Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1986 , the DoE produced a slim ( eleven pages ) Statistical Bulletin , Land Use Change in England . |
| 2 | From the bedside table Chaman produced a black and white photograph . |
| 3 | Luce made a sweeping gesture with one arm and tried not to wince at the pain . |
| 4 | HOUSEWIFE Ruth Watkins got a sinking feeling yesterday — when a 470ft deep hole appeared outside her front door . |
| 5 | Minton became a regular visitor to the Moynihans ' house in Old Church Street . |
| 6 | Liverpool City Council leader Harry Rimmer made a strong pitch for the region at a special hearing before a European Parliament committee examining the problems of large urban areas . |
| 7 | Christine Mills lived a few hundred yards away . |
| 8 | An echo of this criticism survives in Goya 's Caprichos and in the poetry of Meléndez Valdés , vague but radical in its humanitarianism : one of the Salamantine group , the Abbé Marchena became a French propagandist , appealing to Spain to destroy the Inquisition and imitate the ‘ sublime ’ revolution of France . |
| 9 | We had piz we had , me and Sarah shared a Mexican one and it was hot . |
| 10 | Trying not to show that she was completely at a loss , Sophie made a careful examination , then , taking out her stethoscope , she gestured to the herdsman to hold the calf steady while she listened to her patient 's lungs . |
| 11 | Harvey produced a key for the third and a red light came on over each lock . |
| 12 | Diaka announced a 34-member Cabinet on Oct. 30 , in which he claimed that 40 per cent of ministerial posts were taken by members of the Sacred Union . |
| 13 | Along with many of the other detainees Teo made a televised " confession " of her role in the conspiracy and was released after four months in detention . |
| 14 | A pair of Messerschmitts made a strafing attack on St. Paul 's Bay where a Sunderland flyingboat and the Loire 130 were slightly damaged at their moorings . |
| 15 | ICI endured a similar fate . |
| 16 | What a shame just Mickey again out on the right hand side , Dean made a great diagonal run in behind the full back and the ball was just a little bit heavy otherwise there could 've been real danger again for Blackburn . |
| 17 | To the executions for heresy , Sussex made a gory contribution , twenty-seven men and women being burnt between 1555 and 1558 . |
| 18 | Originally planned in conjunction with John Hopkins University to be both a museum and a biblical study centre , the BLM became a single-handed operation when the American institution withdrew its $7 million commitment to the project . |
| 19 | After blessing Joseph and Mary , Simeon made a strange prophecy : |
| 20 | Taylor made a round 100 , shrugging off a blow on the chin from a Srinath bouncer after a caught-behind appeal had been turned down . |
| 21 | MARK TAYLOR made a spectacular debut as Australian captain yesterday , snapping up four slip catches as they beat the West Indies by 14 runs in a rain-affected World Series match at Sydney . |
| 22 | Kirov produced a small sealed envelope , handing it to the pilot . |
| 23 | The RAF made a promising start and kept up with the French until Sgt Pete Woodward mistimed his landing . |
| 24 | Sarah made a mental note to go and see Janine . |
| 25 | Had the death-dust breathed in by Yeremi conveyed a molecular message into his brain ? |
| 26 | Mark Napier led a brief revival , hitting 71 , but no-one stayed with him and they finished the overs on for nine . |
| 27 | But then President Truman made a big mistake he got the United Nations to authorize another resolution which called for the unification of Korea erm through United Nations intervention and American forces crossed the Yalob |
| 28 | When Richard Burnell made a little sporting history . |
| 29 | Koirala announced a new Cabinet on May 29 which included one woman ( Sailja Acharya ) and only one person who not been elected as a member of the House of Representatives ( Basu Dev Risal ) . |
| 30 | In August Goldman admitted a technical breach of the Companies Act for failing to disclose MCC shares held as security for loans to Maxwell family companies . |