Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should , of course , widen the context even further for , if in the movies preaching usually came hand in hand with melodrama , this should remind us that films were still firmly in the hands of showmen and they were free to use social comment and social settings as they thought best . |
| 2 | Social ostracism followed outbursts of silliness , hubby drank a lot , did n't hit her often but did bad-mouth her excessively , and took up fishing ; went away for weekends with male friends she 'd never heard of , Claimed to be tackling rivers but kept bringing home filleted sea fish on the Sunday night , and was always suspiciously careful to empty his pockets when he gave her his clothes to wash . |
| 3 | RACING yesterday paid tribute to Arthur Stephenson , one of the all-time great trainers , who died on Thursday night , aged 72 . |
| 4 | Racing also took place on the frozen River Ouse in 1607 and Charles I witnessed a race on Acomb Manor during a visit in 1633 . |
| 5 | All mixing now took place in fully enclosed machines , and faults in the process were flashed onto a ‘ mimic board ’ by the computer . |
| 6 | Only when the Cobblers were doing well did county people go to Northampton , hence the club 's languishing state before Chapman took over . |
| 7 | Voting also took place for 140 municipal councils and two new 45-member autonomous regional councils in the Atlantic Coast region . |
| 8 | At the end of November guerrillas renewed their attacks on the wealthy suburbs of Escalón and San Benito and fighting also took place on the flanks of the San Salvador and Guazapa volcanos outside the capital . |
| 9 | When the aide finished translating the senator 's remarks the assembled colons applauded politely and an Annamese servant hovering nearby offered champagne to the group . |