Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pers pn] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And these were the positive ones and , remember , they come from within the ‘ old age ’ field itself where , incidentally , two groups reported they had retirement ages for their own committees . |
| 2 | ‘ The whole nature of that part of the market is that as soon as the insurers found they had claims , they stopped the product rather than trying to build the book sensibly , ’ says Caroline Blackman . |
| 3 | ‘ Stanislaus said he knew people in the camps who experienced satisfaction when they started to waste . |
| 4 | people who were not regular paper readers relied more on television , while Guardian readers relied more on the press ; but a plurality of every other paper 's readers said they found press and television equally useful . |
| 5 | Thirteen out of 14 youngsters said they had confidence in the police . |
| 6 | After hearing two days of legal argument at the Court of Session on whether relatives could sue for damage caused to a foetus , the judges said they wanted time to prepare a ruling . |
| 7 | The gathering ended when one of the section shaikhs said he had business to attend to that evening , they should ask for 6000 dinars , and please would Muhammad al-Sharifi close the proceedings . |
| 8 | The commissioners said they denied Mr Stone 's request to use this floor for fear of disrupting museum visitors . |
| 9 | But in a recent annual survey of 150 top UK advertisers , conducted by sponsorship consultants Granard Rowland , part of Saatchis , 50 per cent of marketing directors said they believed sponsors should influence programme content . |
| 10 | The Japanese company 's Bluebird model , the first to be built at its Sunderland factory , never rated : dealers thought it lacked pzazz for executives . |
| 11 | Although DNs said they applied compression bandages to 73 per cent of affected limbs , 35 per cent of bandages used were inadequate to reverse the effects of chronic venous insufficiency . |
| 12 | Trade figures showed we slumped £934 million into debt last month . |
| 13 | In July 1256 James Fresel , a royal clerk , was sent to this forest to raise 1,000 marks , to be paid into the Wardrobe , by the same means , and as Henry III 's financial difficulties increased he appointed Adam Grenville in April 1257 to raise another 3–4,000 marks by selling wood in the royal forests of England . |
| 14 | On marketing , while branch managers said they believed interest rates were the biggest attraction to new customers , for the customers the key was close proximity to a branch . |
| 15 | All but one of the consultants said they provided feedback on the house officer 's progress , although one admitted it was little more than ‘ five minutes at the end to say thank you . ’ |
| 16 | When approached ‘ face to face ’ by a senior US officer , two rebel officers said they wanted General Noriega to retire within Panama , rather than face drug trafficking charges in the US . |
| 17 | Protesters claimed it promoted child molestation . |
| 18 | Neighbours said she had Christopher in her arms as she tried to open the first-floor window . |
| 19 | If the returns fell it increased labour output ; if they rose it felt no need to do so and opted instead for increased leisure . |
| 20 | All respondents acknowledged they owed service in times of war ; rather less than half were obliged to provide regular castle-guard . |
| 21 | When the members arrived they found Sukarno and Hatta missing . |
| 22 | When she was 13 doctors discovered she had bone cancer . |
| 23 | Almost half the respondents said they experienced feelings of disapproval , sadness or disgust ; only 26 per cent had felt anger or resentment towards the white authorities or pleasure that rioting was taking place . |
| 24 | When police arrived they found James Joyce , 32 , had over £3,000 in a holdall . |
| 25 | In 1988 Meekatharra Minerals claimed it found gold above normal limits near Ballymoney , Co , Antrim . |
| 26 | Detectives said they discovered Elizabeth Page-Alucard 's old black Mini van in the car park of an empty DIY warehouse . |
| 27 | Police said he paid £2.8 million into a Swiss account in one month . |
| 28 | Police said it appeared £5 in petty cash had been stolen . |
| 29 | Some market men said they believed Smith was trying to support the price because the firm was already heavily exposed to Ferranti , having picked up the bulk of shares placed at 81p in July by Jim Guerin , International Signal and Control 's former chairman . |
| 30 | Early in the encounter , Herridge and other spectators said they saw Swansea 's flanker Ian Davies kick Richard Langhorn and the Quins ' No. 8 later had stitches inserted in a head wound . |