Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bank agreed to increase this to £135,000 , reducing to £120,000 after three weeks , but it required the security of a second charge on the shareholder 's matrimonial home , which was jointly owned by himself and his wife . |
| 2 | Reports on Aug. 7 said that the government had airlifted hundreds of Palestinians , expected to total 3,000 by mid-August , to Jordan [ see pp. 38118 ; 38166 ; 38309 ] ] . |
| 3 | Marcus became gentler , moved to sit nearer to Patrick , ceased his exertions and , after gazing at Pat for some time , began to caress one of his hands , turning it about in his own hands and pressing it . |
| 4 | In a second division top-of-the-table clash , Thomas & Nelson drew 1-1 with Stockkman Lodge , Rocksavage won 2-1 at Duke of Wellington and third-placed Tarbock Villa maintained won 4-2 against Todds . |
| 5 | In the dying minutes the computer men rallied to net two in succession and CMS found themselves fighting to hold the one goal difference . |
| 6 | He tried to pull free of Rohmer 's grasp , but could not . |
| 7 | I tried to absorb some of Ryan 's confidence . |
| 8 | One Tory MP , an aristocrat of impeccable right-wing views , who helped renegotiate some of Romania 's debts at the beginning of the hard years in the 1980s , also enjoyed joking with Ceauşescu . |
| 9 | Average family size after thirty years of marriage fell below 2.1 among women married in 1928 , reached a low of 2.01 among women married in 1936 , and rose to exceed 2.1 among women married from 1943 onwards . |
| 10 | Prometheus tried to rival a God called Zeus by stealing fire from heaven then giving it to Earth which is similar to Frankenstein 's actions because he stole the secret of life and proposed to give this to humans until it went disastrously wrong . |
| 11 | We tried to do that in R E , do you remember ? |
| 12 | We tried to do this in Hills ( 1990 ) . |
| 13 | The bail arm button at the front is responsive and I found gets better with use . |
| 14 | This evening I tried to read some of Alcestis , but it was n't the same . |
| 15 | We tried to solve this with management and supervisory boards based in the department but they were a long way from the boards of industry . |
| 16 | It is of far greater historical significance that the legends of Kosovo helped to keep alive for centuries the spark of Serbian national consciousness which burst into flame with the Karadjordje revolt of 1804 , and which led ultimately to the founding of an independent Serbian kingdom . |
| 17 | We finished the bottle of Bollinger and I promised to share another with Toby on Friday . |
| 18 | He tried to recall some of Marwan Ibrahim Al-Kaysi 's dos and donts . |
| 19 | She stared at the pages , and tried to get interested in levers . |
| 20 | Now , when their findings came out that the cell there were cells that appeared to correspond to feature detectors in the real world , a number of theories immediately popped up which tried to take this into account . |
| 21 | Although he stumbled into football as much by accident as design , he rose to become one of Scotland 's most charismatic players . |
| 22 | so he said I did , I tried to make some in microwave and he says it turned out like sludge |
| 23 | The residents described feeling tired through lack of an undisturbed night 's sleep . |
| 24 | Leading building societies and banks , including Halifax , Abbey National , Nationwide and NatWest , agreed to set millions of pounds to allow hard-pressed borrowers to convert their mortgages to rent . |
| 25 | During talks between the two sides , India agreed to purchase all of Nepal 's surplus electricity and to upgrade rail links between the two countries . |
| 26 | Although Atherton failed to reach 30 in England 's first Test defeat at Old Trafford , he and Gooch improved their record as one of the best opening partnerships in English history with stands of 71 and 73 . |
| 27 | I 'd heard all about Group from Rosemary and it did n't seem to be my sort of place . |
| 28 | Perhaps she 'd fallen asleep in Christopher 's room . |
| 29 | Last week , it seemed to matter enough for Mr Hurd to hint that the Government would refuse to ratify if the amendment prevailed . |
| 30 | The Elms , who seemed to stand next in line , were plain and sturdy , with pale-ish bark for skin and a good deal of greenery . |