taxation of income to members of the Royal Family who are currently excluded . ’ |
| 14 | Men had died because an untrained horse had taken fright at the sound of musketry . |
| 15 | When it was first published in 1937–38 the authors had suggested points in the colonial government 's peasant policy which might have been reformed — ‘ landlord rent oppression ’ , the seizure of peasant land , heavy taxation — but the French response , apparently , was to ban the work after the second volume had been published . |
| 16 | Somewhere in the back of his mind was the knowledge that Legion wanted the woman kept alive , but the sight of Kreig 's ears had given Ardamal a thirst , and he needed to slake it . |
| 17 | Indeed , Alcuin had advised Offa that it was in order for Aethelheard to be consecrated on 21 July 793 by Archbishop Hygeberht , now the senior metropolitan . |
| 18 | On 31 December Year 42 , the units of Game in stock had cost Bergman Ltd £17,750 using the FIFO basis or £13,000 using the LIFO basis . |
| 19 | Occasionally people from more than one lineage on each side had made peace , and people spoke then of a peace between some higher order entity than a small lineage : Ujdaid and Talib , Awlad Amira and Mannaia . |
| 20 | A Pakistan government spokesman confirmed on Nov. 11 that the talks had ended " with no forward movement " , saying that " the Indian side had introduced preconditions … [ that ] went beyond what was agreed between the two countries in June 1989 [ see p. 36736 ] " . |
| 21 | ‘ When I read somewhere that Simon Cooper 's girlfriend had given birth to a son , I have to admit I was surprised , ’ Vitor said , with a glance at Thomas , who was engrossed in an item-by-item search of his toy box . |
| 22 | The High Court in Glasgow heard that the men had struggled after Mr Kerr 's girlfriend had attacked Cardow , accusing him of damaging her mother 's car . |
| 23 | There was no evidence in the present case that L 's girlfriend had taken delivery of the goods or that she or anyone had had instructions from L to take the goods , and L was not the only adult living there . |
| 24 | But now that Gharr had taken Mala away — and had probably been enjoying her , as he 'd quaintly put it — I 'd began to see that I really had no choice . |
| 25 | I only heard the start of the prog but it sounded like the Norwich fans had booked tickets at Leeds , went to pick them up and were told to f*** off ! |
| 26 | The result of this was that the sales force on the continent had lost confidence with the Axminster products but needed them for contract work , eg hotels … |
| 27 | The Mongol invasion had hit the urban centres particularly hard , and the tribute paid to the Golden Horde for over two centuries had made recovery difficult . |
| 28 | These woods gave cover to the herds of wild deer which for centuries had provided sport for the kings and nobility , guests of the Berkeley family at the nearby castle . |
| 29 | They galloped into Leith , up its narrow winding streets , across the cobbled market-place where Corbett had met Bruce 's retainers , and then down to the quayside . |
| 30 | A few were downright criminal : Corbett had seen cases in King 's Bench of priests who used their churches to brew beer , as gambling dens , or even worse . |