Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The IMF , however , taking into account another failure in the June test , suspended further drawdowns and negotiations commenced on the conditions for further assistance , expected to include a further devaluation . |
| 2 | To start with , Alison planned to wear a white evening dress . |
| 3 | At a meeting of its environmental committee yesterday , Dunfermline District Council agreed to issue a public health notice against Fife Regional Council . |
| 4 | Jacobite polemicists sought to target a mass audience . |
| 5 | Unfortunately I soon blotted my copy book by stating that Pete Townshend of The Who should be tried for cultural war crimes and made to issue a public apology . |
| 6 | But he recovered to plant a glorious chip over Kelly from 20 yards . |
| 7 | John ( 1932 ) found that hypertension was only more prevalent in diabetics who were over 40 years of age , while another study failed to confirm an excess prevalence ( Sherrill , 1933 ) . |
| 8 | Film producer Liam Brennan , who may face extradition to the US on deception charges , admitted using a worthless cheque . |
| 9 | In 1969 a doping scandal at FC Bologna in Italy led to the entire team being found guilty ; in Uruguay the following year two internationalists admitted using an exotic African drug and in the World Cup prior to Argentina , FIFA banned the Haitian internationalist Ernst Joseph for taking the proscribed drug phenlmetrazin . |
| 10 | The AUT 's governing council , meeting in York , agreed to support a National Union of Students proposal for a one-day shut-down of universities in protest at the scheme with teach-ins on campuses . |
| 11 | Then Wim went off and tagged IBM and when IBM and Hewlett agreed to support a common position Sun decided it could n't resist , especially with Novell Inc nudging it on . |
| 12 | Then Wim went off and tagged IBM and when IBM and HP agreed to support a common position Sun eventually found it could n't resist , especially with Novell nudging it on . |
| 13 | A grouping of eight opposition parties , including the Movement for Democracy in Algeria ( MDA ) and the Rally for Culture and Democracy ( RCD ) , met on April 7 and agreed to support a single candidate in each constituency . |
| 14 | She is a woman indeed ! — in mind , I mean , & heart-for her person is such , that if you expected to see a pretty woman , you would think her ordinary — if you expected to find an ordinary woman , you would think her pretty ! — But her manners are simple , ardent , impressive … |
| 15 | The line to Bathgate , reopened to passengers on 24 March 1986 ( including two new stations at Uphall and Livingston ) at a cost of £1.5million shared by six public bodies expected to see a top figure of 400,000 passengers annually . |
| 16 | I expected to see a huge hound , but not a creature like this . |
| 17 | She was dismayed to see these strangers accosting her when she expected to see an old man in a cowboy hat with a black and white photograph face . |
| 18 | She got to see a grizzly bear , skunks and chipmunks . |
| 19 | Though his batsmen dominated most of the final day , they failed to silence a grumbling chorus . |
| 20 | Two doctors who treated Shaunagh at Gordon Barracks ' Garrison Medical Centre at Hamelyn , failed to diagnose a punctured lung even though she was fighting for breath and in serious pain . |
| 21 | If physical integrity is so highly valued , would it be inappropriate to make it clear that an offence would be committed by any normal adult who failed to see an obvious risk of physical harm to another ? |
| 22 | The inquiry found he twice failed to signal a false start . |
| 23 | The inquiry found he twice failed to signal a false start . |
| 24 | Senior Jockey Club stewards will today decide whether to summon 57-year-old part-timer Ken Evans before a disciplinary committee after the inquiry found he twice failed to signal a false start . |
| 25 | He recalls the efforts he made to acquire a p-38 : ‘ A Lightning that I had been pondering about for some time was owned by a chap called Merril Wayne , who ran an airline called Wayne Airlines up in Anchorage , Alaska . |
| 26 | The ministers agreed to implement a common effective preferential tariff ( CEPT ) mechanism on Jan. 1 , 1993 . |
| 27 | Under the terms of a final communiqué issued on June 26 all the factions agreed to implement an indefinite ceasefire and promised not to receive any further foreign military aid . |
| 28 | If Sidacai cared to lodge a formal complaint , the jailers would suffer punishment . |
| 29 | It had retained no suitable system of books and records , failed to implement an appropriate system of internal controls and it had lacked appropriate segregation of functions . |
| 30 | SKI resort bosses failed to alert a special medical team about the avalanche which killed seven people until 90 minutes afterwards , it was revealed yesterday . |