Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The borough brought in a group of consultants to produce topic papers on twelve of the major areas affected by abolition . |
| 2 | And then , his right hand , rising to undo the buttons of her high-collared black dress , his other arm unconsciously straining her to him , closer and closer so that she could feel his arousal brought on a memory so dreadful to McAllister , a memory which she had fought against for months — and fear suddenly won the battle . |
| 3 | Not like doing it by remote control , having Jem set up a trip-wire . |
| 4 | From the mauve card cut out a rectangle 14 × 10cm and a handle 7cm long . |
| 5 | The superintendent folded up a chapati . |
| 6 | Mrs Browning began to laugh but the laugh brought on a coughing fit and , when Wilson rushed to her aid and raised her higher on the pillow , her face took on an ugly blue tinge , which she had never seen before . |
| 7 | The 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act brought in a voucher system for the entry of Commonwealth citizens and distinguished between skilled and unskilled workers . |
| 8 | Plugged into your stereo , the lighting effect , which is multi-coloured and does pulsate , is fun in a dark room , especially when there 's a lot of bass , and might liven up a party . |
| 9 | There was one though on the Antique Road Show where there 's erm er girl brought in a kettle and they 've been using it just every day and it was pottery and it was actually to buy her her own house . |
| 10 | In the 1989 Budget , the Chancellor brought in a new ceiling limit of £90,000 , based on earnings of £60,000 to be revalued every year in line with price increases . |
| 11 | Lessons on what it 's like to be a European went down a treat with the pupils of a rural Ulster primary school last week . |
| 12 | In 1968 another coup brought in a purely Baath regime in its place . |
| 13 | The coroner brought in a verdict of wilful murder . |
| 14 | Last year , Sir Richard Body brought in a private member 's bill to introduce within five years a ban on the use of sow stalls and tethers — devices that make it easier and cheaper to manage the animals during their four months of pregnancy . |
| 15 | The Group brought in a new President at its Miami headquarter to coincide with a massive publicity launch . |
| 16 | Hundreds of people have this evening spelled out a seasonal warning to the government : NO V.A.T. on domestic fuel . |
| 17 | At least , Denise and Jean-Louis Lavergne claim they are the lovers in the world 's most romantic picture taken on a spring morning in 1950 . |
| 18 | On the roof of the next barge is a group huddled round a radio , cheering a football match in Kinshasa , five hundred miles downstream . |
| 19 | LENNOX LEWIS last night lined up a world title fight with Norwich-based Herbie Hide as the cat-and-mouse game over the heavyweight championship took a new twist . |
| 20 | The ruling was said to be partly based on a case brought in a British court by a Maze prisoner who had alleged maltreatment by prison officers . |
| 21 | Counter attacking , the defence brought in a consultant neurologist who testified , on the basis of medical records and EEG tests , to the likelihood of brain damage in Mr X in childhood , and a second clinical psychologist , who had made a special study of faking and said that Mr X could n't fake an IQ test to save his life , or words to that effect . |
| 22 | The were about to select from the sweet trolley when , at a nod from his mother , the proprietor dimmed the houselights and a young waitress brought in a surprise birthday cake , the reflection from the candles throwing her face into warm relief . |
| 23 | It was gratifying to her to see that woman taken down a peg . |
| 24 | It was good because every week a Brownie brought in a pet . |
| 25 | Earl brought in a yellow legal pad with a number of acronyms on it in boxes , and North put it down on the table ; at that point , his secure telephone went off , and he had to ask Miller to leave . |
| 26 | And that was the reason that the government brought in a new initiative after the Warner Report , and there 's a specific training grant that you now get to ensure that your training staff , your , your residential staff get trained . |
| 27 | I knew then that it must be someone special to have their furniture brought in a van . |
| 28 | He was a man brought up a bus ride away from Taibach , a word-clotted surreal dark comedy Welshman whom Burton adored . |
| 29 | And his hand picked up a dropped boot to hurl it against the crackling plastic doors . |
| 30 | A single , unidentified , MP called out a no vote . |