Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They argued about the hound that evening , and as they argued Stapleton told her about Mrs Lyons . |
| 2 | I was told that his legal advisers were concerned that if he applied for a taxation this would amount to an adoption of the bills and prejudice his other objections to the bill . |
| 3 | Stead 's dramatisation of the issue of sexual exploitation not only stilled for the moment many fundamental conflicts of interest between participants in the agitation , but it also obscured the contradictions inherent in the ideology that informed this agitation against child prostitution . |
| 4 | ‘ God it was awful , ’ he said , and made them laugh and accept what he said , and Barnett never asked for the certificate this time . |
| 5 | Townsend oozed confidence from his first kick to touch , and he agreed after the match that being part of the Scottish squad had done much to sharpen his game . |
| 6 | " How they shouted during the attack this afternoon ! " |
| 7 | Jim Magilton I 'm sure would score from ten , twelve yards where he plastered against the post any other time . |
| 8 | I am not surprised that he ventured into the fray this evening , because he has already won an outstanding victory for his constituents and I well understand his desire to enjoy another . |
| 9 | Short-skirted and heavily made-up , she smoked and drank and behaved in a way that outraged many of the older generation . |
| 10 | The dogs howled in the village all that night , and Dai Huang 's daughter could not sleep . |
| 11 | It came up on the wall like that and had a big wooden block fastened to the wall that block |
| 12 | It continued to lose weight until it caught the attentioin of a neighbour who reported to the RSPCA that winter . |
| 13 | He will be aware that last night , thousands of young Scots slept rough on the streets of London and he may also be aware of the recent statement by the Moderator of the Church of Scotland , who referred to the fact that 25 per cent . |
| 14 | ‘ When I was 12 I won the one length freestyle , backstroke and breaststroke events at the local schools gala , but after that I concentrated on the backstroke most of the time . ’ |
| 15 | And while some parents complain to the head teacher about their children becoming involved with the RUC , at least one headmistress was reported as being committed to the community relations programme , telling parents that she was responsible for their education and that they could move their child if they objected to the way this was done ( FN 10/2/87 , p. 7 ) . |
| 16 | Abruptly she sat up , winced at the pain this produced , then listened as the sound grew nearer : somebody was whistling ‘ Lillibullero ’ with warbles and elaborate trills , off-key , but with clear enjoyment . |
| 17 | In the case of the Fiesta used by the spouse this is not a business asset . |
| 18 | I do n't know , it just came through the post this morning . |
| 19 | Laurie Mains , the All Black coach , was plainly displeased at Schuler 's decision , for it came about the time that Mains was hoping rugby league scouts might not be chasing his All Blacks in the next few months . |
| 20 | Reports from Tehran on 22 September told of an attack that day on the city 's Mehrabad airport , which , like a number of others around the world , was used partly for civil and partly for military purposes . |
| 21 | But he came with a box that day . |
| 22 | When my master 's wife came into the room some time later , I showed her how I had killed the rat . |
| 23 | And I just I , I , I just came into the meeting this morning just half and hour before this meeting I saw them there , but I really do n't know what the implications are of them there . |
| 24 | He played in the hall some evenings , and took pride in their applause . |
| 25 | The biggest disillusionment , however , came from the way some American journalists have been roughing up Gérard Depardieu , the larger-than-screen hero of ‘ Cyrano ’ . |
| 26 | The sounds came from the left this time and were much nearer . |
| 27 | So although the wet climate in the west of Britain causes more magnesium to be washed from the soil than in Germany , this amount is far less than that added to the soil each year from rainfall . |
| 28 | The grounds for relief were , inter alia , that Lautro failed to comply with the rules of natural justice and to act fairly in that it failed before the service of the notice to inform the applicant or Winchester of the allegations being made therein , failed to allow Winchester or its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised company representatives the opportunity of answering or responding to the allegations made against them , failed to take into account the interest of Winchester , its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised representatives when deciding to exercise the notice ; that Lautro acted unreasonably and came to a decision such that no person or body properly directing itself on the relevant law and acting reasonably could have reached in that it acted with bias against Winchester and its officials , issued the notice at a time its investigations were incomplete and on the basis of findings which were erroneous and provisional , and failed to conclude its investigations before serving the notice ; and that Lautro acted ultra vires and in error of law in that the rights of appeal applied to any person subject to the rules of Lautro whether or not members . |
| 29 | If the yeast foods caused you to have an abdominal reaction , then you may find the weight loss came to a standstill this week . |
| 30 | Things came to a head this year when the full extent of Charles 's friendship with Camilla Parker Bowles was revealed by royal author Andrew Morton . |