Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb pp] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can see the one that Scott done the other day . |
| 2 | Two minutes later Bird was forsaken and Stephens given the onerous task of kicking the winning penalty for Llanelli , a task achieved with ludicrous ease by a 20-year-old who this time last year was understudying Jonathan Davies ( remember him ? ) . |
| 3 | Thucydides credited the Minoan kings with organizing the first naval fleet , and it is possible that the Minoans did indeed have a squadron of specially designed and equipped warships that were ahead of their time . |
| 4 | Not only has Mellor lost the cherished Cabinet post that thrust him to the forefront of British politics , but he has also waved goodbye to the Heritage Secretary 's salary of £63,047 . |
| 5 | But not only have Rickenbacker rotated the whole layout one notch ( front pickup controls forwards and back pickup controls rearwards ) , but the volumes are the two pots furthest away from the player 's hands while the tone controls sit closest to you . |
| 6 | ( 5.13 ) to an empirical ( ex post ) version of the CAPM given the above interpretations of a i and b i . |
| 7 | Had Charles looked the other way — south , over the town bridge — we have a very good idea of exactly what he would have seen , thanks to a contemporary engraving by Abraham Crocker . |
| 8 | These matters of a more technical constitutional nature are perhaps not immediately obvious to the man in the street , nor even to politicians ; yet it is incredible that there should still be people advocating federalism for the EC given the abysmal record of other multinational federations . |
| 9 | Back in the late 60s and early 70s , Basil d'Oliveria had with some fine batting displays caught the eyes of England selector and displayed his talents on a world stage with the former Gloucester and Worcester bat , Tom Graveney given the mighty West Indians some headaches . |
| 10 | The basis for such profits , it is argued , are the high disposable incomes of employed Tynesiders given the low level of house prices . |
| 11 | For to the question : has Pau protected the magnificent view from the Boulevard tea Pyrenees , the answer has to be , no it has not . |
| 12 | Had Buksh taken the appropriate action on each occasion — a yellow card and pointing to the spot respectively — we might have been spared the subsequent skirmishing : |
| 13 | No sooner had Derek Bevan blown the final whistle at Twickenham , than faint noises could be heard from over the horizon . |