Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [noun prp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor did Boswell the North Briton confine himself to political toadying to London , as he swung from compliments to conveyed slights : ‘ [ Mr Boyd ] entertained us with great civility . |
| 2 | That same Spirit , of course , empowered Jesus for his rich ministry and led John the Baptist to tell others of the One who would baptize people with the Holy Spirit and with ‘ fire ’ . |
| 3 | The war years integrated the Japanese economy far more closely into the international economy , and made Japan a major competitor to the capitalist economies of the West . |
| 4 | The inept policy had provoked the very Russian influence of which Japan was so fearful , and made Korea a potential flashpoint for conflict between the two powers . |
| 5 | After their feud hit the headlines , Broccolli ceased conducting the secret auditions and made Moore an offer he could n't refuse to play Bond several more times . |
| 6 | She had given Victor the night off , and got Martin a beer and herself a glass of juice from the fridge . |
| 7 | From the desert of political opposition at Westminster , the old Zionist Churchill contemplated the murder of British troops by Jewish gunmen and pronounced Palestine a ‘ hell-disaster ’ . |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday manager Trevor Francis has rejected his first approach and told Ferguson the England striker is not available … unless the bid is one he simply ca n't refuse . |
| 9 | I went back and told Lilian the second twin , a boy , had died because the cord was round its neck . |
| 10 | He returned and told Allah the curious story , and Allah replied : " That was not really the idol speaking my word , that was me ! " |
| 11 | She inspected the rooms and found them perfectly tolerable and assured Wilson the ladies would require only coffee in the morning and would otherwise dine elsewhere . |
| 12 | She ushered all the boys out and poured Sarah a strong cup . |
| 13 | C. S. Lewis offered the most daring statement in the final volume of the ‘ Narnia ’ series , The Last Battle ( 1956 ) , in which we come across a young ( dead ) virtuous pagan , Emeth , who explains that all his life he has served Tash and scorned Aslan the Lion — earlier on it has been made clear that Tash is a bloody demon , Aslan , one might as well say , the ‘ Narnian ’ Christ . |
| 14 | It was this ‘ nature ’ that caused Nathan to act as the factory supervisor — ‘ a good guy ’ so far as the workers were concerned ; and allowed Horace the seniority , as ‘ a front-office man . ’ |
| 15 | Hulme transgressed even more unpardonably in the 14th minute , when his high tackle on Greg Mackey earned a spell in the sin-bin and allowed Turner a third goal , this time from the half-way line . |
| 16 | A large force , which landed there in July 1346 , proceeded eastwards in order to join up with the Flemings , routed the French at Crécy in August 1346 and captured Calais a year later . |
| 17 | He wrote it down and handed Brownlow the slip of paper . |
| 18 | On the morning of Dobson 's funeral a bellhop knocked on 3D and handed Jed a big square box . |
| 19 | Lewis reached inside his breast-pocket and handed Morse the Oxford-London London-Oxford Network South-East timetable ; but apart from briefly checking the arrival time of the 13.30 from Paddington , Morse seemed less than enthusiastic . |
| 20 | ‘ Here 's a curious shelf , ’ he said , and handed Endill a book from it . |
| 21 | Eddie rummaged in a china bowl of oddments on the mantelpiece and handed Melissa a bright new key . |
| 22 | Kolchinsky sat down on the second chair and handed Philpott a brown packet . |
| 23 | The other passengers had found their seats , the whistle blew , and the young fireman leaned over the door and handed Charlotte a single red rose . |
| 24 | He took Kirsty again , and handed Shiona a key . |
| 25 | Jenkins entered and handed Talbot a sealed envelope . |
| 26 | After two or three minutes , by which time the typists were switching off and covering up their machines , Alan emerged from his office and handed Sylvia a cassette . |
| 27 | Instead she chattered about the law and the law exams and found Davide 's last letter from Riba , and showed Tommaso the flourishing strokes of her brother 's handwriting , and asked him if he too wrote with such tails on his p's and g's and such loops on his l's and d's ? |
| 28 | But she only said , ‘ Have fun then , ’ and showed Oliver the lantern she had finished . |
| 29 | After she had a hot rum toddy in a steaming , warm tub and showed Josh the trap marks on her leg , they all sat around the wooden kitchen table to eat vegetable soup , local Stilton cheese , and a salad of walnuts and chicory , followed by gingerbread that Clare had made with Mrs Gooden 's special recipe . |
| 30 | He took early retirement in 1990 after 25 years at IBM and joined Softwright a couple of months later . |