Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Only Anne Gibson has won a singles medal for Scotland in the championships — a bronze in 1987 — and McEwan , just 17 , has an outside chance of repeating that .
2 Won a sports trophy .
3 In Ica ( the venue for the Group of Eight presidential summit which took place on Oct. 11-12 — see p. 36973 ) Sendero Luminoso carried out several bomb attacks and killed the wife of a university rector on Oct. 1-2 , and also attacked a police post in the neighbouring town of Palpa , killing eight and wounding 13 .
4 In earlier incidents , OMON units on Jan. 14 had briefly occupied a police station in Riga , and had tried to remove two of the barricades which had been put up by Latvians on main roads , bridges and around public buildings in response to events in Vilnius .
5 Prior to Theology , he may have pursued an Arts course when he was a young man .
6 On April 30 a Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court judge sentenced a police station commander , Brian Mitchell , to death after finding him guilty of murdering 11 black mourners at a funeral in December 1988 .
7 After a 15-week trial , a military court on Dec. 12 , 1989 , sentenced a police colonel to 15 years ' imprisonment for ordering the killing in cold blood of 124 unarmed inmates of Lurigancho prison in Lima in 1986 following an uprising [ see pp. 34607-08 ] .
8 Cross-examined by the defence QC , Donald Macfadyen , Mr Runciman disagreed that after the executive committee meeting , while he had decided a profits warning should be issued , the two other members had not made up their minds .
9 Physical geography books written for a variety of educational levels have adopted a systems viewpoint to provide an organizational structure .
10 It causes abnormal physical development , now you 've all seen a Downs Syndrome person have n't you ?
11 It seems that if you 've done an arts degree , apart from social science , then really you 're in line for jobs that science students go for as well , whereas arts students ca n't go for science degree jobs so you 've got more scope to apply for .
12 Brinson , before taking over the Gulbenkian Foundation in London in 1972 had chaired an arts committee of the Foundation , set up to discuss and provide financial help to the performing arts , and particularly to dance , which had had , in his words ‘ a raw deal ’ .
13 Immediately upon his retirement , McGuinness earned his civil pilots licence ( 6845 ) on July 12 , 1935 and , on July 24 , 1936 , was granted an instructors licence .
14 After further meetings it was reported on July 20 that the Liberian government had accepted an ECOWAS peace proposal , providing for ( i ) a ceasefire ; ( ii ) the deployment of a regional peacekeeping force ; and ( iii ) the immediate formation of a government of national unity .
15 give you the impression that you 've got a parents child , you 've got a parents right
16 We 've got a ladies luncheon in Glasgow for four hundred and the organiser , Ruth the chair of Glasgow branch , is being helped by two ladies from the business community erm Linda from the BAFTA award and Tessa who has her own marketing company , so we 're hoping to sort of pull in a lot of people from that erm Judy the chair of Scottish council , is yet again holding her Charlotte Square ball erm , this was very , very successful two years ago , I think you know erm and we 're hoping for the same success erm , we are very lucky that the Royal Highland Show has chosen us to be er the charity this year for the gala preview of the show erm this is er for three hundred people , a champagne reception erm sponsored by the Bank of Scotland , so that you go and see the flowers before the show opens the next day .
17 Erm I 've got a Readers Digest , it 's a large hardback book er Complete Guide to Sewing , it 's a A to Z , it 's got all the sewing essentials and also for making household items and toys and clothes and everything , er for a fiver .
18 And then you have a we sorry , I 'm sorry I ca n't do it that week , I 've got a weeks holiday .
19 got a weeks homework
20 We 've got a police car waiting .
21 You have n't got a police rank .
22 They say no , 'cause I 've got a police house .
23 Yes , erm they 've got a sports centre in Nottingham , and that 's the nearest thing they 've got to Oxford .
24 Got a sports thing yet ?
25 Erm I do n't know erm how it is like , as I say because I , I 've been left now ten years eleven , eleven in May er so erm I , I really , I do n't know what , how things are with the er with the employees really you know , but erm I used to enjoys my meetings once a month erm and I think everybody seemed fair , we got and of course , according to the Co- magazine that we have , that Focus , they always send me one of those still and er I mean , you 've got er , we used to have a good football team and I think they 've still got a sports team have n't they ?
26 He 's got a sports club coming off soon .
27 Yes I know it 's Bugs Bunny on it and you 've got a Bugs Bunny tape have n't you ?
28 Er Yes this is Rita 's suggestion which is attached erm , suggesting one point ten as worded there is added simply to say if the job is n't commissioned a contents enquiry form is filed by the researcher with related documents .
29 is well despite having had a forceps delivery & ‘ piles ’ ! !
30 We 've actually had a Delegates Conference in April and we meet the company in July and I do n't expect any sold the bread waiting for a massive increase in pay .
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