Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [det] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A senior American official said Bill Clinton planned to write off half the debts owed to the United States by Africa 's 18 poorest countries . |
| 2 | This is good news indeed and the students and families concerned are most grateful for all the support which helped bring about such a satisfactory outcome . |
| 3 | Last year , when the constitutional ban on forced purchase expired , Mr Mugabe promised to buy up half the remaining white farmland at prices he would set . |
| 4 | The first week I was there I helped set out all the toys and then helped the children with the toys . |
| 5 | The next involved abseilling down half a huge rock before dropping into a pool with a waterfall close by . |
| 6 | ‘ I once had a plaster on my finger , ’ said Lydia , ‘ and I was making duck pancakes because an editor and his wife were coming to dinner , and when I 'd rolled up all the pancakes I found the plaster was missing . ’ |
| 7 | He 'd soaked up all the motherfucking atmosphere he wanted , thank you very much . |
| 8 | There were always great arguments about whether it was something you were allowed or not , and that always seemed to take up half the visit . |
| 9 | The next morning , the plan was ready to roll ; Tiphook began snapping up all the TIP stock in sight . |
| 10 | If the newspapers lied to cover up such a disaster , they would lie about other things too . |
| 11 | The person in charge of product development decided to carry out all the modifications simultaneously ( although not forced to by LIFESPAN ) , made a senior programmer the user associated with the DCs and instructed him to activate the DCs on the main package and set to work . |
| 12 | Then he took a pencil and paper and started to tot up all the monies he presently held against the expenses he had . |
| 13 | In a fit of madness I started tearing up all the ad records . ’ |
| 14 | And when he started going out all the time , she started going out occasionally . |
| 15 | Fleischmann decided to send over all the equipment , cell , fluid and palladium , by air to Harwell for them to do the neutron measurements . |
| 16 | But the prop kept going round all the while , and opening up afterwards produced no problems . |
| 17 | He says that he replaced the batteries , but the alarm kept going off all the time . |
| 18 | Australian Schuback said he was happy with his own performance , but his opponent kept pulling out all the stops . |
| 19 | And his name kept coming up all the time did n't it , Harvey Jones ? |
| 20 | Martin Easteal , the chief executive of the commission which is reviewing English local government , thought setting up such a body was a sensible way of dealing with the matter . |
| 21 | It really did wipe out all the plus signs . |
| 22 | No exactly but I think prior to that , we did do what you 're suggesting , we did go round all the areas , Dick , myself and Malcolm and Chris , walked round all the areas , told told the people what needed tidying up to go in the it was before we had the racking up by the way so it was more messy |
| 23 | By 1884 it had become the Art Workers ' Guild , the hub of the Arts and Crafts Movement , which aimed to bring back all the fine and craft arts and to follow the writings of Ruskin and William Morris . |
| 24 | He had pointed out all the disadvantages . |
| 25 | John had ironed out all the minor snags that had cropped up , watched over by Peter , a PFA inspector and builder of a magnificent WW1-type biplane . |
| 26 | Graeme Scott had sorted out all the jigs much earlier in the year . |
| 27 | I had sorted out all the details I needed in the Yemen , such as colour sketches , colour matches and photographic records of dress materials and patterns , so consequently had an idea of what I was putting together . |
| 28 | He had keyed up all the radar stations and they would be alerted the moment anything significant was plotted . |
| 29 | Participants listened to the story read at an even pace of around 120 words per minute and had to write down all the errors they could detect as they heard them or insert the missing word . |
| 30 | I remembered the time Andy and I had let down all the wheels of his dad 's car , folding matches in half and sticking them into the tyre valves . |