Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possibly the Edinburgh-Glasgow push-pull trains represented the sector 's highest quality product , being formed of Mark 3 stock and powered by smart and newly overhauled Class 47/7 locomotives . |
| 2 | Just look at the success that German Shepherd breeders had when they methodically examined their breeding stock and bred from those with the best hips . |
| 3 | Even a Marxist like Gramsci , who spoke of the ‘ consent ’ of the subordinate classes , saw consensus as false consciousness and hoped for revolutionary change . |
| 4 | McCabe , of Millbrook Avenue , Brambles Farm , Middlesbrough , admitted three offences of theft and asked for six offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 5 | I helped with the animals , collected firewood and looked after those who died . |
| 6 | Britain 's Sharon Lee also faced Gao and succumbed to two knockdowns , but although she left the hall without a medal , two good wins , including a 20-second victory over Carole Scheid , of the United States , showed that she is capable of making an impact at world level . |
| 7 | Dr Acland said she became progressively weaker through blood loss and died within 10 minutes . |
| 8 | Peristaltic or simultaneous oesophageal contractions occurred in clusters of four or more repetitive waves and lasted for several minutes . |
| 9 | She narrowed her eyes and added in clipped tones , ‘ I know you always thought of this as your home and that you never wanted me to be a part of it . |
| 10 | I raised my eyes and stared at that mad , bad face , the fleshy nose , the neatly trimmed gold beard and moustache . |
| 11 | He closed his eyes and tried with all the concentration of which he was capable to see with his mind exactly what it was that he had wanted to paint . |
| 12 | He made the goals and rang like mad … but I did n't think he was controlling the game as I 've heard implied . |
| 13 | Togo had a Catholic monthly , Mia Holo , that first appeared during German rule and survived into modern times . |
| 14 | Upon returning to London he joined the Oriental Club and resided at Upper Belgrave Street , where he died 27 February 1843 . |
| 15 | So I took another — four hundred and thirty this time — and a seat and waited for half an hour . |
| 16 | So she made no protest as they wriggled their way beneath the bushes and waited in tense silence for the approaching party to appear . |
| 17 | you know , so I rang up to Anglia television last night in the programme and objected to this , |
| 18 | Inspired by the work of Florence Nightingale in the Crimea , she was determined to become a nurse , and eventually , in 1860 , she overcame her mother 's opposition and embarked on eight months ' training at Kaiserswerth . |
| 19 | You told her you had n't been able to get her out of your mind and begged for another chance . |
| 20 | And that was how I came to join the Western Mail and stayed from 1958 to 61 , during which time the ownership changed from Kemsleys to Thomsons . |
| 21 | Hoisting her bag , she sidestepped a cargo float , waded through a crowd of squabbling Perks and elbowed between two Alteceans and a city guide they were trying to haggle . |
| 22 | Homeless people got off trains at Euston , King 's Cross and Paddington and came to that area . |
| 23 | Pertini , a life-long socialist , was born near Stella in Liguria , trained as a lawyer and served in both World Wars . |
| 24 | The 37-year-old took an overdose of painkillers and lay in sub-zero conditions with just a sleeping bag . |
| 25 | He poured the neat whisky into the corner of his mouth and wriggled with slow , painful relief . |
| 26 | The unfortunate guy is Charles Dance , as a randy doctor who beds her and is whisked from the bed by the monster and chomped into little pieces . |
| 27 | Stren Withel hesitated hallway to the door as several very large trolls ducked under the doorway and stood on either side of the fat man , blinking in the light . |
| 28 | In 1811 he won the competition for a complex of buildings in Plymouth consisting of a hotel , assembly rooms , and theatre ; and , his success with this important commission establishing his local reputation , he moved to Plymouth and remained for twenty-five years the leading architect of the neighbourhood . |
| 29 | Isambard Kingdom Brunel used this system on the South Devon Railway , which ran between Exeter and Plymouth and opened in 1848 . |
| 30 | The Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras , designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and opened in 1873 , is to have its exterior restored to its former glory over the next two years , at a cost of £7 million . |