Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a serialised version of the book under a headline : ‘ Venables never made Spurs his top priority ’ , Scholar alleged : ‘ Tottenham , alas , never seemed to get his full attention . ’ |
| 2 | Announcing his new Cabinet on Nov. 5 , Miyazawa made Watanabe his Foreign Minister , and gave posts to members of the Mitsuzuka faction , although not to Mitsuzuka himself . |
| 3 | After the war Birkenhead made biography his main occupation despite a major set-back . |
| 4 | Lydersen again had a hand in Arsenal 's second goal in the 46th minute when his long clearance found Campbell whose awesome power took him into the box to beat Norwich 's former Tottenham goalkeeper Walton at the near post . |
| 5 | Before his release from Reading gaol , Wilde appointed Ross his literary executor ; but with Wilde 's estate bankrupt , it was not until 1905 that Ross was able to pay Wilde 's creditors and annul the bankruptcy . |
| 6 | Woolton told Churchill his supervisory role had largely ceased to function . |
| 7 | I told Sandy my favourite South African cricket story , which I now pass on . |
| 8 | Caroline would give me hell for evermore if she thought I 'd ill-treated her best friend . |
| 9 | Some universities insisted that departmental offices made business their primary concern in order to boost finances , especially since the government could not promise increased investment . |
| 10 | The officials finally admitted they were wrong — and paid Pete his two weeks ' benefit of £84 . |
| 11 | In spite of William 's immediate miss that allowed Hudson his second escape , the West Indies still made up some ground when Kenneth Benjamin and Jimmy Adams acquired their first Test wickets just before tea through cut shots that were edged to Lara at first slip ; Peter Kirsten off Benjamin , a powerfully-built fast bowler with a method not unlike Colin Croft 's in the wide angle of delivery , and Hansie Cronje to the fourth ball from Adams , whose left-arm spin had been restricted to seven wicketless overs all season . |
| 12 | For it was Gould who showed Darwin his first evidence of the possible transmutation of species . |
| 13 | The Bookman showed Endill his favourite parts of the library . |
| 14 | Then she burst into tears and showed Tjolle her slashed wrists . |
| 15 | Despite this opposition , the government went ahead and enacted legislation which required magistrates to hear all complaints orally . |
| 16 | GARY CHATFIELD 'S 77th-minute solo try handed Trinity their first home defeat in three months and eased Rovers ' relegation worries . |
| 17 | Although he detested journalism his Johnsonian manner and compelling character established him as one of Fleet Street 's most charismatic figures . |
| 18 | What he had was a pampered , spoilt brat whose only interest in life was lipstick and what was on at the pictures . |
| 19 | In 1987 Thomson sold GE-RCA its medical electronics operation and purchased GE-RCA 's television manufacturing activities , thus giving Thomson immediate leadership of the US television set market ; Thomson was also second ( to GM-Hughes ( in the world defence electronics league . |
| 20 | The North-East may seem remote geographically but they are certainly great thinkers and doers. you will now find the first ever mention of the word ‘ Medau ’ included int he latest edition ( published 12th May in Edinburgh ) of Chambers 20th Century Dictionary , on page 781 , inserted between ‘ Medal ’ and ‘ Meddle ’ viz. |
| 21 | In this process , the tentacles serve another and important function , for the water brings with it dissolved oxygen which Lingula needs in order to respire . |
| 22 | The way he worked upsides her other ride , Spooked , showed that Bill had trained him to perfection . |
| 23 | A few M13 recombinants included inserts whose derived amino acid sequences strongly resembled different regions of the two largest RNA polymerase subunits of poxviruses and eukaryotic organisms . |
| 24 | I had bought her for a song , then spent a fortune restoring her and , when my term of service expired and I could afford to become the gypsy-sailor I had always wanted to be , I left the Marines and made Masquerade my new home . |
| 25 | Since Franco himself was head of government , this effectively made Carrero his Private Secretary . |
| 26 | The Assembly passed legislation which required organizers of demonstrations to apply three days in advance for government approval . |
| 27 | With the highway under observation , the yacht offered Trent his only hope of escape and , with access to the radio , he would be able to warn Caspar and the Belpanese and call in Steve 's heavy brigade . |
| 28 | Once he reached Poitiers his literary output became increasingly religious , and included a number of prose saints ' Lives . |
| 29 | In April 1989 the European Commission sent Britain its Reasoned Opinion alleging an infraction of the EC Drinking Water Directive and citing the UK 's record on eliminating the hazard from lead . |
| 30 | Because Key believed that motherhood brought women their greatest fulfilment , her work was widely quoted with approval , although her defence of ‘ bachelor motherhood ’ for the unfortunate ‘ surplus ’ women achieved a notoriety similar to Grant Allen 's apparent advocacy of ‘ free love ’ in The Woman Who Did . |