Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shopkeeper Ajay Patel , 24 , failed to see 26-year-old Lynn Jones an honours graduate working to finance biology studies in Africa until it was too late , said Derek Inman , prosecuting . |
| 2 | Twenty-four per cent of British bathing beaches failed to meet minimum EC safety standards for water quality in 1991 — an increase of one per cent on the previous year . |
| 3 | The 68060 is a static , modular , superscalar and superpipelined part built using 0.8-micron CMOS technology — BiCMOS techniques will be incorporated in the planned 68080 and 68100 , Motorola says . |
| 4 | Known as the District 's ‘ Sabine Women ’ these young graduates not only held together the framework of the District 's organisation in the counties throughout the war , but added substantially to the number of courses provided by the District and helped to establish new WEA branches and centres among the civilian population . |
| 5 | The new US approach fell short of outright recognition for Bazin 's government , but involved urging exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to meet with Bazin , whereas the earlier US position had been that Aristide should choose his own Prime Minister prior to his return to the country . |
| 6 | Although it is known that Hains had genuine and legitimate professional links with Georges Rudier , the nephew of Rodin 's own bronze-founder , Alexis Rudier , further investigations still have to determine how Hains came to acquire original Rodin plaster casts . |
| 7 | Brown had fallen miserably in love ( so he said ) with a girl named Betty Fowler , whom he 'd met one Friday evening at a hop held in the Oxford Town Hall , and already on their second meeting they had vowed a mutual , eternal love . |
| 8 | They 'd buried old Mr Rine that morning , she added , and old Mrs Crowley on Saturday . |
| 9 | And I remember one year , we 'd had some Webbs Curly lettuce and I was We had a good crop and I remember one lady who stayed in and she come used to come Well practically every other days for six of these . |
| 10 | She 'd spent last Wednesday evening drinking at the Royal Legion Club in Swindon Town Centre . |
| 11 | Finally I went to James Roose-Evans , who 'd adapted 84 Charing Cross Road for the stage and said , ‘ What are you doing for the rest of your life ? ’ |
| 12 | It was like being in the room with Miss Trimm yet again confiding that she 'd mothered another Jesus Christ . |
| 13 | Meanwhile Constable George Dixon ( later Sergeant ) came to embody 1950s Beeb spirit . |
| 14 | AN actress old enough to be drawing her pension begged to play glamorous Scarlett O'Hara in a sequel to Gone With The Wind . |
| 15 | The ruling threatened to undermine other Iran-contra convictions , including that of John Poindexter , North 's former superior at the National Security Council , who was convicted of five felonies in April 1990 and who , like North , had testified to Congress under a grant of limited immunity . |
| 16 | Ferguson , who failed to land 16-goal Alan Shearer and bought Dion Dublin — only for him to break a leg — is also thought to be watching Dundee United 's Duncan Ferguson . |
| 17 | Married Mr Wilson , 53 , admitted asking newly-wed Mrs Cann if she wore underwear , making jibes about her sex life and saying women should only get jobs if they wore low-cut tops and tight skirts . |
| 18 | BRIAN CLOUGH was handed a £96,000 FA Cup bonus yesterday when the BBC decided to screen live Nottingham Forest 's third round clash against Southampton at the City Ground on Sunday , January 3 . |
| 19 | Impressed with the performance of N185 , Air Ministry officials decided to order four Iris Mk 111s for RAF service . |
| 20 | By coincidence , he chose publishing assistant Lizzy Lamplugh , 22 , the sister of estate agent Suzy , who disappeared in 1986 while showing a client around a London house . |
| 21 | A MAN named Maxwell last night offered to buy crisis-hit Barnet Football Club . |
| 22 | He afterwards kept telephoning other Harvard dealers , pointing out that he could say what he wanted on the phone in his new place of employment as the calls were unrecorded . |
| 23 | Neil Campbell , principal craft and design teacher , said : ‘ We managed to run several SCOTVEC modules and now some of our former pupils are working in the field of mechanics . ’ |
| 24 | Darren Osbourne , 15 , struggled to keep 14-year-old Andrew Gaunt 's head above water before the pair both slipped under . |
| 25 | Humpage managed to dismiss both Gloucestershire openers , Broad and Stoviold , so the move by skipper Bob Willis could be accounted a success . |
| 26 | She mentioned that she kept had some Ercol furniture . |
| 27 | Graham , 29 , went to confront 19-year-old Samantha Gibson after she walked out on him . |
| 28 | Let there be no doubt about it — this is the most important and momentous decision for architecture , and hence for architects , since our predecessors voted to build 66 Portland Place . |
| 29 | This meal has been previously tested and proved to produce reproducible MCTT measurements . |
| 30 | Dr John Bromley admitted exposing two-year-old John Storey to a hazardous substance . |