Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they grew up and went off into the wild I suffered dreadful pangs . |
| 2 | ‘ If that was the case I found great difficulty in seeing how he could get permission from my local authority to license me , ’ he said . |
| 3 | In this particular case I used wild roses , plus their buds and leaves . |
| 4 | ‘ Despite my close relationship with Sonauto I had solid contacts with Honda and I remember the problems I brought on myself . ’ |
| 5 | And I 've got to say this , in some cases I had additional time as a shop steward and a convenor , to spend on major problems er affecting the incentive scheme . |
| 6 | A petite , pleasant-faced doxy , however , caught my eye and for a few hours I became old Shallot again , whiling away the time , telling the most outrageous stories and making her laugh both in the taproom and on her feather-filled mattress in the chamber above . |
| 7 | We then found that we did n't have enough cash to pay the landing fees , and in response I offered Portuguese escudos , converting at the rate in the newspaper . |
| 8 | To see if topical streptokinase , as in ‘ Varidase ’ ( streptokinase and streptodornase ) could be absorbed from a wound site and produce a similar response I measured anti-streptokinase titres in patients with wounds . |
| 9 | In my early struggling days as a writer I spent occasional days as a film extra . |
| 10 | Anyway , in that desolate chamber at Sheen I removed soft buskins from the corpse 's feet , carefully pushing back the blue robe and the white cotton shift beneath . |
| 11 | In the last chapter I outlined certain similarities between karate competition and boxing . |
| 12 | So after I finished Sleeping With The Enemy I walked Pennine Way to release all the pent-up aggression and that helped , ’ he says . |
| 13 | From my hotel at the foot of fifth Avenue I made short forays into the neon between soaking my cuts , counting my abrasions and nursing anxiety to sleep . |
| 14 | Brett parted with Boris Becker after a fruitful association which brought Grand Slam triumphs , including Wimbledon , with the German superstar saying : ‘ Bob needs a new challenge . ’ |
| 15 | Remarkably , compounds which showed particular promise as drugs became routinely discussed by number alone , although everyone knew the chemistry behind them . |
| 16 | De Valera himself resisted right-wing pressures to enhance the role of the church in the Irish state and successfully opposed tendencies to fascism apparent in Irish paramilitary movements of the thirties ( Manning 1970 ) . |
| 17 | It was he who helped to have removed those lines in the inscription on the Monument which accused Roman Catholics of starting the Great Fire of London . |
| 18 | The contest which followed involved parents , the school managers and their headmistress , and eventually implicated the local and central state . |
| 19 | In the five days of violence which resulted official estimates suggested that at least 30 people died ( including one MP ) and several hundred were injured . |
| 20 | After this assault Mosley reputedly was forced to discipline his own followers in order to maintain order in the BUF , and to discourage further acts of violence which invited retaliatory action by the authorities . |
| 21 | For the first time he met , peeping above the surface , the force of a prejudice which had unrelenting ferocity . |
| 22 | The new law empowered police to designate as criminal syndicates those organizations which met certain criteria , including a proportion of convicted felons among their membership . |
| 23 | Working-class organizations which exhibited independent initiative — be it soviets or trade unions — were regarded with acute suspicion unless and until they were firmly under party tutelage . |
| 24 | When the twelfth-century bard , Cynddelw , recalled ‘ the clash of Powys … with Oswald ’ , he was looking back on an episode which had considerable significance not only for the Welsh but also for the Mercians . |
| 25 | An episode which attracted particular concern was a strike that occurred at an obscure photo-processing plant in North London , the Grunwick works . |
| 26 | The death of Earl Patrick of Salisbury was still an episode which aroused harsh feelings on both sides . |
| 27 | The Act was hurriedly drawn up in response to quickening deforestation which included new roads being driven into virgin wilderness . |
| 28 | This rather lethargic spell by both teams was characterised by accurate drawing which produced tight heads but very little fire . |
| 29 | It was not surprising that students tried to find places in the ‘ good ’ work units which offered decent conditions along with a chance of self-development and advancement . |
| 30 | The facts involved the sale of a second-hand Mercedes car which developed unusual faults requiring repair for a Mercedes of that age and mileage . |