Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we can construct an analyzer with ΔE/E = 0·001 , this contributes > 1 eV for the electrons ejected with > 1000 eV kinetic energy using X-ray radiation , but only 0·01 eV for 10 eV electrons produced using 21 eV [ He(I) ] excitation . |
| 2 | They recommended using three modes , as in CSE , and a single grading system , though with special papers in some subjects for pupils of low or high ability . |
| 3 | But the operation , involved keeping thirty officers on standby , , including undercover officers and traffic patrols , was expensive … thirty thousand has been spent in overtime alone … so the operation was scaled down … again the displays started … again the Police moved in … |
| 4 | The job , which involved surveying three wells for tubing change-out , was doubly challenging since the only way to reach the plant was to drive along the beach in a four-wheel drive vehicle . |
| 5 | The treatment involved walking three times round the shore and then departing , without looking back . |
| 6 | I stopped smoking two years ago and I stopped doing all the silly drugs and drink nearly six years ago , so you naturally gravitate towards quite a healthy diet . |
| 7 | But the dig , which involved drilling three holes , was called off after all they found were eighteenth century foundations . |
| 8 | He 's been jailed for firearms , fraud and passport offences and caught smuggling 4 tons of cannabis into Australia . |
| 9 | CW reported spending 2 days per week on user support in February and March , and stressed need for action . |
| 10 | Piaget 's sentence completion study involved asking seven-to nine-year-olds to write completions for each of the following written sentence fragments : |
| 11 | Among their little exercises in search of conclusions was that which involved asking 55 schoolchildren to list expressions meaning stupid person . |
| 12 | They tried having two machines but never had enough laundry to justify running them both . |
| 13 | Gray also reported making three sales ‘ three times as many as I made last year ’ . |
| 14 | The third stage involved selecting 22 addresses in each polling district . |
| 15 | On 11 March 1772 , two weeks after the society had its first meeting on 23 February , they reported discharging five debtors from the Marshalsea Prison in Southwark — the biggest debt was £2 5s 8d — two from the Poultry Compter ( biggest debt £6 18s 5d ) ; one from the Kings Bench Prison ; five from the Borough Compter ; four from the Wood Street Compter ; three from Whitechapel Prison ; five from Newgate Prison ; and one from the New Gaol in Whitecross Street , Southwark . |
| 16 | This behaviour encouraged a more sophisticated experiment which involved placing two aluminium plates 3 metres apart in the tank . |
| 17 | Gardner-Medwin proposed screening 18 month old boys who are not walking as an approach to the problem of delayed diagnosis . |
| 18 | Kenny Everett said : ‘ I stopped watching 10 years ago because it was hideously irritating . |
| 19 | The man whose car collided with a coach moments before it crashed killing three people and injuring twenty-six others says he ca n't sleep for thinking about the accident . |
| 20 | German and Austrian police on Dec. 8 reported detaining 16 people alleged to be involved in smuggling radioactive material from the former Soviet Union . |
| 21 | His project , which stretched over 25 years , involved clearing 450 acres of bracken and regenerating heather at a family estate at Ramsgill , Nidderdale , North Yorkshire . |
| 22 | Lt. Mietusch reported engaging eight Hurricanes , one of which he claimed shot down at 1845 , the pilot baling out . |
| 23 | Coombes , now 17 , of Cardiff , admitted causing two deaths by reckless driving . |
| 24 | Helen and Tony came bringing two plate tarts made by Helen and all the attention was focussed on Moira , giving Chris time to overcome his nervousness , helped by Helen 's tact . |
| 25 | Slowly she imagined taking one step after another until she reported that she could physically go no further because the slope of the ceiling was so steep . |
| 26 | Brian Mounsey , from Liverpool , admitted possessing two kilos of heroin when he appeared before a court in Bangkok . |
| 27 | The solution was found initially using the entire Fab molecule , and confirmed using two half-molecules comprising the constant and variable regions . |
| 28 | Dorcas risked opening one eye . |
| 29 | There was no answer to her gibe , and , despite the fact that the fumes in the room told her the substance on her hair was likely to blind her if it made contact , she sat up and risked opening one eye . |
| 30 | Selma arrived escorting two braziers , one to keep the coffee pots hot and another for hot coals for the incense pots . |