Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The second section shows the action taken on the particular version of the module , and the name of the LIFESPAN user who carried out the action .
2 Ritual is an action taken on the physical level , which is intended to have effects at other levels — emotional , mental , spiritual , or all of these .
3 Mrs Browning began to laugh but the laugh brought on a coughing fit and , when Wilson rushed to her aid and raised her higher on the pillow , her face took on an ugly blue tinge , which she had never seen before .
4 Although he could be put to work on the roads , or in the gravel pits , or on a farm ( as a ‘ roundsman ’ ) , that work brought in no extra funds to his community ; many over-populated agricultural communities faced bankruptcy in consequence .
5 Cheshire County Council brought in the new day centre charges on April 1 to a furious reception by carers .
6 In the 1989 Budget , the Chancellor brought in a new ceiling limit of £90,000 , based on earnings of £60,000 to be revalued every year in line with price increases .
7 And then his need called out an answering desire within her , and she found herself clinging to him with a desperation that matched his own .
8 The housekeeper brought in the first dish .
9 Last year , Sir Richard Body brought in a private member 's bill to introduce within five years a ban on the use of sow stalls and tethers — devices that make it easier and cheaper to manage the animals during their four months of pregnancy .
10 The Group brought in a new President at its Miami headquarter to coincide with a massive publicity launch .
11 Hundreds of people have this evening spelled out a seasonal warning to the government : NO V.A.T. on domestic fuel .
12 In Lorenzo the Magnificent 's anniversary year , this publisher is also bringing out an edition of the inventory of the entire Medici residence taken on the great ruler 's death , L'inventario in morte di Lorenzo il Magnifico , edited by M. Spallanzani and G. Gaeta Bertelà .
13 In addition to seeing the plaintiff in court , I have had the advantage of seeing a video , key one , showing examples of her daily routine taken on the tenth of May nineteen ninety one after she had been at home with her parents for a year .
14 He and the motor trader filled in the usual forms .
15 The pro-Hezbollah Voice of the Oppressed radio reported on May 31 that the " Islamic Resistance " had that day shot down an Israeli aircraft over Janta in the Bekaa Valley .
16 Expertly , the gardener pinned down the last of the net with a wire stake .
17 And viewers on both sides of the globe lapped up every sugary second to the dream story-line as the ratings soared .
18 The ruling was said to be partly based on a case brought in a British court by a Maze prisoner who had alleged maltreatment by prison officers .
19 The scheme is not out of the woods yet ; and rather than break the law Maxen last week filled in the local VATman 's registration form .
20 The different types of tenure marked out the leading characteristics of the different forms of land holding known to the law ; but they told us nothing of the nature and incidents of the various interests which those who held by these tenures might have in the land .
21 Many people know , for example , that alcohol taken on an empty stomach is absorbed more quickly than alcohol taken with food .
22 An illustration of the complex pattern of cross-party allegiances in the early 1690s is provided by the stance taken on the abortive Triennial Bill of 1693 .
23 Neither the exactions of the Versailles Treaty nor the creation of a republican form of government rooted out the nationalist old guard or revolutionised the German social structure ; within 15 years , Germany was set on a course of revanche .
24 Cargolux in turn brought in the three hauliers as fourth parties by serving fourth party notices on them .
25 Earl brought in a yellow legal pad with a number of acronyms on it in boxes , and North put it down on the table ; at that point , his secure telephone went off , and he had to ask Miller to leave .
26 And that was the reason that the government brought in a new initiative after the Warner Report , and there 's a specific training grant that you now get to ensure that your training staff , your , your residential staff get trained .
27 The Government brought in the new law after inspectors found that 97 per cent of ‘ pints ’ contained less .
28 In 1838 a troop of Nottinghamshire dragoons and the metropolitan police were attacked with stones and bricks and in 1839 the government brought in the 5th Dragoon guards to suppress the bull-running once and for all .
29 Its attempts to strangle the revolutionary movement at birth during May 1968 were consistent with the approach taken over the previous 30 years , including the immediate postwar period ( part I ) .
30 And his hand picked up a dropped boot to hurl it against the crackling plastic doors .
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