Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The electrodes were so positioned that current flowing through them caused a particular pleasure . |
| 2 | Moreover , advancing west and northwest respectively , as the two armies were , produced a potentially calamitous separation of the two forces , for between them lay the Masurian Lakes , a complex of waters stretching some 80km/50mls north to south . |
| 3 | But the heat generated between them sent the temperature rocketing wildly . |
| 4 | The Regent diamond of 410 carats recovered from Golconda in 1701 was soon acquired by Governor Pitt , grandfather and great-grandfather of men who between them despoiled a great part of the French empire . |
| 5 | Balancing between them took a great deal of agility . |
| 6 | While it would be dangerous to build too much analysis on the characteristics of the three main public representatives of the DUP , Paisley , Robinson and McQuade between them represented the full spectrum of DUP support . |
| 7 | Then Jessamy made a desperate attempt to put an end to this before the tension between them reached an even more dangerous level . |
| 8 | Jay swore she would behave herself , awkward in Lucy 's tidy living room , her table between them had a map of the world on it . |
| 9 | Perhaps in the matter of excitement Davis and Baker between them had a special way of making the blood dance , but ( listen to the Overture , for instance ) Nelson achieves a fine clarity of texture and , even more than Davis , he makes the phrases ‘ speak ’ . |
| 10 | In 1980 the Royal Academy of Music , the Royal College of Music , Trinity College of Music , the Royal Northern College of Music and the Birmingham School of Music between them had a total of 1688 students . |
| 11 | The sex scenes between them caused a sensation . |
| 12 | The Limousin and Charolais have between them absorbed the dual-purpose Marchois of La Creuse . |
| 13 | The three great grain stations were La Chapelle-lntérieure , La Plaine-Saint-Denis , and Saint Ouen-les-Docks , which between them received a quarter of all the grain and a fifth of all the flour brought into Paris by train . |
| 14 | ‘ This is a matter of considerable significance to us as three of the five districts in West Yorkshire ( Bradford , Kirklees and Leeds Metropolitan Districts ) have between them received an annual average of about £10 million over the last five years — a substantial figure . |
| 15 | He held the office until Safar 924/February 1518 when he was succeeded by two Damascene scholars in turn , who between them held the post until 927/1521 ; then by two Ottomans , in turn , until 930/1524 ; and then again by one of the Damascenes who had earlier held the post , this time holding it from 930/1524 to 936/1530 when he was removed , apparently for misconduct . |
| 16 | Hitherto , confident reports from senior commanders and censorship had between them created an impression of light losses , but great numbers of prisoners taken . |
| 17 | It assumed so much — as if the link that was between them needed no words … |
| 18 | The distance between them widened every day . |
| 19 | The look that passed between them showed a certain amount of respect but a little mistrust as well . |
| 20 | Suger and Odo of Deuil between them established the norms for the house 's long tradition of royal historiography ; of these the chief was that whatever the Capetians did should be presented in the most favourable light possible . |
| 21 | Irish resistance never quite died away , while Culloden and the Clearances between them broke the back of Scottish Gaelic life . |
| 22 | Within a few decades , forests and animals had returned to the shattered islands which were all that remained of Krakatoa 's outer rim ; and from the waters between them emerged an ominous smoking mound , sometimes growing at a rate of more than three feet a month . |
| 23 | For somewhat different reasons in each case , there is not entailment between I chose the first rose on the list and I chose the first flower on the list , nor between Mary was disappointed to receive a rose and Mary was disappointed to receive a flower ( perhaps she was expecting an orchid ? ) . |
| 24 | The Padre sitting opposite me had a rifle across his knees , the rifle not in keeping with his rather mild manner and angelic face . |
| 25 | At last I gained the crest of a rise , and there below me stretched the sloping flat rocks , and yes , the mermaids were there , their fur dry in the sun , their bodies slick and contented , their eyes closed , enjoying the afternoon , exactly as I had done myself . |
| 26 | Below them came the jurisdiction of the thegns , apparently already organised by the early eleventh century in the districts that , as Norman lordships , were to form the later rapes . |
| 27 | Immediately below them lay a wide pool and here the water was almost still . |
| 28 | Ahead of me lay an historic mission : to circumnavigate London using hired transport , and return within 80 days . |
| 29 | There was a ‘ For Sale ’ sign outside , and at the time I was beginning to contemplate leaving Baldersdale — half of me wanted a more suitable place and the other half was telling me to stop at Low Birk Hatt . |
| 30 | In front of me sat the smartest and most alert looking person I had ever seen in my life . |