Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They estimated the total population at 3000–4000 animals and discovered that almost a quarter lived around Banks Peninsula , near the South Island 's largest city , Christchurch . |
| 2 | Earlier expeditions , in the wars against Louis XIV , had twice failed to make any progress up the narrow estuary of the St. Lawrence ; the new expedition under Wolfe sailed up the river and established itself outside Quebec , the capital of New France : British troops took up positions east of the city and also on the south side of the river , but there was no attempt at a seige and the routes north and west of the city remained open . |
| 3 | This was followed by a mystery stomach bug which struck down Blues midfielder Ian McCoosh and several directors in Tbilisi — plus virtual house-arrest in the hotel as Georgian security feared for the safety of their Western visitors . |
| 4 | Sellafield criticized over doors incident |
| 5 | Well the accident was was that if you look at the junctions along that section of road and carried out qualifications junction , you could release , reduce delays from junctions and effect of your making your total journey in a shorter time making that route slightly more attractive . |
| 6 | A weak performance in Europe held back profits growth at Unilever , the Anglo-Dutch food and consumer products group , figures out yesterday showed . |