Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was the kind of bed that made into a table and bench-seats during the day and you just took the table off its legs and fitted it into some slots for night-time . |
| 32 | Perhaps the most significant contribution to the debate was that made by a member of the TBC board , the former Mwafrika editor Mr Bagdelleh . |
| 33 | It was invented by the Joseph-Robinson corporation , a particularly unscrupulous food company that operated for a time amongst the outer colonies of the planet Earth . ’ |
| 34 | And from the ‘ land of oranges ’ , the new exiles arrived in the West Bank and in Lebanon and in the Kingdom of Transjordan with an identity — as ‘ Palestinians ’ — that applied to a country that no longer existed , that indeed never did exist as an independent nation . |
| 35 | If anything disturbed that natural covering , the vegetation would follow a pattern of development that led through a series of recognizable stages to the mature climax once again : |
| 36 | He was on a road that led through a swamp , and then coming towards him was the rough figure of a shepherd , the jostling oval shapes of the animals . |
| 37 | And that led to a day of fury and counter-claims by the Pakistan team bosses who insisted : ‘ We are not cheats and we intend spending our last rupee proving so . ’ |
| 38 | On his own right , on the rising ground that led to a wood , and then to the moors and hills that rimmed the horizon , stood Cormac and Gillocher with the men of Atholl and Mar , and the church-banner of Tuathal , holding firm those men of Fife who had chosen to follow the King rather than Bishop Malduin , his acolytes , and his family . |
| 39 | THE tragic events that led to a couple gassing themselves and their mentally handicapped daughter emerged last night . |
| 40 | Inside the first attic , Léonie had discovered , if you fumbled your way through the dusty darkness to what seemed a cupboard on the far side , you found , within this , a ladder clamped to the wall that led to a trapdoor and thence to a bit of flat roof . |
| 41 | No , not towards them — she did n't know they were there — towards a gate that led to a field tucked away under the mountain . |
| 42 | The England manager watched film of the Arsenal striker 's clash with Tottenham 's David Howells that led to a Football Association charge of misconduct and said : ‘ If he is forced to miss some games because of this then it will give him a problem in terms of our next match . |
| 43 | Typical Eden Park pitches over many years were low and slow , and that led to a lot of drawn Tests . |
| 44 | Well er ha you know I found myself after Budgie managing a singer called Leo and that led to a lot of interesting business and getting involved an , and I sort of forgot Adam Faith for ten years and just got diverted really . |
| 45 | OOH-ER , looks like someone 's been trying a spot of stunt driving that led to a Mini being made even mini-er against a thick brick wall . |
| 46 | CYPRIOT club Apollon , Liverpool 's hosts in this week 's second leg Cup Winners Cup-tie , were involved in a riot on Saturday that led to a referee 's strike and postponement of yesterday 's Cyprus League games . |
| 47 | Because we were specifically looking at the assessment of children who presented to hospital with vomiting and a possible diagnosis of pyloric stenosis we excluded children admitted for other conditions who subsequently developed symptoms in hospital that led to a diagnosis of pyloric stenosis . |
| 48 | At last we had reached a road that led to a place called Ritjemjokk where we telephoned home and did all the civilized things in life ; like sitting on a loo seat , for a long time . |
| 49 | ‘ We posed as dealers and that led to a number of raids . ’ |
| 50 | The table 's steel surface was ridged with a network of channels that led to a drain-hole in one corner . |
| 51 | I was n't quite sure whether the little girl who volunteered the world ‘ slim ’ was being personal or not , but at least that led into a discussion on diet . |
| 52 | After the Second World War there was a greater sense of realism in implementing the provisions of the Atlantic Charter through the creation of the United Nations , but the Charter had contained a pledge that amounted to a promise to dismantle colonial empires . |
| 53 | Pontikes also had direct personal experience due to a $500,000 investment in Saul Steinberg 's Reliance Capital Group Limited Partnership , a buyout and arbitrage firm with a roster of investors that amounted to a Who 's Who Among The Self-Made Rich . |
| 54 | Duncan asked , now sprawled on the bed , his legs crossed and his head resting against a thin cushion that passed for a pillow . |
| 55 | He had pulled the band of material that passed for a skirt up around her waist and was tugging at the top of her tights . |
| 56 | And that leaves out Path statements that read like a road map of your hard disk . |
| 57 | The acme of parental care among amphibians , however , is that provided by a West African species of Nectophrynoides , the females of which retain their young inside their bodies in a way that compares very closely with the technique of placental mammals . |
| 58 | They became one of the factors that contributed to a degree of rural depression that persisted throughout the interwar years and was exacerbated by the deflationary policies pursued by successive governments . |
| 59 | Pope Clement , however , was not inclined to agree and that occurred at a time when the people of England were annoyed at the imposition of heavy taxation by the Cardinal Morton , also Cardinal Wolsey . |
| 60 | But — and it 's this sort of complication that makes him I think such a remarkable man — although that did happen then , for the next ten , twelve years , he was entirely preoccupied , almost entirely preoccupied with something else , and this something else erm originates from the other revolution that he underwent at this time , a revolution that occurred after a visit to an international mathematical congress in Paris , where he met the Italian mathematician Peano . |