Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strength was still predominantly in the counties ; the English counties returned almost half of the parliamentary party , the squires who made Walter Long such a force , and of these 128 MPs over a hundred owned land or lived in the division that they represented , a strong territorial base . |
| 2 | The present tenants of what is now known as John Dakyn House , renovated and restored and comprising six modern flats , have like the original tenants to have been born or lived in the parish for ten years , be of retirement age or invalids . |
| 3 | Goodwill Under Irish GAAP , goodwill may be either written off immediately on completion of the acquisition against shareholders ' equity or capitalized in the balance sheet and amortized through the income statement on a systematic basis over its useful economic life . |
| 4 | The economics of the base could not explain everything that existed or occurred in the superstructure ; as Marx 's collaborator Engels had suggested , the economy was only the mainspring of history ‘ in the last analysis ’ ( Gramsci , 1971 : 162 ) . |
| 5 | And of the Adults who left during the siege , or who managed to survive the fire , three Britons will soon go on trial for conspiracy to murder the federal agents who were killed or wounded in the initial shoot out . |
| 6 | The bombers could be brought down or exploded in the air by Surface-to-Air Missiles and SAMS were being turned out like sausages , according to Khrushchev , in order to ring Moscow and other cities . |
| 7 | Older siblings living in mainland Scotland were not permitted to see or communicate with their younger brothers and sisters , even though they were in no way involved or implicated in the allegations that had been made against the parents . |
| 8 | Fried and fatty meats are best avoided , but fat can be cut off before cooking , and meat or fish can be grilled or cooked in the oven . |
| 9 | The third section offers a critical exploration of possible starting points for new strategies , not least by looking anew at some of the difficult and resilient questions about cultural identity and belongingness , about ethnicity and community , that were often glossed over or disavowed in the antiracist movement . |
| 10 | Or stuck in the back of an office , or , or could they have something sort of glossy like the half kingdom Tourist Board stars , that they can put on their windows , to let people know that at least that particular nursing home or whatever establishment it is , has been duly inspected by our Fire Services ? |
| 11 | Every document filed , issued or served in the proceeding must bear the title and the number ( Ord 3 , r 7 ) . |
| 12 | Sailors who chanced on a sudden sand blizzard or capsized in the Neck of Mithridates were rarely rescued . |
| 13 | Jacques 's Master follows Kristeva in her argument that , just as the subject is eclipsed or subverted in the process of its creation , so the author must pass through the same ‘ zero ’ in order for the reader to be able to participate as receptor in the economy of communication established by the novel : |
| 14 | There are primarily those about animal welfare ; what makes creatures healthy ones given what we strive for in our treatment of them as pets , as a food source , in zoos , or conserved in the wild . |
| 15 | But again th there was no there was no clothes to be bought in the yard or issued in the yard or anything like that you simply bought them in the shops outside . |
| 16 | Or whacked in the face by Natalie . |
| 17 | In particular the teaching force will not be regenerated or remotivated in the ways that are necessary ( and possible ) , and which alone will lead to the real and sustained improvements in the quality of the service delivered to pupils . |
| 18 | In the ‘ additional note ’ to Guy Mannering , Sir Walter Scott [ q.v. ] states that Billy was ‘ pressed or enlisted in the army seven times , and deserted as often ; besides three times running away from the Naval Service ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ In charge of ’ can be proved by the police officer or other witness who saw him near or sat in the vehicle for example . |
| 20 | Those returning to a discordant family environment were much more likely to become pregnant than those who returned to a harmonious family or remained in the institution until achieving independence . |
| 21 | In England and Wales 1,165,000 houses were demolished or closed in the period 1955–74 , in a massive programme of compulsory purchase whereby local authorities considerably extended their council-land holdings . |
| 22 | In Scotland , a further 296,000 houses were demolished or closed in the period 1955–74 , making nearly 1.5 million in total for Great Britain ( Cherry , 1976 ) . |
| 23 | The thin figure leaned over and whispered in the sleeper 's ear . |
| 24 | Duncan looked at the long green grass and , as he looked , the wind blew strong and the tall , green grasses swayed and whispered in the wind . |
| 25 | She confirmed to McIllvanney that the weather-fax machine and the Loran and the Satnav and the radar and all the other things that hummed and winked and glowed in the night were working properly . |
| 26 | a fat woman … frightened and fainted in the street ; |
| 27 | Even liberals believed that the colonies would remain loyal if they received economic benefits and shared in the ideals of liberty , equality and fraternity , which France provided through her ‘ civilising mission ’ . |
| 28 | Dozens of foreign seamen in the port have been questioned and fingerprinted in the search for her killer . |
| 29 | When he was on business away from home he stayed and entertained in the Hiltons and Sheratons and InterContinentals . |
| 30 | I had taken the first step when an elderly man touched my shoulder and asked in the lilting , Spanish-accented French of the region , if I wished to view the church . |