Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb past] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his arrival in the village , the Franciscan had had some trouble with those who practised the black arts and used the cemetery for diabolical activities . |
| 2 | ONLY SINEAD O'Connor could put together a seemingly uncontroversial , fun thing like a collection of cover versions of old standards and torch songs and put a speech at the end of it that questions the very foundations and ethics of the Catholic Church . |
| 3 | He pulled the collar of his overcoat up about his ears and crossed the road , entering a maze of narrow , ruined streets . |
| 4 | I touched my swollen lips and my ears and had a roll-call of my limbs , but apart from my hand , an incipient black eye and a few abrasions there was n't much evidence of my encounter with Russian free enterprise and Soviet cavalry . |
| 5 | The plastic went off with a smack of solid air that stabbed pain into his ears and moved the container next to him . |
| 6 | As an interesting echo , the flight commander of the Fairey Foxes was a Lt Donnet , whom I met later at RAF Sylt , and I was very amused to hear his version , the Belgian 's claim was that a Whitley had fired on one of his Foxes and wounded the observer , although they were able to land safely . |
| 7 | Charles stretched his legs and savoured the view . |
| 8 | I sometimes like to think it was my eloquence , but the fact of the matter is that if I had got up on my hind legs and suggested a bit of Karaoke instead of the morning service , they would have leaped at it . |
| 9 | But he kept his composure in front of 2,000 excited Chinese fans and delighted a TV audience of more than 100 million with his last frame victory . |
| 10 | After scoring his spectacular debut goal , Pollock ran over towards Middlesbrough 's travelling fans and did a somersault . |
| 11 | These soldiers were generally known as Brabançons , but sometimes as Navarrese or Basques or Germans , not so much to indicate their precise place of origin as to express the fact that they were foreigners and spoke a language which was not understood . |
| 12 | On the Gamily Fast Day in October , the children gave up snacks and donated the money save to a collection which was brought up at the offertory at a special mass in school . |
| 13 | During the war lie served in the Royal Corps of Signals and attained the rank of Captain . |
| 14 | Horses soon get used to electric fencing if introduced to it sensibly ; once they have touched it with their noses and realised the outcome they will stay well clear . . |
| 15 | The Organization of African Unity and the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) signed in Geneva on May 4 a co-operation agreement which formalized the longstanding collaboration between the two organizations and allowed the ICRC to participate in all OAU meetings as an observer . |
| 16 | However , he said he trusted his blood brothers and left the treasure with us when he took ship from Cyprus . ’ |
| 17 | What made matters worse was that the police were so badly paid that they could be recruited only from poor , country districts and lacked the sophistication , education and even , Mahmoud suspected at times , mother-wit of city people . |
| 18 | So it was that just after 8.15 on the morning of Monday , May 6th , 1929 I arrived at the Times-Herald editorial offices and found the place locked up tight . |
| 19 | She looked at the look in his eyes and swung the belt like an axe . |
| 20 | She recognised that he wanted her to forget what had happened , but that it also leapt vividly before his eyes and had a hold on him too . |
| 21 | Knollys screwed up his eyes and scratched the back of his neck . |
| 22 | Shiona closed her eyes and forced the thought from her . |
| 23 | Athelstan closed his eyes and breathed a prayer as he glimpsed the blue-black holes where the hungry ravens had pecked at the scrawny , whitening flesh . |
| 24 | I closed my eyes and clutched a handful of mane . |
| 25 | She opened her eyes and darted a glance at Marc , sure by now that he was already planning some further strategy by which to entangle her . |
| 26 | She closed her eyes and took a step forward , into solid rock . |
| 27 | She crossed her eyes and made a face . |
| 28 | Kathleen rolled her eyes and slapped a dressing on his wrist . |
| 29 | I opened my eyes and realised the barge had only half-turned and we were now running parallel to both the island and the shore . |
| 30 | She opened her eyes and saw a river , its surface shaking beneath the icy draught , the ducks bobbing slightly as they followed one another , seeking sanctuary . |