Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Over and over she asked the questions and became so demented by them that , though she trembled with indignation , she once more went into the Casa Guidi and , controlling herself as best she could , asked to see her old mistress .
2 He asked to see his social services file and eventually the local authority agreed , provided the donors of information consented .
3 On the same day the Soviet Union and Hungary agreed to conduct their bilateral trade in hard currency from 1991 onwards , replacing previous barter arrangements .
4 Misunderstanding had arisen over the " Pretoria Minute " , summarising agreements reached in talks in August 1990 [ see p. 37642 ] when the ANC agreed to suspend its 30-year policy of armed struggle " and related activities " .
5 The exchange , the CFTC said , had failed to notify the agency of serious deficiencies in Stotler 's financial records as early as 1987 , failed to enforce its own capital requirements , and failed to tell the CFTC that Stotler was undercapitalised by as much as $1.1m between October 1989 and April 1990 .
6 And I think that was on the basis that we were insisting that everybody visited the local F E college or you know sort of Yorkshire , Scarborough , Harrogate got got their irregular updatings and S and Selby when whatever .
7 Although I was still barely into my teens when I was spending this time with Maureen tending sick birds , I learned a lot about general care and identification — even if we failed to spot our Russian defector .
8 During the days , the various sections met to conduct their own meetings , hearing papers from both eminent and unknown men of science .
9 That the UFC so clearly mistrusted publication data has been discussed earlier , but they failed to support their preferred method of assessment — peer review — with any objective measures or guidelines .
10 ‘ Let's say we agreed to go our separate ways . ’
11 ‘ We agreed to go our own ways a year ago .
12 Once the war was over , however , the diversity of the Nationalist camp resurfaced , as each group sought to promote its own cause .
13 Doctors failed to diagnose her fractured skull and sent her back to Turner Village with a note saying she should be kept under observation and a message to return if her condition changed .
14 Although well able to acclimatise to most aquarium conditions most Rasboras will reward any efforts made to accommodate their particular requirements .
15 And they says as soon as you see one coming you sa say can I got make your bloody mind up which one do you want !
16 The split within the FIS deepened as a faction led by Hachemi Sahnouni and Said Guechi sought to sustain its existing dialogue with the government .
17 These years were more a time of disturbance within the Church as Archbishop Theodore sought to reorganize its diocesan structure .
18 Suez was the watershed between our imperial past and our offshore island future : before Suez we sought to restore our declining power ; after Suez we shed our self-imposed colonial responsibilities as fast as we could reasonably do so .
19 Ten years later he produced singlehanded his monumental theory of gravity — the general theory of relativity .
20 Both Japan and Germany agreed to increase their financial assistance to help defray the costs of the Gulf war .
21 ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years .
22 An ad hoc Committee of the Select Committee carried out an inquiry into Staffing of Community Institutions and produced a report which received little public attention but had considerable long-term influence on the way in which the Community Institutions recruited and transferred its staff and on how the United Kingdom sought to obtain its proper share of senior posts .
23 Her eyes blazed back at him as she fought to contain her inner excitement .
24 Most recently , second phase schools were sent question and pupil answer sheets as before but asked to provide their own apparatus from a detailed list supplied along with administration instructions by NFER .
25 And during the war , while the Party failed to increase its own popularity , Hitler could benefit as the focus of a widespread consensus between 1939 and 1941 among the vast majority of the population about the successful course of the war and the favourable prospects for an early and glorious peace .
26 She started to come again as he tried to slide his whole hand deep into her soaked vagina .
27 The most militant and politically conscious trade was that of metal workers and the government 's commitment to massive military expenditure promised to sustain its rapid growth .
28 RON THACKER , BEM would like to thank all friends and colleagues who helped make his memorable day such a success .
29 I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava .
30 Tesselmann grabbed at the handle of the freight car and hauled himself off the ground , his legs swinging precariously in the air as he tried to clasp his other hand around the handle .
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