Example sentences of "[num] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1986 I cultivated new ambitions which took me out of the British orbit and on to a higher plane . |
| 2 | During 1876 he built new premises on the outskirts of Aberdeen , to cope with the increased demand . |
| 3 | In charge of works after the collapse of the central tower in 1237–9 he remained chief master at least until Christmas 1257 , described as ‘ cementarius magister operis ’ and ‘ magister fabrice ’ . |
| 4 | Shevardnadze in a strong speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25 characterized Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait as " an act of terrorism against the nascent new world order " , and , apparently going further than Gorbachev had suggested at Helsinki [ see above ] , stated that the Soviet Union was prepared to support the use of force against Iraq , in a UN framework , if the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait continued ; on Sept. 30 he confirmed Soviet willingness to join a UN force if necessary . |
| 5 | In 1892 she became senior lady assistant commissioner to the royal commission on labour , investigating women 's work in Ireland , in the Black Country iron industry , and in London public houses . |
| 6 | After a brief engagement to a man later convicted for bigamy and fraud , in 1929 she married American-born Robert Woodward Hathaway ( second of three sons of Charles Hathaway , a Wall Street banker ) . |
| 7 | British exporters achieved all-time record exports partly because in 1991 we had all-time record low numbers of strikes and days lost through industrial action . |
| 8 | ‘ In early 1991 we had particular problems in achieving the levels of service on the Back Office system which would enable branches to meet their business needs . |
| 9 | They deny that on various occasions unknown between May 1989 and October 1991 they committed indecent offences and raped the sisters in houses in Glasgow . |
| 10 | On 30 April 1991 he sought legal advice from Marshalls concerning an order that he attend before the court in Manchester for examination by the liquidator of the company . |
| 11 | In 1660 he defended free grace in two public disputations at Allhallows against John Goodwin [ q.v. ] , the champion of free will . |
| 12 | In 1991 it offered handsome tax incentives to encourage the creation of big trading companies that would do the job more efficiently than lots of little sellers . |
| 13 | The actions of the central authorities , in the event , served to rally local opinion still more closely around the nationalist leaderships , and when the issue of full independence was put to the republican populations in the spring of 1991 it received overwhelming endorsement The Lithuanian vote , in February , produced a majority of over 90 per cent on an 84 per cent turnout ; in Latvia and Estonia , in March , there were majorities for independence of 74 and 78 per cent on a similar turnout . |
| 14 | As part of a restructuring of the armed forces announced on Feb. 10 he appointed new commanders to rebel garrisons . |
| 15 | As dean of Winchester he was an active servant of James I. Between 1616 and 1621 he made repeated visits to Scotland on royal business , accompanying the king in 1617 , and attending the general assembly in Perth ( 1618 ) in support of the king 's ‘ Five Articles ’ of ceremonial reform . |
| 16 | In 1927 and 1929 he designed stylish bodies for the Hillman 12 hp and then Straight Eight chassis ; as technical adviser to the Aircraft Investment Corporation , which he joined in 1929 , he shared in the design of the Segrave Meteor , an advanced four-seater , twin-engined monoplane . |
| 17 | In the close season of 1924 he signed outside-right John Williams from Rotherham at a ‘ dirt cheap ’ price of under £2,000 . |
| 18 | Between 1895 and 1898 he published regular articles in the Studio . |
| 19 | Three years later he returned to Manchester New College , and in 1888 he became assistant minister to Philip Wicksteed in Little Portland Street , London . |
| 20 | Writing to the Bodleian 's first Librarian , Thomas James , in 1612 he contrasted English drama unfavourably with the learned drama of other countries : |
| 21 | On 17 July 1054 he consecrated Godric abbot of Winchcombe , having held the abbey himself since the death of Abbot Godwin in 1053 . |
| 22 | In August 1648 he suppressed Royalist activity in the area and in August 1651 he firmly rebutted the entreaties of Charles Stuart and his army . |
| 23 | At the end of the " thirties she had other things on her mind besides horses and cooking , dogs , bantams , geese and Love Eternal . |
| 24 | ‘ With the advent of TV in the Fifties you got lots of kids ' badges , while in the Sixties they grew larger and more colourful , and in the Seventies you had weird punk badges . ’ |
| 25 | During the 1930s and 1940s she helped German refugees from Nazism . |
| 26 | In 1921 she investigated differential operators in quantum mechanics by abstracting their essential properties , taking these properties as axioms and building all consequences thereupon . |
| 27 | In 1960 she won golden opinions in Britain in Leonid Spigelgass 's study of autumnal courtship , A Majority of One ( Phoenix ) , in which she starred opposite Robert Morley . |
| 28 | In 1984 we privatised British Telecom but only Mercury was given a licence to carry services over fixed links . |
| 29 | In 1920 he became honorary director of the department of applied optics , National Institute for Medical Research , retiring during World War II . |
| 30 | From 1920 he made regular appearances on Broadway and on tour in America , finally achieving fame in 1921 as the temple priest in The Green Goddess with George Arliss [ q.v . ] . |