Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As regards finding more ‘ absolute ’ tempo area indications for automatic mechanical instruments : there are mechanical noises on the recordings I made of the 1793 and undated Niemecz mechanical organs associated with the turning of these instruments ' flywheels . |
| 2 | I was there when British Telecom was privatised and I warned of the grave dangers in turning public monopolies into private monopolies . |
| 3 | ‘ The first I knew of the positive test came in a letter from the Jockey Club . |
| 4 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 5 | I thought of the hundreds of others of us who said something like that once or twice a week . |
| 6 | I thought that he was already a man when I was born , that he had seen me growing up , and I thought of the strange , sad , frightening creatures who haunted the borders of the woods watching the children play . |
| 7 | And I thought of the other man , the mysterious watcher . |
| 8 | I thought of the two members of my crew who were dead and remembered that if any of us had deserved to die it was 1 , who was responsible for the disaster . |
| 9 | I thought of the far nurseries of the stars and how many days ' sail through the thin seas of hydrogen would take us beyond the space lamps and the burial grounds of the stars . |
| 10 | As I was pulling on the worn satin slippers I thought of the new ones my sister had bought me for her wedding . |
| 11 | I thought of the fearful apprehension of the drug smuggler at the start of Midnight Express , his heart thumping , beads of guilty sweat on his lips . |
| 12 | As I crouched down in the trench I thought of the French family just a short distance away from us . |
| 13 | I thought of the little touches of home there would be inside it : the hand-knitted pullover , the familiar English toothpaste , and the razor blades fastened together with elastic bands . |
| 14 | I thought of the empty coal yard , and how much it had not needed fire watching . |
| 15 | I thought of the vivid description with which Omar had burdened my memory . |
| 16 | That night I dreamt of the white marble grate . |
| 17 | It was with much regret that I learned of the sad passing of Jack Golder ( Shergold guitars ) on 9th April ‘ 92 , via the obituary published in your June issue . |
| 18 | No other than the er er er the currencies pretty much the same er as I said of the important changes i is a much heavier emphasis on variable rates . |
| 19 | Nothing came of the latter , but about 1838 he demonstrated a fairly successful hot-air engine in London , suitable for a road vehicle . |
| 20 | Nothing came of the proposed sale . |
| 21 | This was the period when admirers of ‘ trad ’ adopted a purist stance , listened rather than danced and frowned on anything slick or commercial or which smacked of the professional dance band . |
| 22 | In particular , they would oppose anything which smacked of the corporatist state . |
| 23 | This follows representations by the British Hotels , Restaurants and Caterers Association ( BHRCA ) which learnt of the proposed change in May . |
| 24 | She had earlier written a report called ‘ Facing the Unbelievable ’ , which told of the ritual abuse of children . |
| 25 | As a result , vadose compaction of unconsolidated grains took place , which consisted of the preferential leaching of grains at their points of contact until all intergranular porosity had been destroyed and a tight polygonal texture had been created ( Fig. 16c ; Clark 1980a ) . |
| 26 | In order to implement and oversee the project as a whole , a Project Coordinating Team was established which consisted of the Principal Adviser for Educational Resources , the Assistant County Librarian ; Education and Special Services ( formerly the Principal Assistant Librarian : Young People and Education ( PAL:YPE ) , the Senior County Inspector ( English ) , and the Tutor in Charge , County Language and Reading Centre , Essex Institute ( Brentwood ) . |
| 27 | The Girls were also included in the finale which consisted of the 150 music hall artistes presenting Variety 's Garden Party . |
| 28 | Sharma , backed by the Congress ( I ) , gained 64.78 per cent of the total votes of the electoral college ( which consisted of the elected members of both houses of parliament and the state legislatures ) , defeating his nearest rival , G. G. Swell , the BJP-National Front candidate who polled 33.21 per cent . |
| 29 | By its very nature , the birth of twins became an event which partook of the mythic , which linked man with some of his oldest and most potent mythic images and ultimately with his gods . |
| 30 | Bridge , on the other hand , was possessed of an urbanity of manner which proved of the greatest importance , especially in the firm 's dealings with George III and other members of the royal family . |