Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Henslow 's teaching was not part of the undergraduate curriculum , interested students were taken on field trips and given a good grounding in the science of the time . |
| 2 | For example , during its mad dash his plunging horse had burst through some bushes and disturbed a she-bear with her cubs , but had gone on before the bear could react . |
| 3 | This Act , however , allowed the establishment of forest reserves and marked a change in attitude to the nation 's forests which had hitherto been considered as inexhaustible . |
| 4 | I went up the shops and changed a pound . |
| 5 | She flinched as Stephen laid his hands on her naked shoulders and planted a hungry kiss on the side of her neck his fingers fumbling in the thick folds of the towel , seeking her breasts . |
| 6 | Until 31 October 1980 , the House of Commons took the view that any reference to Hansard in court proceedings would constitute a breach of its privileges and required a petition for leave to use Hansard to be presented in each case . |
| 7 | He put the flask on her lap to free both his hands for the cleaning , and before she knew it , she had raised the bottle to her lips and taken a sip . |
| 8 | To Busacher 's astonishment Madge Grimsilk rose to her feet and placed a hand on Willi 's shoulder . |
| 9 | They will be drawn from the top 50% of the lean selection index of each of the seven participating flocks and given a full veterinary inspection before the sale . |
| 10 | Epic Soundtracks has played with Swell Maps and written a definitive ( sadly unpublished ) discography of Sonic Youth . |
| 11 | The record 's gone through a lot of transformations and taken a hellaciously long time to get done . ’ |
| 12 | The measure , which embodied no new taxes and incorporated a federal deficit of $362,000 million , was approved by 261 votes to 163 . |
| 13 | Normally , she would have been up for several hours and written a couple of thousand words . |
| 14 | Liam Herbert , one of the shortest players on the pitch , rose above the defenders and placed a fine header past keeper Duncan Green to make it one nil . |
| 15 | A similar incident occurred with me in 1983 between Australia and Argentina from even further out from the goal-line , and on that occasion I felt Australia would definitely have scored a try but for a deliberate knock-on by the defenders and awarded a penalty try . |
| 16 | Once we were there we were geared up with riding hats and given a horse . |
| 17 | The sword hilt offered scope for embellishment ; sometimes the pommel and guard are decorated , inlaid or gilded , embellished with runes and given a loose ring ( Hawkes and Page 1967 ; Evison 1967 ) . |
| 18 | New management in Papua New Guinea cut down administration , reduced operating costs and achieved a welcome rise in profits . |
| 19 | Mr relied on the same table to produce a figure of twenty point two five pounds on a life expectancy of fifty five years and accepted a reduction to twenty for the whole life multiplier . |
| 20 | The Christian Democratic People 's Party met in September 1989 for the first time in 40 years and elected a permanent leadership , claiming a membership of 3,000 . |
| 21 | The development of the system spanned more than twenty years and achieved a degree of success in terms of its defined objectives . |
| 22 | Judge Harold Hewitt sentenced Randhawa , 21 , of Heron Drive , Darlington , to 15 months imprisonment suspended for two years and attached a supervision order . |
| 23 | Having ‘ given his best ’ to the centre for four years and taken a major role in setting it up , he obviously felt ‘ very disappointed ’ he would n't be part of its new phase . |
| 24 | Founded in 1965 by Andrew Loog Oldham , the Stones ' manager , and Tony Calder , the business brain to Oldham 's hype , the pioneering indie label lasted six years and released a huge amount of material . |
| 25 | Having thought through some or all of these questions and taken a hard look at the future you next need to analyse the job itself . |
| 26 | I was n't quite so happy after that ; however , we landed safely on a tea estate in Assam , and then were packed into lorries and driven a few miles into Dibrugarh . |
| 27 | The ‘ motivation ’ for the session we watched was a backcloth of a ski slope ; the children were divided into 2 teams and given a skier each to race down the slope . |
| 28 | Vincent was sent to near-by Wasmes and given a salary of fifty Belgian francs a month . |
| 29 | These sections were then placed in sterile 1.5 ml Eppendorf containers and allocated a code number by the histopathology department at Middlesex Hospital . |
| 30 | Many Brush-built Class 31s were equipped with ETH generators and given a major body overhaul , while some Class 47s were similarly treated . |