Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Bass & Co had to fork out £20,000 per tenant their enthusiasm for leases would swiftly fade . |
| 2 | There is little evidence to support a view that Isabella or Mortimer embarked on invasion , conquest and dethronement under the influence , or by the counsel , of any bishop . |
| 3 | ‘ No new right or liability came into existence at [ the date of the minister 's decision ] . |
| 4 | The employer may find it difficult when he becomes aware of the fact that his former customers are now dealing with his former employee to prove that preparation to entice them away or enticement did in fact take place during employment . |
| 5 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt , Herbert C Hoover , Harry S Truman , James Abram Garfield and several others , were all regaled in song long before Sinatra and Monroe began serenading Kennedy or Streisand warbled for saxman Clinton . |
| 6 | The London clergy , led by their bishop , Henry Compton , met frequently to co-ordinate an anti-Catholic propaganda campaign , and virtually once a week some new book or sermon appeared against popery . |
| 7 | This will describe the nature and operation of the Core Software of Adam & Eve described in Part 1(1) of this Schedule . |
| 8 | Where Jackson had in mind a playful swipe at other people 's romantic success , some of those other people read a venomous resentment . |
| 9 | Some of the Chaloners were respected for their craft skills , others through their initiative and hard work earned the name of yeoman , but yet others through idleness or misfortune fell into poverty . |
| 10 | where neon flickered on sludge . |
| 11 | His father was probably steward of the king of Scotland as earl of Northampton , and so a baron of some standing , but not a tenant-in-chief ; Gilbert 's brother or nephew rose by marriage into this rank . |
| 12 | Elections to all the Republic Assemblies were held in 1990 : in April and early May in Slovenia and Croatia ( where the communists were defeated — see p. 37381 ) ; in November and December in Serbia and Montenegro ( where the Socialist Party — renamed communists — gained majorities ) , and in Macedonia and Bosnia-Hercegovina ( where nationalists came to power — see pp. 37923-24 ) . |
| 13 | Where problems associated with water penetration have occurred on mastic asphalt roofs , it is usually as a result of failure from one or more of the following : incorrectly detailed or ignored movement joints , penetration through parapet walls , wrongly positioned or damaged damp proof courses , blocked rainwater outlets , condensation , failure to provide a suitable finish , or physical damage in use . |
| 14 | Where Mallet began in agreement with Blauner but came to different conclusions , Naville starts from a quite different position , arguing that work itself , under automated technology , is inherently unsatisfying . |
| 15 | The affiliated Hanbury bank in London merged in 1864 with another London bank of Quaker origins , Barnett , Hoare & Co. ; the new Barnetts , Hoares , Hanburys & Lloyd merged in turn with the main Lloyd bank of Birmingham in 1884 , bringing under one corporate roof connections that had their origins in the marriages more than a century before of the children of Sampson Lloyd II . |
| 16 | High arched walls of pale , honey-coloured stone were hung with bluish-green tapestries ; around the big stone fireplace , where logs burned in winter , stood sofas covered in the blues and greens of the tapestries ; here and there were lamps , flowers , books , and piles of parlour games . |
| 17 | Fares for a return journey starting at Oxford or Didcot purchased in advance are £12 for adults , £5 for children aged 5–15 ; tickets will be sold on the day subject to space being available at £13 adult , £6 child . |
| 18 | An Honours " School " of English will at least start its candidates on a path which , if followed to the end , leads to such knowledge of English Literature as Bentley or Jebb possessed of Greek . |
| 19 | Its undeviating accuracy in recording the passage of time to within one twenty-millionth of a second was a joke in a world that still went largely by the leisurely passage of the sun , where stage-coaches left at dawn , noon or sunset . |
| 20 | This occurred when they had their children baptised or mothers came into contact with other Christian young mums through the play group organised by the church . |
| 21 | Top : Paul , Albert and Ralph this year , when Olympia & York filed for bankruptcy protection in America |
| 22 | In 1992 Olympia & York filed for protection from its creditors . |
| 23 | Many of the verses on the subject of Growltiger or Macavity had in fact originally been written for the children of the Fabers and the Morleys ; Eliot 's own affection for small rather than large animals is sufficiently well known , and he was the owner ( or patron ) of a succession of cats with names like Pettipaws , Wiscus and George Pushdragon — he used the latter name when entering crossword competitions in Time and Tide . |
| 24 | The discovery of mirror-image patterns of magnetic field reversal in rocks on the seabed off Iceland by Vine & Matthews reported in Nature in 1963 , combined with the earlier theoretical ideas and led to the concept of sea-floor spreading . |
| 25 | She visualized the photo in its cheap frame , enshrined on the mantelpiece , the pathetic couple smiling determinedly out into the dingy bed-sitter , where nappies steamed in front of the fire , and the smell of fried food lay heavy on the air . |
| 26 | But when they came they were distressing and they particularly distressed the bishop responsible for healing ; because Christians are not supposed to quarrel , and quarrelling about clothes or tinklings or perfume looked like fanaticism or obsession with triviality . |
| 27 | One very important fact to establish at the outset , therefore , is that it is not necessary to know why a particular fear or problem started in order to overcome it . |
| 28 | He stressed the scheme was experimental and said the council would review it as necessary if problems or complaints came to light . |
| 29 | Seeing Laura dressed for school brought tears to her mother 's eyes . |
| 30 | Where Mellors frolicked on dream freebie |