Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nellie had packed the two children 's bags and left them at the door . |
| 2 | Although a number of embassies in Kuwait had defied the Iraqi orders that they should close by Aug.24 [ see p. 37639 ] , all but a dozen ( including the USA , Canada and eight EC countries ) had abandoned them by Aug. 12 because of conditions there . |
| 3 | Iraq eventually announced on Aug. 28 that Kuwait had become the 19th Iraqi governorate ( liwa ) . |
| 4 | Eight months previously ZTT 's Paul Morley had used the XL image factory and Katherine Hamnett to plaster fragments of his prose on to the chests of the nation 's youth . |
| 5 | By June , when the war was over , the Falklands had entered the British vocabulary : a word with mixed connotations of heroism , waste , duplicity , valour and a desperate , atavistic yearning for national pride . |
| 6 | Pakistan had won the first ‘ Test ’ , at Karachi , by an innings and four runs . |
| 7 | Donna had re-attached the back door to its frame as well , while Julie mopped up the blood in the hallway — although she finally passed out during the task . |
| 8 | The most important indicator was the role of the Commission which under the guidance of Walter Hallstein had played the active role hoped for by ardent Europeanists , overcoming the diminution of the supranational element in the EEC as compared to the ECSC . |
| 9 | The event , last sponsored by Harp in the mid 1980s , was staged at Wembley Arena and by the end of the televised evening tournament , Watford had scored the most goals to win the top award of the event . |
| 10 | William Lee of the Nottinghamshire parish of Calverton had invented the basic frame in 1589 but the craft first took hold in London and did not really spread to the Midlands until after the restoration of Charles II . |
| 11 | Even recently a white South African registered surprise on hearing that Nelson Mandela could speak , 40 years on , with fresh enthusiasm of a Neil Harvey innings , 151 at Kingsmead , Durban in 1951 , that Mandela had seen the young Harvey score . |
| 12 | Reporting the Lithuanian response , the official Soviet news agency Tass on March 19 announced that Gorbachev had ordered the Soviet government to implement " a number of immediate measures " in the light of information which " bears witness to the fact that the present leadership of the republic has embarked on a path of crude violations of constitutional order and of arbitrarily deciding matters which affect the interest of the USSR " . |
| 13 | David had said the same sort of thing , thought Juliet , and a deep feeling of sadness washed over her . |
| 14 | She just waited until the storm was over , when she pulled a clean handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to Annunziata , remembering with a tiny moment of irrepressible pleasure the time when David had done the same for her . |
| 15 | During this time Alcock had begun the long process of memorising the night sky ; by 1932 he already knew the position of most stars that can be seen by the naked eye . |
| 16 | Few people in Polruan knew much about what went on behind the big iron gates that guarded the entrance to Roscarrock Hall , because Sir Gregory had taken the prudent step of making his household almost self-sufficient , and traders were seldom required to call . |
| 17 | And in the 15th minute , after Paatelainen had replaced the injured Lee Richardson , Alex McLeish headed a Robert Connor corner narrowly over . |
| 18 | And in the 15th minute , after Paatelainen had replaced the injured Lee Richardson , Alex McLeish headed a Robert Connor corner narrowly over . |
| 19 | In the previous month the Bank of Indonesia had announced the partial deregulation of foreign exchange dealings . |
| 20 | Indonesia had dissolved the previous forum , the Inter-Governmental Group on Indonesia ( IGGI ) , in March after accusing the Netherlands ( which chaired the IGGI ) of using the issue of aid as a tool for interfering in Indonesian internal affairs . |
| 21 | Taiwan kept some tariffs high , and until coerced by the United States had used the still more effective trade weapon of an undervalued currency . |
| 22 | The United States had entered the Second World War with a very limited overseas basing system , but by the close of the war had acquired a massive global basing network ‘ derived from a combination of conquests , agreements with allies , and temporary arrangements with neutrals and exile regimes that had at least the potential for post-war renewal and extension ’ . |
| 23 | No one should get the impression from this that Rotherham had taken the gay community to its bosom . |
| 24 | This prompt removal suggests that he was identified with the Woodvilles , although More is alone in the story that Rotherham had delivered the great seal to the queen when she went into sanctuary . |
| 25 | This prompt removal suggests that he was identified with the Woodvilles , although More is alone in the story that Rotherham had delivered the great seal to the queen when she went into sanctuary . |
| 26 | Professor Pacey had epitomised the forties as one of ‘ vacillation and disillusionment , ’ but the tide had indeed commenced to turn , a new era was opening up . |
| 27 | Earlier , Malcolm Pyrah had won the first Olympic Talent Spotters Championship on It 's Me and , though he does not believe the small seven-year-old chestnut is potential Olympic material , he echoed the widespread praise for this new series of competitions . |
| 28 | She was excited because this was the first time that de Levantiére had followed the New Look that was capturing the world but was still hard to come by in England because of clothes rationing . |
| 29 | Lucy arrived , drained and tight-lippéd , Jeremy had been having trouble with his girlfriend , and Lucy had provided the two a.m. shoulder all week . |
| 30 | Irving had studied the 1984 Police and Criminal Evidence Act proposals to legislate for interrogation and prisoner control . |