Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He allowed his achievements to be played down or appropriated by George . |
| 2 | Finer I never saw or tasted from Barbados or better cured . |
| 3 | But the breed 's origins are uncertain and the theories are numerous — that they are almost directly descended from the wild aurochs , for example ( the claim of many a breed ! ) or are at least of Bos primigenius stock like the Podolians of the steppes , or are descended from large , long-horned continental cattle imported several centuries ago ( some say by the Romans ) , or were imported 3,000–4,000 years ago , or came from Ireland where they were an ancient indigenous type , or were developed from Dutch and old English breeds before the eighteenth century , or must have Norse origins because of their coat colour and pattern . |
| 4 | And now he found himself wondering whether she knew or guessed about Amy . |
| 5 | Following the increased demand for crochet designs , two leaflets ( 2239 and 2240 ) feature summer tops with cardigans which can be knitted or crocheted in Carolina DK which is 100% cotton on 50g balls . |
| 6 | But I would hope to reinscribe all of this knowledge within Gide 's narratives of sexual liberation without surrendering or denying their affirmations — I was about to say tenderness — and to do that in part by acknowledging that it is a knowledge implicit in or enabled by Gide 's own transgressive crossing of some forbidden boundaries . |
| 7 | Koster came in to direct , cut the budget to six million dollars , and either passed over Olivier for Burton ( whom he admired ) or went for Burton after Olivier turned it down . |
| 8 | Meals were enlivened by readings or poetry recited or chanted at Charles ' command . |
| 9 | In the north , old rivalries had broken out afresh : powerful Rases intrigued and fought for supremacy , struggled to suppress rebellion among their vassals , or marched on Addis Ababa . |
| 10 | Izzie never came near or spoke to Gabriel . |
| 11 | A further outcome of this very brutal war is the long-term effects on children who have been terrorized or brutalized by Renamo tactics or physically mutilated ( see page 238 ) . |
| 12 | Proteins were separated by 10% SDS-PAGE and stained with Coomassie brilliant blue ( A ) or electroblotted onto Immobilon-P membrane and reacted with rabbit antiserum raised to purified BTV-10 particles . |
| 13 | It 's not long ago , Aunt Tossie thought ( or said to Gigi — who was still eking out her parrot 's longevity ) that we used to be rich , dear bird . |
| 14 | This issue is of importance for two reasons : firstly , whose meaning is the analysis meant to elucidate ? ( a problem that arose with Lévi-Strauss ) ; secondly , what is the analyst doing ? |
| 15 | Behind the fountain of plumes that arose from Captain Astorre 's headgear was the shining head of Primaflora , its hair looped and plaited under the horns of a cap , and a cameo on a gold chain round her throat . |
| 16 | This was the problem that arose in Blumenthal v Gallery Five Ltd ( 1971 ) 220 EG 33 and Cumshaw v Bowen [ 1987 ] 1 EGLR 30 . |
| 17 | Wilson dealt with the conflicts that arose in Orkney due to the activities of planners . |
| 18 | The third party which has its roots in the political movements that arose before August 1991 is the Party of Labour ( PT ) . |
| 19 | In the years that followed , the factional conflicts that centred on Louis 's court were coolly observed by Hincmar , the future archbishop , then a young monk at St-Denis , close therefore to Abbot Hilduin , Louis 's archchaplain . |
| 20 | now got to trying to decide is that made in England , or was it made in Germany or . |
| 21 | In December 1923 , the key decision had been that made by Baldwin not to resign immediately . |
| 22 | A famous early umbrella is that made by Robinson Crusoe . |
| 23 | The best-known effort of this kind was that made by Torcy in 1712 to prepare a small number of young men for the French diplomatic service by the creation of a ‘ Political Academy ’ . |
| 24 | Painted to represent an aircraft that operated from USAAF Station 234 , Mount Farm , the fighter is adorned with the correct shade of PRU blue and carries the US Star 'n Bar insignia of the 7th Photographic Group , with the aircraft 's serial repeated in large yellow lettering across the fin and rudder . |
| 25 | Manson was so pleased with the ensuing panic that rippled through Hollywood after the murders were discovered that he organised another raid , this time with himself as the leader . |
| 26 | He passed along several narrow alleyways , the tight , over-crowded vicoli that led towards Via Crispi where his pensione was situated . |
| 27 | The circumstances that led to Britain 's growing intervention were also provoking a response among Egyptians . |
| 28 | Mrs Paul Arkwright dragged her heavy weight along the trodden path that led to Highbury Fields . |
| 29 | And they fear that ten months on , the circumstances that led to Anna 's death still exist . |
| 30 | A couple of streets beyond that should be the canal that ran behind the hotel and , some hundred yards along the fondamenta , the bridge that led to Campo San Pietro . |