Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] [vb past] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luqa airfield in September 1940 , shortly after 261 Squadron took over the Hal Far Fighter Flight . |
| 2 | The receivers were called in at the Broadgate developer and the shares suspended at 7¼p , but the FT-SE 100 Index shook off the crisis and climbed to a new peak , up 18 points at 2778.8 . |
| 3 | Thus 35 Squadron took on a ‘ new ’ type at its base at D F Malan Airport — the Dakota ! |
| 4 | The Chairman of the 1922 Committee sounded out the backbenchers . |
| 5 | One layman summed up the feeling with the remark , ‘ If there were stolen goods anywhere on the premises , the Church must keep out of the matter . |
| 6 | Under the progressive system of construction it was , however , impossible to do this , and with a very few exceptions a shortage of any one part held up the whole of the line . |
| 7 | One study summed up the overall situation as follows : |
| 8 | Attempts to contact Australia 400 miles ( over 640km ) to the south were unsuccessful , but the 1 09-set picked up a Dutch broadcast which was translated for the Company by a passing Dutch soldier : it announced the surrender of all their forces in the East Indies . |
| 9 | One ambulanceman summed up the mood as he threw his hands up in disgust and muttered : ‘ Absolute rubbish . |
| 10 | ‘ That one scene took up a whole morning and I did think to myself I could have written half a script in that time . |
| 11 | Simply expressed , the 1832 act opened up a new political space . |
| 12 | After the death of her mother , one lady took on the task of caring for her bereaved cat . |
| 13 | More usually , as for instance in Scotland , one heir took on the duty . |
| 14 | Sand drifts smothered the front steps , climbed walls almost to the gables , and in one place blocked off a whole street . |
| 15 | The vocal Bradshaw in goal encouraged his defence and on more than one occasion pulled off a save to keep Ruffians in the game . |
| 16 | One policeman tripped over a litter-bin and sat down heavily in the gutter . |
| 17 | ‘ I liked him ’ , one daughter summed up a grandfather who had been orphaned in the Irish potato famine : ‘ he was an old man , and I was only nine when he died , but as our father was at the [ First World ] War , I suppose he was the only man in the house . |
| 18 | One doctor summed up the change : ‘ We 've actually seen them for once ; they 've been out here visiting just to make sure that we are aware of their potential services . ’ |
| 19 | Yet he and his companions were creeping towards the stockade 's turret , where one of the guns exploded , when they were spotted ; one shot picked out the young man next to Dulé . |
| 20 | One supporter summed up the feelings of them all about the authorities who took them away . |
| 21 | While renovating his Victorian cottage , one reader ripped out an ugly old boiler , and installed this beautiful fireplace |
| 22 | One mother held up an emaciated child , and in sign language asked me to vaccinate the baby . |
| 23 | A 1980 calendar hung on a wall ; she had kept it because she liked the picture : Manet 's " The Bar at the Folies-Bergère " She identified with that girl who stared out , trapped by bottles , tangerines , mirrors , the counter , a wall of people with ugly faces . |
| 24 | He chose Alma to commemorate an 1854 battle fought over a newly-built Russian fortress during the Crimean War . |
| 25 | From 1879 to 1905 Peach carried out the palaeontological duties in Scotland in addition to his many field commitments . |