Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bill Koch became acutely embarrassed that money was being donated to this party in his name , yet he had little cash of his own . |
| 2 | Albert Ninham , 75 , admitted indecently assaulting two boys aged 12 and 11 in November last year . |
| 3 | Queen Victoria lived on to see these tremendous changes and in June 1897 , when the British Empire was probably at its peak , she celebrated her Diamond Jubilee with great pomp and ceremony . |
| 4 | Why has the Secretary of State failed effectively to tackle those problems and to take action against the excessive profits and unacceptable boardroom pay rises and perks ? |
| 5 | One group of subjects ( labelled ‘ Control ’ in the figure ) experienced only reinforced conditioning trials . |
| 6 | Mr. Beazley invites me to give a very broad interpretation to paragraph 12 of the Kalfelis [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 5565 judgment and to say that all these swap actions fall broadly within the test that it is expedient to hear and determine them together ; he argues that the use of the plural in that paragraph shows that the principle there laid down covers several defendants in groups of actions as well as several defendants in an individual action ; and he submits that there is a risk here of irreconcilable judgments , seeing that both at first instance and thereafter , if the cases proceed up to the appellate process , different decisions may be reached in England and Scotland respectively , on the questions of English law which arise ( there is no suggestion that Scottish law applies to these actions ) . |
| 7 | The law or , more correctly stated , those who make the law , have a corresponding obligation to ensure that the principles and rules laid down meet certain criteria . |
| 8 | As such , they are simplified versions of the working models used during the analysis , which became extremely complicated due to the interactivity between the components , usually represented as a series of inputs and outputs of relevant information . |
| 9 | Government representatives , employers and workers now met together to discuss economic policies . |
| 10 | Wolfgang recovered sufficiently to give two concerts in Amsterdam where his new symphony ( No 5 in B flat , K.22 , written in The Hague ) was played . |
| 11 | Two new teachers were engaged and six Madrichim drafted in to inspire greater devotion to Zionism . |
| 12 | Sadly , I failed daily to get any of the pilots to use the Link , so I used the periods myself and , in time , overcame my shortcomings in bad-weather flying , I am convinced to this day that those stolen trips in the Link could well have prolonged my flying life in later years . |
| 13 | After months of surgery and chemotherapy , she recovered enough to make two films . |
| 14 | And how two cultures failed entirely to understand each other . |
| 15 | So they left their strong position , and in four great divisions under Douglas himself , Ross , Moray and the Steward , rode down to cross that marsh and to assault the hill . |
| 16 | They moved on to see some fellows working on a lovely Galway hooker raised on sleepers at the waterside , then crossed to a quiet little bar and had some Beamishes . |
| 17 | ‘ She 's a beauty , ’ Baker said as Paula moved on to greet another guest . |
| 18 | In his two-volume Mexico of the Twentieth Century ( 1907 ) Martin moved on to examine British investment and influence in that country . |
| 19 | The result was the partnership which bought Twr-y-Felin in St David 's and ran it for 18 months until Phil moved on to pursue other interests . |
| 20 | He started as financial controller and then moved on to become executive assistant manager . |
| 21 | Many of those displaced were not rehoused but moved on to multi-occupy neighbouring districts . |
| 22 | However such power and influence should have been balanced by checks built in to protect those falling foul of an individual BAT leader . |
| 23 | Although the research reviewed below indicates some of the approaches made to these problems many difficulties still remain , partly because of the rich and sometimes ambiguous nature of art itself but also because of the value that is placed upon the validity of individual response in these areas . |
| 24 | The language I used obviously means this : the plaintiff in order to make out a cause of action must assert certain facts which , if traversed , he would be put to prove . |
| 25 | I was never so self-assured again , though I rallied enough to get some good results in the School Certificate exams , and joined in enough activities — rowing , choir , dramatic society — to be dubbed as an all-rounder by the headmaster ( a description which brought jeers from my schoolmates ) . |
| 26 | So you 've got to find what number multiplied together makes twenty . |
| 27 | His head bent swiftly to kiss first one shoulder and then the other . |
| 28 | A CAP designed only to promote efficient farming would abolish itself forthwith . |
| 29 | The family drew together to help each other , and most of them had additional sources of comfort . |
| 30 | Regarding the environment , there are impractical proposals emanating via Brussels , designed merely to placate noisy pressure groups . |