Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | this is what 's call was called in York a throwen chair and do n't mistake that for thrown , er it 's a throwen or c or or turned chair . |
| 2 | The Americans wanted the greatest possible acceleration of weapon production on behalf of the Atlantic Alliance in order to keep ahead of the Russians , but they insisted on two principles : first , that production and storage facilities should be located with due regard to strategic considerations , and that meant location in North America with minimum holdings in Europe ; and second , that there should be co-ordination of the American and British programmes to make best use of available expertise and resources , including exchange of scientists . |
| 3 | But tonight 's objective was to please Richard and be photographed by every goddam paparazzo in London , and that meant colour , the brighter the better . |
| 4 | The musician had shown concern and that meant involvement . |
| 5 | He also learned all he could of the ground and the way it shaped the wind , because command of the wind meant command of flight and that meant dominance and security . |
| 6 | The very high bore tides rarely occured during the hours of darkness , but he knew this one was predicted to be a twenty seven footer , and that meant danger . |
| 7 | ‘ Because there used to be a pond there , and that had water in it ’ . |
| 8 | I do n't fancy cos I did n't enjoy that chicken wings last night and that had broccoli in it . |
| 9 | There was a white wooden arrow sign below it pointing to the farmhouse , and that had HQ stencilled on it in Ministry of Defence style . |
| 10 | That took organization ; and that took money . |
| 11 | ‘ So from then on I had to make sure that everything I presented to Shawcraft was in the form of a very concise constructional drawing — and that took time — a lot of time . |
| 12 | ‘ And apart from Barbra arriving late — which she would n't have done had she only been given one hairdresser instead of three , because all three insisted on fixing her hair , and that took time — everything went smoothly . ’ |
| 13 | And God has only ever , and only ever will send one pentecost , and that took place on the day of pentecost , the birthday , the birth of the church . |
| 14 | Then the children were evacuated from London in fear of air raids and that made life difficult for many Sunday schools , since the London children wanted to show the local children how tough they were . |
| 15 | ‘ With her background it 'll be referred to Special Branch and Five … and that fiddled telephone … and Praeger without any background — we should have left his wallet , but they 'll trace something about him anyway — and then we can admit we went to see her — once — and what we talked about and there we are . ’ |
| 16 | Some seven years before the death of King Charles II , Princess Mary of England had married William of the House of Orange , and that gave rise to the English-Dutch alliance in 1678 . |
| 17 | He was asked about the secrecy involved and the necessity for the early morning raids , and he answered that both the Society 's and the Council 's major concern was for the interests and feelings of the children , and that necessitated confidentiality . |
| 18 | And he just dived in there and and got hold of it these tools er once you get a hold of those things you know they they 're pretty They 're fantastic you they wo n't . |
| 19 | And I went to the Magistrates and acted and and gave witness on behalf of this old gentleman . |