Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to the services of every kind asked by the voters , effective management would also involve the politician in substantial expenses , for any major political figure owed it to his position in society to give generously for any public concern . |
| 2 | He felt that such ‘ impersonal ’ coverage amounted to a propaganda victory for the IRA . |
| 3 | His chest gleamed like a mirror as the thick , cheap jewellery draped across it caught the sunlight . |
| 4 | Her long ginger hair tumbled to the floor ; her short white skirt rode up to hint at the delicious curves of her tender derriere . |
| 5 | Long black hair tumbled from the top of the boy 's head . |
| 6 | In order to be able to cope with the increasing enquiry rate at the bureau , an emergency appeal to NACAB for special funding led to the appointment of a fixed-term welfare rights officer . |
| 7 | Aunt Margaret brushed her hair with the silver-backed brush which , like Winnie the Pooh , had survived the crash ; she brushed and brushed until Melanie 's black hair swirled like the Thames in flood , and then she floated all the daisies on it . |
| 8 | A note of hysteria crept into the voice from the grave . |
| 9 | His enthusiasm led to the formation of a club at his school , Stokesley Primary , and this encouraged other youngsters to learn the game . |
| 10 | Figure 3 shows that , using a linear template , a very reduced amount of transcripts was obtained when the initiating NTPs were omitted , whereas their addition led to the formation of initiated complexes that were resistant to the heparin challenge . |
| 11 | Horowitz , more stoical , was already at the counter while his case passed through the type of machine used at airports . |
| 12 | This cloak was the principal relic of the west Frankish kings of Neustria , and wherever the Neustrian kings were , it went with them to adorn whatever building became for the time being the royal chapel . |
| 13 | I knew I must soon arrange the memorial party , and the perfect opportunity arose with a letter from one of my closest friends , Margo , now living in Australia , who was planning a trip to Europe with her husband later that summer . |
| 14 | Her rich brown hair gleamed beneath the widow 's veil ; the bone structure of her face was overlaid with a suitable pallor , but no outward sign of grief . |
| 15 | In July 1947 , the Ministry asked for a statement concerning the hospital premises and funds . |
| 16 | The previously-announced £1 billion cost of rationalising BAe 's heavily-loss-making regional aircraft division led to a £1.2 billion pre-tax loss at the aircraft and defence group in the year to December . |
| 17 | Committee meetings had taken place at fortnightly intervals ever since early in the nineteenth century , but now , in view of the fact that there was a war on , the local government board asked for the meetings to be held monthly , a suggestion that was accepted with alacrity . |
| 18 | The case arose through the servicing of small Iranian jets at Heathrow airport . |
| 19 | This case arose from a contract under which the pursuers , an engineering company , were to supply and install a conveyor belt system at the premises of the defenders , a brickmaking company . |
| 20 | The case arose from a magazine article accusing him of having revealed details of President Kurt Waldheim 's alleged Nazi past to an SPÖ conference in October 1985 . |
| 21 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 22 | The prince limped from the polo field at Smith 's Lawn , Windsor , yesterday and lay in agony on the sidelines after straining his back . |
| 23 | His T-shirt clung to the sweat on his back and chest . |
| 24 | Tokyo : The yen 's continued fall after a discount rate rise led to the year 's second biggest drop in the Nikkei average , which plunged 444.73 to 34,795.34 . |
| 25 | The controversy and litigation to which this gave rise led to the introduction of special controls over caravan sites ( by Part I of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 ) . |
| 26 | When , in March 1858 , the need to cope with the technical questions to which emancipation gave rise led to the creation of two new sections within the ministry — the Land Department and the Statistical Department — it was hardly surprising that Lanskoi and Miliutin staffed them with people who combined specialist knowledge with liberal sympathies . |
| 27 | That violent struggle led to the deaths of six members of the Doyle family whose house in the Ruchazie area of Glasgow was fire-bombed as they slept . |
| 28 | That violent struggle led to the deaths of six members of the Doyle family whose house in the Ruchazie area of Glasgow was fire-bombed as they slept . |
| 29 | Unfortunately for him , the drain led to the River Gradouge and killed the fish in it . |
| 30 | She felt the steel strength of his arms around her and her skin quivered from the warmth of his breath on her cheek before he released her as if she might contaminate him . |