Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The officers from Lothian and Borders , Grampian , Northern Constabulary and Cambridgeshire met to review the investigation .
2 Suffice it to say that , in the absence of a sufficiently ‘ mature ’ , well-educated civil society in Siberia , Speranskii sought to design a structure of bureaucratic agencies and offices in which power was vested in institutions rather than personalities , which took full cognizance of individual regions ' peculiar human and material needs and circumstances ( both Russian and native ) , and which laid down proper codes of administrative procedures , legal practices and economic policies .
3 Leeds Crown Court was hearing a statement about the reaction of a porter who found her body when Robin Pask asked to see a doctor .
4 Germany agreed to finance the return of the toxic chemicals , supplied by the former East Germany as agricultural aid , after Greenpeace threatened to return the waste itself and invoice the German government [ see ED 68 ] .
5 On Nov. 8 Poland and Germany agreed to de-restrict the use of territorial waters bordering the two countries and to ease restrictions on cross-border road traffic .
6 Judge Thelma King agreed to re-enter the summonses .
7 In England and Wales the policy encompassed in Hospital Services for the Mentally Ill sought to overcome the problem caused by the many mental hospitals built at a considerable distance from their catchment populations by opening psychiatric units on district general hospital sites .
8 She knew that Sarah planned to wear a midnight blue taffeta dress , with silver sandals and her mother 's diamante clips and fur cape .
9 When the WICBC met to discuss the captaincy for the visit to Australia in 1960–1 , it was Alexander himself who pressed Worrell 's claims , and in due course the announcement was made that Worrell would lead the team .
10 It was only when negotiations with Parnell failed to produce a compromise that he led the clerical attack on Parnell 's leadership .
11 De Choiseul planned to enlist the help of Russia and Sweden and , less probably , to persuade the Dutch to use their navy to attack their former ally .
12 Last week McNealy got to turn the heat up under the skillet when Next co-founder and key NextStep architect Bud Tribble moved over to SunSoft Inc as vice president of end user software .
13 John McCarthy asked to attend the service .
14 Trent sought to recall the terrain ahead .
15 Bangor failed to break the deadlock in the 15th and 26th minutes when Paul Gray and Stephen Hill squandered two good chances .
16 In the event , Wellington failed to form a government .
17 Michelle has an abundance of waist-length hair and although she was prepared for a radical cut , Patrick recommended keeping the length but blunt-cutting it to a clean , straight line : ‘ You do n't have to have mountains cut off to look different , ’ he said .
18 Trent fought to hold the BMW upright .
19 Greene King planned to close the brewery .
20 When Alice met these two peculiar characters the words of a famous rhyme going through her head : ‘ Tweedledum and Tweedledee agreed to have a battle … ’
21 Bernard agreed to give the shop a second chance and hired Jean Revers .
22 But after 1802 , when the new Lord Lonsdale agreed to pay the money over , Wordsworth discovered the admirable nature of a feudal and paternalistic society !
23 Leyland agreed to allow the artist to make minor adjustments to the decor , but while the patron was away , Whistler completely transformed the chamber , gilding the shelves and emblazoning the doors with golden peacocks .
24 Watkins ceased to use the word ‘ ley ’ towards the end of his life , and caution should be exercised in using the element as evidence of an old straight track .
25 Jezrael fought to fold the anger away , tuck it down so deep inside her that she would never feel its corrosion again — she hoped .
26 Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years .
27 The Community Health Trust in Hereford failed to win the laundry contract for the city 's St Mary 's Hospital .
28 The upshot of all this was that in 1959 the State of Tennessee ruled to revoke the charter of the Highlander Folk School .
29 Nizan failed to resolve the problems arising from his divided class origins .
30 A few minutes later , installed in the office , a small room looking out on to the quarantine quarters , Sophie tried to find a topic of conversation that would keep things on a professional basis .
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