Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FCA of who had been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 1.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to carry out a review of its compliance procedures in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.09 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to warn clients of the extent to which they may be exposed to risk in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 , when the firm gave advice to clients such that , if acted upon , it would result in commission being received , it failed to inform those clients of that position in writing in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.47 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to issue engagement letters in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.60 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to ensure that it had adequate records in accordance with the terms of the Regulation was reprimanded , fined £500 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 2 | Leaders on Capitol Hill virtually put all other business on hold as it sought to hammer out a debt ceiling increase . |
| 3 | Poles apart MANSELL and team boss Frank Williams failed to hammer out a deal |
| 4 | THE body of a 26-year-old man who was apparently buried alive while trying to rescue one of his terriers when it became trapped down a hole , has been found on a Welsh mountainside . |
| 5 | They tried to drive off a pair of pack beasts . ’ |
| 6 | KUWAIT was in the thick of battle last night as leading oil producers tried to hammer out a deal which would prevent prices collapsing when winter demand drops . |
| 7 | With the partial exception of Durrell , however , none of the writers mentioned carried forward an energy for experiment into a later age by working in Britain . |
| 8 | DRIVER Ian Sharpe reported knocking over a girl and was told by police : ‘ That 's a ghoul . ’ |
| 9 | The fourteen-gallon tank had been about one quarter full of fuel , and both it and a second partially-filled tank were each found to contain over a quarter of a pint of water , the result of condensation forming in the tanks over a six-day period . |
| 10 | she did n't , she never bent to pick up a flower |
| 11 | He walked over to the neatly stacked rods and selected one , then bent to pick up a wicker fishing box from a corner of the room . |
| 12 | In 1983 , CRL helped to set up a test facility at the University of Cali in Colombia . |
| 13 | She tried to remember why a gathering storm upset people . |
| 14 | The bus stopped to pick up a passenger off one of the first terraced streets of the town . |
| 15 | Barney , he had these two sons — tried to set up a song and dance act . |
| 16 | Marcos , it is said , tried to set up a foundation last year to launder - sorry , deposit — the funds to benefit Filipinos , minus a 10 per cent cut for his greedy relatives and 10 per cent for the Vatican . |
| 17 | He was always impressed with Leonard 's room , which he found to resemble more a study than a youth 's bedroom — already the style was evident . |
| 18 | Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea . |
| 19 | He 'd walked into the boathouse and tried to pick up an envelope and the floor had given way beneath him and a piece of beam was missing , and if I had n't been there with him he would certainly have drowned in the dock , impaled on something lurking beneath the surface . |
| 20 | It bit me and scratched me , and tried to escape up a curtain , which perhaps explains why I prefer Koi any day . |
| 21 | I stopped going there a season ago too difficult to get a drink . |
| 22 | We tried to fix up a time to talk about the Willis Phazer board . |
| 23 | I tried to tidy up a bit when I first came to work here , but I soon found out I was wasting my time . |
| 24 | Mr Bishop , who has plastic joints in his hips , knees and spine , is an ex-boxer and tried to put up a struggle , but they were too strong for him . |
| 25 | Damory was present at Lancaster 's assembly at Sherburn , Yorkshire , in June 1321 , when the earl tried to put together a coalition against Despenser and his father . |
| 26 | Last year , health scientists at government agencies tried to put together a paper outlining the state-of-the art of identifying possible carcinogenic substances . |
| 27 | Not quite quickly enough Olive tried to shut out a second thought : that she would never , could never , have married an Englishman . |
| 28 | January 30 : Cannabis worth £100,000 uncovered on a fruit lorry stopped coming off a ferry at Larne . |
| 29 | Her grandmother sniffed and her mother promised to send in a note whenever she needed to be off PE . |
| 30 | Their case helped to trigger off a savings and loan crisis in Maryland in 1985 . |