Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of the children , many now over 18 , or their families , has formally claimed compensation or approached the steering group of 18 solicitors which is handling claims . |
| 2 | They hung at anchor , suspended over brilliant reefs , or lined the strand side by side , in preparation for departure . |
| 3 | A Church already existed at Old Chiswick , for the folk who lived along that part of the River Thames , or used the ferry crossing which was just west of the eyot there . |
| 4 | I have n't even got the curtains hung , or unpacked the kitchen stuff . ’ |
| 5 | Although it appears that the Italian student who was the victim in the case permitted or allowed the taxi driver to take £6 from his wallet , Viscount Dilhorne ( with whose speech the other members of the House agreed ) was in no doubt that there had been an appropriation . |
| 6 | He never actually produced it or named the State Department Communists on it . |
| 7 | They did not reappoint staff or slowed the reappointment process . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I think its important , when you have a recovery , you do n't want forms of taxation which might damage it or hit the cash flow of companies . ’ |
| 9 | You went to Suffolk by the A12 through Chelmsford or took the country route . |
| 10 | Tug skippers , who had never before acknowledged the presence of the moored barges , called out , or gave the danger signal — live rapid blasts in succession . |
| 11 | Or did the Company Health Club take care of that , too ? ’ |
| 12 | What if Cal 's mum would n't have Vern in the house — if Dad went and had that heart attack — if Vern started acting super-weird or stole the family silver … |
| 13 | Come on , Doctor : have n't you short-circuited the mad scientist 's gizmo yet , or bamboozled the megalomaniac survivor of an ancient race of warrior wizards , or whatever it is this time ? |
| 14 | THE HEN THAT LAID THE SILVER EGG |
| 15 | A court in Cleveland , Ohio was told of the extraordinary inventiveness , not to mention athleticism , that coloured the sex life of Dr David Love and his wife Virginia who , on at least three occasions , made love hanging from a window of their fourth floor apartment . |
| 16 | Three guillotine motions were tabled for discussion of the Bill that became the Education Reform Act 1988 . |
| 17 | Mutual interest in statistics led to a meeting with accountant Anthony Weigall , and the foundation of the group that became The Cricket Society . |
| 18 | James bowed ironically and offered them the document ; Alexander Menzies pretended to think about it for a full five minutes and signed it with extraordinary flourishes that made the pen splutter and seemed to say , ‘ Very well , I will humour your ridiculous ritual . ’ |
| 19 | It was only his tense state that made the crash sound so loud . |
| 20 | But it was Gerry Conlon 's account of being interrogated after the Guildford bombings that made the scalp crawl . |
| 21 | Beyond the bizjet is a mighty Rolls-Royce RB.211 turbofan , representing the engine advances that made the widebody airliner era a possibility . |
| 22 | It was not merely the weather that made the Decoy Lodge feel gloomier , more shadowy than Louisa remembered , not merely the damp that left her bones so chill . |
| 23 | The thing that made the turning point happened just as we were leaving . |
| 24 | Williams called Henry , ‘ Henrietta ’ and proceeded to detail a story that made the man blush and deny everything . |
| 25 | Bernd Schuster , the German whom Toshack uses as sweeper , committed the one foul that made the heart sink as Michael Laudrup , in glittering form , was brought down . |
| 26 | Although his features were almost hidden by the collar of his goosedown parka he nodded and did something with his eyebrows that made the company smile . |
| 27 | ‘ She felt the only thing that made the company work was good design and hard work , nothing else . |
| 28 | The Bill perpetuates all the anomalies , unfairness , regional variations and bureaucracy that made the poll tax unpopular . |
| 29 | My shadow lapped the outside steps because the doors were open letting out the heat , wide open because I had n't bothered to bolt them , and the side door was open too , creating a through-draught that made the fire smoke and the dogs restless . |
| 30 | In the drawing room there was none of the untidy , unmatched squalor that made the morning room a place where troubles or pleasures could have their breathing spaces . |