Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] [noun prp] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I asked for the Kommandant 's help to have him released . |
| 2 | The conversation turned to the Biafran War and a controversy arose about the Biafrans ' prospects of success , which would no doubt have been more favourably presented by Aitken than was believed by the General . |
| 3 | I much regretted the dismissive attitude taken by my right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup ( Mr. Heath ) , who has clearly totally forgotten that the Western European Union was revitalised , added Spain and Portugal to its ranks , and produced the Hague platform — which provided for the WEU 's nine members to defend their borders , with nuclear weapons if need be . |
| 4 | President Chissano was critical of what he described as the MNR 's " delaying tactics " . |
| 5 | His arena was agriculture , over which he presided as the USSR 's scientific and administrative chief from the mid-1930s until Stalin 's death in 1953 . |
| 6 | The rain pattered down softly and dripped off the Mini 's rusty edges , trickling to join the puddle they were already lying in . |
| 7 | In 1808 he moved into the Wordsworths ' new house , Allan Bank , together with his two sons , and after the usual long preliminaries embarked on his new periodical venture , The Friend . |
| 8 | Would members and firms who disagreed with a DG 's pronouncements be content to remain silent ? |
| 9 | Judging by his expression , Clive had not been best pleased to find me ensconced in the Parsons ' sitting room that night . |
| 10 | It arrived five minutes later when Glenn Hunter superbly headed in a Burrows ' corner . |
| 11 | Three years later , in 1976 , he moved to the UKAEA 's Harwell Laboratory where he was recruited into a newly-formed section called Future Developments Group , investigating long term opportunities for Harwell , including biotechnology and marine technology . |
| 12 | Your fingerprints were found on the spent shell cases they found on The Sandhopper 's deck . |
| 13 | As acting President Frederick Gilby presided over the BDDA 's first post-war Congress , held in Glasgow in 1920 , where Ernest Ayliffe was elected as the next President of the Association . |
| 14 | He also objected to the Pope 's choice for Archbishop of Canterbury , which brought about a situation whereby all religious observance could not be undertaken , including baptisms , weddings and burials , and John was excommunicated . |
| 15 | In the 90th minute Payton suffered the agony of a three-yard miss when Paul Wilkinson headed on a Phillips ' corner . |
| 16 | Serious collectors ( and there are only a handful in the world ) are looking for pre-sinking letters , postcards or photographs disembarked at the Titanic 's last port of call , Queenstown ; signals or accounts of the sinking ; or , best of all , something that was actually in the ill-fated vessel . |
| 17 | A further important step towards normalization occurred at the CPV 's seventh congress in June 1991 when the long-serving Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach , a leading opponent of a pro-Chinese foreign policy , was removed from the politburo ( being replaced in his ministerial capacity in August ) . |
| 18 | Unlimited costs for lawyers fees ( not fines ) provided at the AA 's discretion , if a member of the party is prosecuted for an alleged motoring offence overseas . |
| 19 | At ground level the street was lined with traditional little native shops , most of them carpenters , it seemed ; and as they came through the Tentmakers ' Bazaar , with its gay awnings and saddle-cloth and leather work , they saw ahead of them in the archway of the gate the gleam of the blue tiles of the tiny Dervish mosque . |
| 20 | This is a campaign booklet which I prepared for the RCN 's Association of Nursing Students in 1985 ; much of it also applies to returning nurses . |
| 21 | The confidence to ring Dottie Banks , absent over the weekend , came after the Friday 's performance . |
| 22 | I followed them out into the car park and sat , miserably , in the back of Quigley 's car as , in a mood of forced cheerfulness , we drove towards the Quigleys ' house behind Mrs Danby 's Rolls . |
| 23 | I remember I looked at the pile of Billy 's goods and chattels which were supposed to fit inside a twelve-by-six-foot room and saying : ‘ I came with a Sainsbury 's carrier — and I had trouble filling that . ’ |
| 24 | But instead of going there , I sneaked into the Trunchbull 's room . |
| 25 | When the guns exploded from the Rebecca 's beam , three of the boats capsized in the heave of the sea under the impact of the cannonballs ; in spite of their horror of the lightless waves , some of these warriors swam on , thinking to scale the vessel . |
| 26 | Sampson became the second ( Marsden was the first ) Yorkshire player to represent the Players against the Gentlemen when he played in the Lord 's fixture of 1841 . |
| 27 | These works came from a Morris 's glass catalogue . |
| 28 | With EDS funding due to end next year , ICL is lobbying the European Commission to extend financing for more software research until 1994. 50% of ICL 's EDS research budget came from the EC 's Esprit purse . |
| 29 | Everyone in the place heard the gasp that came from the Trunchbull 's throat . |
| 30 | The threat came from the ANC 's spokesman on sport , Steve Tshwete , who said his organisation are unlikely to sanction any more overseas trips . |