Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Another happy collaboration between the Sports Council 's Greater London and South East Region Movement and Dance Liaison Group and the Westminster City Council resulted in a superb participatory weekend of movement and dance held at the Seymour Leisure Centre , 24–25 October , at which the Medau Society provided a Teachers ' Workshop and a Recreational Class , both taught by Margaret Charlwood .
2 In Phillips v. Brooks ( 1919 K.B. ) a rogue called North entered a jeweller 's shop , selected some items including a ring and asked to pay by cheque and to take the ring with him .
3 Leigh , who drew a quarter 's salary in March 1565 , was another graduate of the University of Cambridge ; good boys from the School were going on to University .
4 ‘ A short time ago , being well known helped a candidate 's image — today , it often provokes suspicion …
5 Indeed in 1244 , Thurkleby J. disallowed a widow 's appeal of rape ‘ because a woman can only appeal concerning rape of her virginity . ’
6 Massine took this theme from Tchaikovsky 's own letters to his patron in which he described a composer 's search for ideas .
7 And Dutch bookseller Jaap Buchli of Scheltema Holkema Vermeulen described a bookseller 's successful incursion into the electronic media market .
8 A BUSINESS leader yesterday described a town 's double jobs loss blow as ‘ symptomatic of the times . ’
9 He described a youth 's sexual attack on a young girl as ‘ a breath of fresh air . ’
10 The Court of Appeal dismissed a mother 's appeal from an order of Judge Wroath in the Portsmouth County Court on 11 May 1989 that a girl should be adopted and that the parents ' consents to the adoption be dispensed with on the ground that they were unreasonably withheld .
11 However , the only individual who appears to have a plan that will appeal to the developing world is Dr. Mustapha Tolba , head of the United Nations Enviroment Plan who proposed a users ' tax paid by the consumers of ozone depleting chemicals , to be collected by governments and used by developing countries both to modernise their production systems and to compensate the multi-nationals for the transfer of their most advanced energy effective technology .
12 The survey monitored a week 's evening viewing on all four channels .
13 Well , what I found a bit erm remarkable really , in the book
14 We found a Pandora 's box of evidence in his fraudster 's den . ’
15 the phone goes this morning , hop of Daisy , goes to answer it , Santa 's Grotto he says , a member of the public phoning to say that they found a child 's bag in the high street .
16 A total of five extra crew were taken on board over the next three months , including a new master , Edward Barker ; he found a ship 's company of nine men — Robert Gray , the steward , having died a day after Robert Titford .
17 And eventually I found a job er as assistant to the er clerking to the rating officer , who had also been a member of t , who was a member of the chapel , and er knew I was looking for a job and er , I had n't written to him cos I did n't know this one was coming up .
18 Emergency teams arriving at the scene found a woman 's body 40 yards from the crossing , at the foot of the embankment .
19 A police frogman has told a court how he found a woman 's body at the bottom of the River Severn .
20 SHOCKED council officials found a mouse 's head in the kitchen when they raided Mr Wong 's Chinese takeaway .
21 We found a merchant 's house full of treasure . ’
22 The drop followed a 1.4pc fall in September on the Nationwide index , although the larger Halifax society reported a record 3.1pc drop .
23 If you caught a sponsor 's eye ( Liverpool had its own version of the Trenchard system of accelerated middle-class promotion ) , or , in the view of many officers , had the right ‘ connections ’ , there were possibilities .
24 I caught a man 's voice behind him , low , authoritative , then the link was cut .
25 I caught a waiter 's eye and before long the drinks arrived ; they were greeted with anything-but-ragged cheers , in which the comic wholeheartedly joined .
26 He contributed time and money generously to Warrington : he was mayor in 1882 , alderman in 1885 , and freeman in 1891 ; he built a working-men 's mission , and supported schools , the library , the infirmary , and other institutions .
27 A man who tempered sentiment with business sense , it was said of Guillaume that he revealed the price of a painting with the same air of awed reverence that he mentioned a woman 's age .
28 At the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Non-Aligned in February 1981 Iran pressed for a purist conception of non-alignment , which involved a rejection all forms of dependency on the superpowers , an emphasis on self-reliance , and a purge of those who did not live up to this ideal .
29 The actual course of evolution was often determined by the factors that limited a species ' access to new areas of the world .
30 We booted out the pews , the pulpit , the kneeling desks , had Burmese lacquer altar frontals , did away with the alms bags and their seasonal colours and used a monk 's begging bowl instead .
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