Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun pl] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were rocket propelled bombs with wings that enabled them to be launched and to fly in a straight line until the rocket fuel was used up , then to fall on the unfortunate people and buildings below . |
| 2 | At the age of sixty-eight Ingres made copies of masterpieces . |
| 3 | Most of the Elizabethan and Jacobean amateurs who collected his music made copies of parts or all of it , and Byrd himself selected it for his first ( 1589 ) book of cantiones sacrae , along with pieces of the stature of ‘ Ne irascaris ’ , ‘ Tristitia et anxietas ’ , ‘ O quam gloriosum ’ and ‘ Vigilate ’ . |
| 4 | Banks like Childs and Hoares received the rents from the estates , made investments in stocks and collected dividends for their landed clients . |
| 5 | because she asked loads of questions ! |
| 6 | There are at least three different types of screw threaded necks on bottles , and each needs a specific closure in order to form a seal with the top of the bottle , otherwise the bottle leaks . |
| 7 | The price includes en-suite accommodation , chalet maid service , nonstop entertainment , swimming pools , sports facilities and planned activities for children of all ages . |
| 8 | Life insurers sold policies with yields which could easily be paid in a rising stockmarket but not when it falls . |
| 9 | Personal communications services are bursting out all over in the US and three Baby Bells this week announced plans for trials of new services . |
| 10 | In his first address to the UN since taking office , United States President George Bush on Sept. 25 made proposals for cuts in chemical weapons , saying that the United States would begin elimination of 60 per cent or 98 per cent of its chemical weapons respectively , provided the Soviet Union cut its own stockpile to an equal level or eliminated it completely ; and that the USA would destroy all its chemical weapons within 10 years if the countries capable of producing such weapons signed a total ban treaty . |
| 11 | Scathach slung canvases between trees that surged and shuddered . |
| 12 | ‘ When our case was originally rejected we got calls from authorities all over the country saying ‘ What 's going on ? ’ . ’ |
| 13 | When I caddy for Matt he made loads of putts , it 's was well cool . |
| 14 | John Bryan and topless Fergie exchanged tender glances and whispered confidences like lovers do . |
| 15 | Mr first laid plans of mice and men is one page missing as it is only twenty five metres away and I shall have it shortly . |
| 16 | Clarkson and Wilberforce , partly because they lived for so long , frequently sent off autographs with motto attached and Clarkson received and met requests for locks of his thinning hair . |
| 17 | , I got loads of observations here . |
| 18 | We got loads of tins of that did n't we ? |
| 19 | ‘ We did once and we got loads of comments — Liz even got chased down the road by a tramp ! ’ |
| 20 | I got loads of plants now . |
| 21 | I got loads of toiletries and things this year ! |
| 22 | Fans turned up to gigs in ridiculous anoraks , sold fanzines with names like Frothy Pop and pretended they were carefree 18-year-olds . |
| 23 | On Jan. 11 federal Defence Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg announced savings on costs of defence of DM43,700 million ( US$27,800 million ) spread over the next 13 years . |
| 24 | The fresco on the exterior illustrates the name of the hotel , but it derived its name from the fact that the original owner made trimmings for hats from ostrich feathers . |
| 25 | We became connoisseurs of obstacles . |
| 26 | In the early days of aviation he made designs for aeroplanes and , later in life , he took up golf and planned houses for himself and his friends in Berkshire . |
| 27 | More sinister changelings became channels for daemons which walked the land in those host bodies , twisting and melting their anatomy into devilish monstrosities with scales and horns , claws and feelers — until the possessed bodies finally fell apart , until the vestiges of corrupted mind were sucked away as spirit-meat for those parasites from outside of normality . |
| 28 | Sections of the aircraft had already been recovered and tests revealed traces of explosives in seat cushions and luggage . |
| 29 | Yet the Catholic Church violated it and deformed it and made relationships between men and women more difficult in that people became adversaries and exploiters rather than partners . |
| 30 | Later on , for example at the Party Congress of 1907 , the right-wing faction , of which Bernstein was one of the leading members , proposed to approve German colonial expansion on the grounds that this promoted a progressive capitalism and harmonized relationships between classes in Germany . |