Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most reasonable assumption was that the French had pushed a cavalry raid across the frontier . |
| 2 | Their prospects were hopeless because the British had developed a command of the sea that was much more effective than anything seen in earlier wars . |
| 3 | After the British had signed an armistice with the Vichy administration , a number of Gaullist " explosions " ( the most celebrated of which was a stormy interview between de Gaulle and the British minister of state in Cairo , Oliver Lyttelton ) forced a modification of the armistice terms so as to accommodate the General 's objections . |
| 4 | Sometimes the measure would be evidence that the Japanese had changed a regulation ; sometimes that the number of distributors of foreign goods had grown , or the rate of acceptance of foreign bids for contracts . |
| 5 | During a three-day trial , the court had heard how a family argument flared into midnight violence in the hamlet of Aberargie , where the accused had occupied a caravan beside his brother 's cottage . |
| 6 | Bessie Parkes , a committee member , bought a printing-press and , after becoming familiar with its work , Emily Faithfull decided to open a printing office for women compositors , engaging Austin Holyoake , the brother of George Jacob Holyoake [ q.v. ] , to advise her . |
| 7 | The pain in my stomach was because the swelling had caused a nerve to be trapped . |
| 8 | I could say Mrs Gotobed had made a Will but we could n't find it . |
| 9 | Mrs Gotobed had made a Will and Mr Evans had stolen it . |
| 10 | It was confirmed on Sunday that the Great Britain international had suffered a break . |
| 11 | The Labour and Socialist International had issued a declaration on 19 February calling for joint action between the German Social Democrats and Communists to defeat Hitler . |
| 12 | Although the many pages of Mayhew are positively crammed with evidence that the poor had created a culture of their own , he seems none the less to share Godwin 's view of art ‘ as a social bridge of no ordinary size and strength ’ . |
| 13 | But when the new meeting took place , those members present refused to select a candidate until Mr Knight was put back in contention . |
| 14 | The hearth itself was often fiercely guarded by a cook , and it would cause great offence if the ‘ lady of the house ’ spent any time in the kitchen , let alone tried to prepare a meal . |
| 15 | But at least for a little while Mama would be happy , and keeping Mama happy had become a way of life , almost . |
| 16 | Metalworking was the other growth area , especially after Edward Lucas & son Ltd had established an iron foundry in the valley below the church in 1790 . |
| 17 | The film in progress when I arrived showed a football match between a team of nuns and a team of soldiers , and every time the referee blew his whistle for a penalty ( which was every few seconds ) the player concerned had to lose a garment . |
| 18 | A report in El País of Sept. 13 claimed that the ministries concerned had set a ceiling of 100,000 on the numbers of illegal immigrants whom they were prepared to legalize within the current amnesty programme ( which was to close on Dec. 10 ) . |
| 19 | In the case in which the defect in the law was first exposed , Marsh v. Arscot the defendant who was drunk began using a stream of abusive language directed at the policemen who were investigating his suspicious presence in a car park . |
| 20 | The insured had made a claim against the insurers . |
| 21 | From the dawn of recorded history , the Mediterranean world in particular had made a cult of the Dioscuri , the Divine Twins . |
| 22 | It was about this time that Scott found out that Charles Barry junior had distributed a paper to MPs pressing his own claim to the Foreign Office . |
| 23 | The flat that was usually so attractively private had become a trap . |
| 24 | The Hong Kong government fears the market may be thinking the same way : in late April it announced legislation to formalise the power of local banks to pay negative interest rates on Hong Kong dollar deposits ( just as Swiss banks did at one time when the Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money into the Swiss franc ) . |
| 25 | Edmund was able to raise effective armies , and as late as 1012 Æthelred had levied a tribute of £48,000 and instituted a new tax , the heregeld ( army-payment ) , to reward Scandinavians in his service . |