Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirteen districts used well established instruments , 33 used locally developed instruments , and 66 used a combination . |
| 2 | With the advent of ‘ glam ’ , some younger kids wore brightly painted Dr. Martens shoes ( to match hair ) then there was the crepe soled , brightly coloured shoes of '72 –'73.; |
| 3 | " Armed strikes " decreed by Sendero Luminoso throughout Central Andean provinces had reportedly paralysed business and transport and led to the voting period being extended by two hours . |
| 4 | It followed growing pressure from within the ruling Communist Party for a dialogue with the opposition , and came after newly elected Communist Party leaders in the provinces had already made contact with the biggest opposition group , New Forum . |
| 5 | A revision of electoral lists had not taken place since 1985 , contrary to the Constitution which stipulated such a revision every three years . |
| 6 | Tsu Ma 's eyes had never left Li Shai Tung 's face , yet they had not been seeing him . |
| 7 | And even if the drivers had never visited London , they would have no excuse for mistaking the building ; the throng around it-was already twenty or thirty deep , spilling far over the pavement and into the street . |
| 8 | But if the station at Fighting Cocks had effectively founded MSG , the railways did not repay the kindness by honouring the station . |
| 9 | Right-wing UNO parties had consistently demanded Ortega 's dismissal , especially since he had become a mainstay of the government . |
| 10 | It was bonfire night and townships had long prepared stacks of driftwood and domestic combustibles . |
| 11 | Compelled to flee from Jerusalem about 168 , the High Priest Jason chose to go to Sparta , evidently because the legend of the Spartans being relatives of the Jews had already acquired currency ( II Mac . |
| 12 | While Amnesty recorded that ANC supporters had also committed abuses , it reserved most of its criticism for state departments . |
| 13 | The occupational structure of the village was very different from what it had been just before the Civil War when the parish register entries had briefly given men 's occupations ; between 1636 and 1639 Thurmaston 's register noted 8 labourers , 5 shepherds , 3 husbandmen , 2 innkeepers , 2 masons , 2 male servants , a carpenter , a miller , 1 curate , a weaver , a tailor , a shearman , a spinner and a mole catcher . |
| 14 | These doubts had previously compelled Gates to withdraw his name after being nominated CIA director by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 . |
| 15 | The Venetians had already gained control of the Montenegrin coast and were developing the trade between the Adriatic ports and their Ottoman-held hinterland which was to bring them so much wealth during the ensuing centuries . |
| 16 | By the eighteenth century the older and rougher leathers had largely given way to finer products , often polished and patterned in a variety of ways , e.g. calf could be ‘ sprinkled ’ ( speckled by acid in a regular pattern ) , ‘ mottled ’ ( having an irregular all-over pattern , also produced by acid ) or ‘ diced ’ ( having a pattern of diamond squares ) . |
| 17 | These subjects had all undergone colonoscopy for diagnostic purposes . |
| 18 | Two styles of pole floats immediately came to hand , the series X and the series S. Both floats had correctly shaped bodies — reversed pear — and at First glance appear quite similar . |
| 19 | But the panic soon subsided , helped by the news that the Scots had already turned tail . |
| 20 | Whitlock knew that the ambassadors of two Western nations had already promised state visits to Zimbala as soon as it was readmitted to the United Nations . |
| 21 | Despite the fact that the mullahs had originally urged Reza Shah to accept Kingship , he stated that the title King of Kings is the most hated of all titles in the sight of God … |
| 22 | Unfortunately , the bank 's clients had already exchanged contracts at £3.5 million . |
| 23 | Robin Howard , mitigating , said his clients had not got fat through this scam — it was merely to stay solvent during the worst years of the recession . |
| 24 | Robin Howard , mitigating , said his clients had not got fat through this scam — it was merely to stay solvent during the worst years of the recession . |
| 25 | On Sept. 13 Croatians had also captured Maj.-Gen. |
| 26 | The pre-exposed and control groups received continuously reinforced conditioning in the second stage ; pre-exposed subjects experienced non-reinforced presentations of the light in stage one . |
| 27 | The defendants had both received training in the plaintiffs ' business , including familiarisation with the contents of two manuals . |
| 28 | The defendants had previously encountered Mr. Perot in 1983 when they had sought to negotiate a letting of Caliban to Mr. Perot but the negotiations had broken down . |
| 29 | The company set up by the defendants had also opened Bureaux de Change in Paris . |
| 30 | He had certainly not been here on the day that she and her parents had briefly visited Leo 's quarters . |