Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The officers from Lothian and Borders , Grampian , Northern Constabulary and Cambridgeshire met to review the investigation . |
| 2 | Suffice it to say that , in the absence of a sufficiently ‘ mature ’ , well-educated civil society in Siberia , Speranskii sought to design a structure of bureaucratic agencies and offices in which power was vested in institutions rather than personalities , which took full cognizance of individual regions ' peculiar human and material needs and circumstances ( both Russian and native ) , and which laid down proper codes of administrative procedures , legal practices and economic policies . |
| 3 | To start with , Alison planned to wear a white evening dress . |
| 4 | Leeds Crown Court was hearing a statement about the reaction of a porter who found her body when Robin Pask asked to see a doctor . |
| 5 | In an attempt to rally domestic support and to placate the US government ( upon which his regime was heavily dependent ) , Marcos agreed to hold a presidential election in February 1986 . |
| 6 | In an attempt to rally domestic support and to placate the United States government ( upon which his regime was heavily dependent ) , Marcos agreed to hold a Presidential election in February 1986 . |
| 7 | Germany agreed to finance the return of the toxic chemicals , supplied by the former East Germany as agricultural aid , after Greenpeace threatened to return the waste itself and invoice the German government [ see ED 68 ] . |
| 8 | At a four nation summit in Madrid , Germany agreed to delay a final decision on the fighter until November . |
| 9 | On Nov. 8 Poland and Germany agreed to de-restrict the use of territorial waters bordering the two countries and to ease restrictions on cross-border road traffic . |
| 10 | As Akbar and Tundrish opened fire with bolts , Yeremi lunged to drag the impetuous , or hallucinating , fool back . |
| 11 | Judge Thelma King agreed to re-enter the summonses . |
| 12 | In England and Wales the policy encompassed in Hospital Services for the Mentally Ill sought to overcome the problem caused by the many mental hospitals built at a considerable distance from their catchment populations by opening psychiatric units on district general hospital sites . |
| 13 | She knew that Sarah planned to wear a midnight blue taffeta dress , with silver sandals and her mother 's diamante clips and fur cape . |
| 14 | When the WICBC met to discuss the captaincy for the visit to Australia in 1960–1 , it was Alexander himself who pressed Worrell 's claims , and in due course the announcement was made that Worrell would lead the team . |
| 15 | Long before Wilkins sought to popularize the Copernican system , the Protestant reformer Calvin had declared that those who wished to learn astronomy should not look to the Bible . |
| 16 | It was only when negotiations with Parnell failed to produce a compromise that he led the clerical attack on Parnell 's leadership . |
| 17 | De Choiseul planned to enlist the help of Russia and Sweden and , less probably , to persuade the Dutch to use their navy to attack their former ally . |
| 18 | Last week McNealy got to turn the heat up under the skillet when Next co-founder and key NextStep architect Bud Tribble moved over to SunSoft Inc as vice president of end user software . |
| 19 | John McCarthy asked to attend the service . |
| 20 | Trent sought to recall the terrain ahead . |
| 21 | Bangor failed to break the deadlock in the 15th and 26th minutes when Paul Gray and Stephen Hill squandered two good chances . |
| 22 | In the event , Wellington failed to form a government . |
| 23 | But 100-metres champion Linford Christie failed to make the 5.40 pm showdown and his dream of a sprint double died . |
| 24 | Michelle has an abundance of waist-length hair and although she was prepared for a radical cut , Patrick recommended keeping the length but blunt-cutting it to a clean , straight line : ‘ You do n't have to have mountains cut off to look different , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Trent fought to hold the BMW upright . |
| 26 | Greene King planned to close the brewery . |
| 27 | When Alice met these two peculiar characters the words of a famous rhyme going through her head : ‘ Tweedledum and Tweedledee agreed to have a battle … ’ |
| 28 | Bernard agreed to give the shop a second chance and hired Jean Revers . |
| 29 | But after 1802 , when the new Lord Lonsdale agreed to pay the money over , Wordsworth discovered the admirable nature of a feudal and paternalistic society ! |
| 30 | The charges were not proceeded with when Jacqueline agreed to enter a long-stay residential clinic for the treatment of alcoholism . |