Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merleau-Ponty , who met Nizan a few weeks later at Laurent Casanova 's villa in Porto , recalls that Nizan seemed resigned to the inevitability of war , but still confident in the belief that a tripartite alliance between France , Great Britain and the USSR was a necessary and inevitable prerequisite to the defeat of fascism . |
| 2 | He was treasurer of the RAS from 1831 to 1840 and became president a few years before his death in 1866 . |
| 3 | Frantic attempts to have my bags recalled came to nought and by half-past-one the Taiwan Timberland lookalikes hit deep slush at Torino after a salivating glimpse of Monte Bianco and blanketed environs a few feet to the left wingtip. 10 December must have been a great day for skiing . |
| 4 | I was very privileged to meet her when I visited Georgia a few years ago : a remarkable and very courageous woman . |
| 5 | And she bore Arnie no hard feelings . |
| 6 | A Canadian friend who visited Junieh a few years ago said that it was an excellent and interesting place for a cruising yacht to go : cheap , with pleasant , welcoming people and without danger , provided you stay away from the trouble spots . |
| 7 | He told shareholders the latest sums were £33,000 in settlement of a civil action by the club — £15,000 of that the cost of an audit investigation — and £838 in a case involving credit cards . |
| 8 | To our relief we found the seas calm enough off the normal east landing at Geodha Stoth and dropped anchor a few yards off shore . |
| 9 | Now this was flies that the old ones ate flies the new ones ate . |
| 10 | Smith also told police the three men were half cut , they 'd lost their sense of safety . |
| 11 | He suffered cancer a few years ago … and is putting the show on to raise money for cancer charities . |
| 12 | Citizens Chairman , President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Fish told employees the two banks make a good match because of their shared philosophy about the way to treat customers and employees , and the way they conduct business . |
| 13 | As we turned south the crumbled remains of St Catherine 's Castle could be seen . |
| 14 | Instead she chattered about the law and the law exams and found Davide 's last letter from Riba , and showed Tommaso the flourishing strokes of her brother 's handwriting , and asked him if he too wrote with such tails on his p's and g's and such loops on his l's and d's ? |
| 15 | I paid Barry the fifteen dollars we had agreed on for a small , black Andean Equipment daysack to keep my new notebooks in and left him selling jewellery to his tour group . |
| 16 | In 1956 , Vo Quy founded , with a group of other academics , the University of Hanoi and established the department of zoology , of which he became head a few years later . |
| 17 | She followed Edgar a few paces across the room . |
| 18 | Harry Enfield discovered opera a few years ago when a friend gave him a disc of highlights from ‘ La Traviata ’ . |
| 19 | The grandson of Nokomis , the Earth Mother and the Creator of Fire , Manabozho was credited with many inventions ; for instance , he taught braves how to read signs and omens in the forest , and he taught women the healing benefits of many herbs . |
| 20 | Merseyside police have revealed that they probably killed James a few hours after they took him from the Strand shopping centre in Bootle . |
| 21 | When Reagan first became governor the worst fears of those who had questioned his suitability as a candidate for public office appeared to be confirmed . |
| 22 | The Revolution of 1688 lost D'Urfey the courtly connections he had developed , so that he had to turn to other means of support . |
| 23 | The owner of this garden was digging a new rosebed , when he hit stone a few inches below the surface . |
| 24 | Some of Eric Le Red 's former managers in France sent Ferguson a few tips , via TODAY , on handling his fickle Frenchman . |
| 25 | It took Marie a few seconds to realize who Gary was : nobody , not even the teachers at school , called Gazzer by his real name . |
| 26 | Indeed , it is possible to argue that in both the fields of child language and acquired disorders the earliest studies to be carried out were almost exclusively concerned with production . |
| 27 | Susan and I sauntered down the aisle and took seats a few rows back . |
| 28 | I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison . |
| 29 | ‘ You know , do n't you ? ’ sobbed Sarella a few seconds later . |
| 30 | For the Six , however , a free trade area was too loose a form of co-operation and General de Gaulle opposed the British plan , which offered France no special concessions in the agricultural field . |