Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experts ruled out equipment failure as a million-to-one chance . |
| 2 | The NUM 's main trouble with the courts arose over actions brought by its own members on the grounds that the union had broken its own rules ( over a pre-strike ballot ) and for contempt . |
| 3 | Though property-disputes were no doubt very often settled informally , through arbitration by senior family-members , for instance , and so have left no trace in the written record , some recorded cases arose over property-claims held or transmitted through women , especially widows . |
| 4 | As authorities built up resources and expertise , and became able to take on the responsibility for making available all land needed for particular types of development , the secretary of state was to have made orders providing that land for development of the kind designated in the order and in the area specified by the order must have passed through public ownership before development took place . |
| 5 | Soldiers set up barbed-wire fences , electricians wired up searchlights , carpenters built barracks and sentry boxes on elevated platforms . |
| 6 | Neither of the main parties ruled out formation of a coalition ; no party in Israel had ever won the 61 seats necessary to secure a majority in the Knesset . |
| 7 | JD and the Left Front parties ruled out participation in a coalition , but agreed to support a Congress ( I ) minority government from outside on specific issues . |
| 8 | The place took no bookings , and knew of no Mr Sixsmith , and was serving many midday breakfasts to swearing persons whose eyes bulged over mugs of flesh-coloured tea . |
| 9 | Ruth 's eyes sought out Steve as if he had the answers she needed . |
| 10 | This group , with its ‘ margin for rebellion ’ , looks to new musical sources , notably in black American rhythm and blues , many aspects of which are predisposed to connotations clustered around feelings of ‘ oppression ’ , on the one hand , and relatively non-alienated use of the body ( potentially subversive of capitalist work disciplines ) on the other . |
| 11 | This collection was in the care of the Royal College of Surgeons ; and other medical societies and medical schools built up museums where the student could study at leisure , augmenting what he had learned from lectures and dissections and at the bedside . |
| 12 | Her eyes ate up Nicandra 's beaded satin , and shifted disapprovingly from Lalage 's muslins — a clothes snob to the last . |
| 13 | Soccer fans burned down rivals ' stand |
| 14 | Bestie and Marsh were joined by ex-Manchester United boss , Wilf McGuinness , at Friday 's sporting luncheon when 350 fans paid out £25 each for the privilege of hearing their idols speak . |
| 15 | Women 's voices , men 's voices , children 's voices screeched out curses and threats . |
| 16 | Shops and offices hung out banners of support . |
| 17 | Fans hung out banners for their hero , saying ‘ We love you Jimbo ’ and ‘ Age rules ’ , and the game 's greatest entertainer made it a night to remember . |
| 18 | Yesterday traders tracked down show chairman Alistair McCloud to his hotel room in Aylesbury , but he refused to answer the door . |
| 19 | Later on I worked on the twilight shift in a components factory and as our kids grew up people moved out and others moved in . |
| 20 | Shoulders brought up head forced down |
| 21 | Piers lay down flat on his towel , pulling an old cap over his eyes . |
| 22 | ( On the latter point , when Richard Agar of North Shore Designs took over Taunton Hall Farm , one of his first actions was to stop the local hunt using his land , action which has now been followed by all the surrounding farmers . |
| 23 | At least 20 officers in personnel carriers and patrol cars took up position outside the old Billingsgate fish market , just yards from the Baltic Exchange , where three people died in the IRA bomb blast in April . |
| 24 | From within this perspective bishops and clergy lay down rules for the laity to follow in any given situation and the teaching of the church is seen as absolutely clear and devoid of problematic . |
| 25 | This meant that the District Officers ' opposition to the proposals of wildlife conservationists who wanted Masai land was just as uncompromising as their opposition to settlers ; and , then as now , the appearance of indifference to the interests of picturesque and harmless animals brought down odium on the heads of those presumed guilty of it . |
| 26 | Sons of vipers spat out poison into |
| 27 | When parties went out grouse shooting , whisky was always taken for the beaters , keepers and loaders . |
| 28 | Flares lit up parts of the sprawling capital as tracer bullets criss-crossed the night sky . |
| 29 | The two younger brothers carried out raids in Poitou while Richard retaliated with counter-raids against Geoffrey 's lands in Brittany . |
| 30 | The head-lamps flashed over bushes and trees lining the sides of the narrow winding lane . |