Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few days after Mr Hani 's murder , while riots swept the country , he and four comrades met secretly to form a ‘ Committee of Generals ’ whose aim would be to resist majority rule . |
| 2 | IN : The new Commons stage will be graced by the actress , Miss Glenda Jackson , 55 , who produced sufficiently convincing a performance in her debut as an active Labour politician to stir Hampstead and Highgate . |
| 3 | Children 's drawings and posters pile up with books and cups of coffee in the relaxed , completely family-orientated interior , and every time she found somewhere to put a newly ironed outfit , you could be sure one of the three cats would jump onto it , curl up and fall asleep . |
| 4 | The results are keyed in and validated locally using a ‘ cut-down ’ version of the reporter module . |
| 5 | The experiment involved secretly filming a group of children , ranged in age groups of ten to thirteen , watching a never-before-seen episode of a science fiction serial . |
| 6 | The crowd was eventually scattered but , later that evening , the police tried forcibly to remove a political banner at the city centre 's War Memorial . |
| 7 | As a sound is a mantra , so an image is a yantra , the two used together making a powerful combination for spiritual exercises . |
| 8 | Through casual meetings at cafés , the artists drew together to form a movement in protest against the waste of war , against nationalism and against everything pompous , conventional or boring in the art of the Western world . |
| 9 | In fact , once the investment was completed and operational , the accounting data were highly aggregated , designed merely to keep a more general watch on total operating costs . |
| 10 | With SARFU unification accomplished in South Africa , French moved swiftly to secure a Wallaby tour to South Africa for this year . |
| 11 | Two decades ago , Strahler tried valiantly to infuse a genetic approach into the subject but was greeted with meagre response … |
| 12 | He stopped momentarily to watch a juggler . |
| 13 | Note that the store location accessed still contains a copy of the information read . |
| 14 | But I tried always to have a quiet time with God before I started my revision that morning . |
| 15 | Both the Christian Democrats and the Socialists , long the leading partnership of Italian government , tried yesterday to put a brave face on their poor showing . |
| 16 | Galarrwuy Yunupingu , chairman of the aboriginal Northern Lands Council , welcomed the decision and predicted that the federal government would face a " barrage of litigation " unless it moved quickly to negotiate a treaty with the aborigines . |
| 17 | To his embarrassment he realised he had an erection and moved quickly to place a copy of the Teheran Times on his lap before the stewardess reached his row . |
| 18 | This might mean that the parish boundary was defined by later prehistory at least , but it might also indicate that definition occurred later using a well-defined pre-existing feature . |
| 19 | Separatists tried unsuccessfully to disrupt a military parade in Lithuania . |
| 20 | He had already interviewed Norman Tebbit about his exclusion from the afternoon 's debate on Europe — ' ’ Diabolical liberty ’ , says Norman , in conference outrage' — and tried unsuccessfully to have a word with Sir Charles Webb-Bowen . |
| 21 | Macdonald tried unsuccessfully to find a magistrate to receive his oath at the last minute , then sent his papers to Edinburgh , where Secretary of State and Master of Stair Sir John Dalrymple suppressed them . |
| 22 | Merrill tried unsuccessfully to introduce a note of matter-of-fact severity into her voice , but it did n't work . |
| 23 | He stopped midway to say a prayer in the Chapel of St Thomas for the safety of their journey and then continued on his way . |
| 24 | Adam stopped now to light a cigarette , contemptuously confident of his ability to manoeuvre and control . |
| 25 | Cuprinol 's Clear Varnish used here provides a tough skin , ideal for wood floors . |
| 26 | Patients readmitted consistently had a shorter length of stay in all specialisms than non-readmitted patients . |
| 27 | That slight stiffness I mentioned earlier takes a little getting used to , but no more than a slightly eager clutch , say , in a new car . |
| 28 | Herbert Hobden ( Holzinger ) tried hard to keep a stiff upper lip as he was introduced , with his ten-year-old sister , to his new home : |
| 29 | It was not easy to avoid domestic politics but we tried hard to achieve a delicate balance . |
| 30 | The Allied politicians tried hard to find a solution , to resolve the conflicting demands of their own economies and ambitions along with those of the Poles and Germans . |