Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At his trial in April , Willett admitted registering the useful Flat performer Cecconi as Champagne Lover with the Arab Horse Society , and then taking the animal to Market Rasen for a Society race . |
| 2 | Eleanor came wearing a red suit , and he felt so turned on that he forgot to put the water in the teapot . |
| 3 | From Oct. 28 , for the first time in 45 years , Lufthansa began operating a regular service out of ( West Berlin 's ) Tegel airport with nearly 400 flights a week . |
| 4 | In addition , Culham started studying a basic system of toroidal confinement called the Levitron , and a system with practical potential called the stellarator , both system 's originating in the US . |
| 5 | Hari said watching the young boy 's face . |
| 6 | After their feud hit the headlines , Broccolli ceased conducting the secret auditions and made Moore an offer he could n't refuse to play Bond several more times . |
| 7 | Nell finished pouring the boiling water into a mug as Grant checked his watch . |
| 8 | Nell continued watching the flaring heat . |
| 9 | Solowka began playing a traditional song and the other members joined in . |
| 10 | Government targets already agreed with the IMF included reducing the fiscal deficit from 6.1 per cent in 1989 to 2.5 per cent in 1990 ; reducing inflation from 89.3 per cent to 37.7 per cent in 1990 and to 30 per cent in 1991 ; and achieving growth of 2 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) during 1990 . |
| 11 | Although the Gospel Outreach Centre in Clifton Road closed following a long-running row between church members and planners , a furniture business has moved in without planning permission . |
| 12 | As Taylor began planning an improbable revival in Washington on Sunday against a Brazilian side that threw away a three-goal lead in a 3–3 draw with Germany last night , FA chairman Sir Bert Millichip emerged as a key figure . |
| 13 | Guildford returned leading a large company of masked figures who marched into the hall to the raucous clamour of tambour and fife . |
| 14 | Dempsey admitted stealing an estimated 200 items of clothing , valued at £6,000 as well as £1,500 in cash . |
| 15 | Land Travel of Bath admitted making a false statement under the Trade Descriptions Act . |
| 16 | The United Kingdom opposed sending a peacekeeping force because it represented a long-term commitment but suggested an oil embargo . |
| 17 | Maire Carroll arrived wearing a proper party dress . |
| 18 | Lindsey stood feeling the hot colour surge into her cheeks . |
| 19 | Jerry and Anna stood watching the swaying elephants in complete fascination , and Sam took me by the hand across to the cage of a huge lion . |
| 20 | Piggie involved hitting a wooden wedge with a type of hockey stick . |
| 21 | It was not until the last decade of Nicholas 's reign that a Governor of Eastern Siberia began recommending a forward policy in northern China , and not until the accession of Alexander II that he gained the ear of the tsar . |
| 22 | Maria Carlita Rex Doran began developing the new fuel in 1980 following a government plea to scientists to devise new indigenous power sources to meet the country 's severe energy shortage . |
| 23 | Daddy Den O'Neil died taking the high note in ‘ The Londonderry Air ’ . |
| 24 | Bathtime meant filling a hot tin tub from kettles . |
| 25 | Originally the Irish FA considered spending the entire period on tour but making the two trips has proved more financially viable . |
| 26 | The game was set for the second goal-less draw at the ground in four days , when Andy Melville scored following a free kick . |
| 27 | The two island republics cast their lot with him after Japan began eyeing the Western Pacific as a potential dumping ground . |
| 28 | Shamlou began feeling an immense sense of power , and was aware of his loins stirring . |
| 29 | He was diverted during coffee by a thumb nail sketch of that fruitless expedition , but by the time the sommelier had visited the table with Cognac a second time , he was back to the great danger of ennui in the BEF , and 2nd Grenadiers ’ seven months in France spent cultivating a defensive mentality which could well be disastrous if hostilities ever broke out . |
| 30 | Albert started reading The Weekly Advertiser for cheap furnished rooms . |