Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THIEVES tried to break into a pensioners ' community centre just hours before a tombola to replace a stolen karaoke machine and cash . |
| 2 | Scuffles ensued when the demonstrators tried to break through a police cordon preventing them from marching to the tomb of the unknown soldier . |
| 3 | Part of the remaining walls became incorporated into a police barracks in the nineteenth century . |
| 4 | Either he was dead straight , or else he was the sharpest operator-bar none , including the guy she 'd met on a singles ' holiday who 'd almost managed to convince her that he was on his final fling with only ninety days left to live — that she had ever encountered . |
| 5 | and even if they did buy without a solicitors assistance , what was the system about sending them the letter which we 've looked at earlier which is at erm D one , five , two , remember this is the letter that goes to Mr solicitors assuming you get a very rare person who does his or her own conveyance |
| 6 | It all began in the early hours when it 's alleged the car failed to stop at a police check and sped off through the city centre and out along the Botley Road . |
| 7 | The Major began to feel that Onyx Muggeridge was not quite what he had come to a Parents ' Evening for , and was quite grateful when the headmaster disengaged himself with palpable reluctance from the Fromes and sailed in his direction , exuding Manner . |
| 8 | Police discovered later that Lorna and Vernage had met at a children 's home years earlier . |
| 9 | Ruth had already decided to bring her own children to be photographed today , and then approached all her friends with young families , suggesting they might like to do the same — so it had turned into a children 's party . |
| 10 | On Sept 25 , 1989 , a Swiss inquest found that Barschel , who had been found dead in a Geneva hotel room in October 1987 shortly after he had been forced to resign as Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein , had died of a drugs overdose and that there was no evidence to suggest that he had been murdered . |
| 11 | The boy — dubbed Houdini — had escaped from a police cell last week . |
| 12 | Or they might hear she had walked into a police station somewhere later in the day . |
| 13 | Since our last meeting June Bascombe , Hilda Lodge , Joan Daniels and Janet Rogers had appeared before a Sports Council ‘ panel ’ and answered many questions with reference to our development plan . |
| 14 | They 'd all got off the bus together ; this one had gone into a truckers ’ cafe for cigarettes and a carton of coffee . |
| 15 | Perhaps he had run into a pensioners ' outing . |
| 16 | She had worked as a children 's nurse in Wirral hospitals for 20 years before taking a post with the local social services department , assisting young families in need . |
| 17 | Simon Templar had lived in a mews . |
| 18 | Yet , within a few years , the whole affair had degenerated into a foodies ' free-for-all . |
| 19 | The re-contras claimed that 66 former contras had been killed during the year in continuing clashes with Sandinista army and police personnel who they wanted replaced by a police force which included ex-contras . |
| 20 | This chased filmed from a police video car shows the risks offenders are prepared to take — and the danger to officers who try to catch them . |