Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mariátegui 's assertion of the need for a socialist revolution excluded the possibility of coopting the bourgeoisie , whom he believed had an intrinsic interest in collaborating with imperialism . |
| 2 | The test car I drove had a serious wind noise problem , which will not be the first time Ford has heard that about the Escort , but it otherwise came across as well conceived — it 's easy to load and has a completely flat floor with rear seats folded — and competent . |
| 3 | And his kiss when it came had a new depth and intensity born of the freedom they had both found during the past moments . |
| 4 | What happened before MacQuillan came had a considerable effect on what he did later . |
| 5 | It certainly contributed in a more direct manner in that most of the food we ate had a high carbohydrate content and , although I was unaware of it at the time , I put on a lot of weight . |
| 6 | ‘ Some kids where I lived dug a dead person up , ’ says Dmitry . |
| 7 | Like when we opened opened a ninety Z up and we could n't open that face up , it was hell . |
| 8 | A psychiatrist who specialises in executive stress thought the fencing indicated that the person it protected felt an enormous sense of isolation and betrayal at the hands of people who had failed to be grateful for years of selfless public service . |
| 9 | The relatively cheap and rapid transportation it provided and the elasticity of capacity the companies boasted gave a powerful boost to the mass holiday-making industry . |
| 10 | It is relevant to recall in this connection that Younger did envisage situations where mere observation could seriously impair privacy — where , for example , the person observed had a reasonable expectation that he would not be subject to observation , or had deliberately taken steps to prevent surveillance , but special technical devices , either optical or electronic ( bugging ) , were used to spy upon him . |
| 11 | Any member on a committee to which Karl Barth belonged had a rough ride . |
| 12 | More than half of the 2,000 nurses surveyed said changes to staffing levels where they worked had a detrimental impact on the quality of care . |
| 13 | Those early genera that survived had a built-in immunity to ultraviolet radiation , thus helping in the struggle for continued survival . |
| 14 | Yet it was that which struck me more than anything , remaining unspoken ( and unwritten ) but powerful and obvious : how each young woman chose to express herself and her individuality through how she looked became an essential subtext to the book . |
| 15 | Editor had already received the class winner 's trophy in the section for newspapers published 10 or more times a year when TV and Radio personality Barry Took opened a sealed envelope to reveal the evening 's top award . |
| 16 | After two hours of fishing Peter hooked a large eel which he felt had an excellent chance of winning the £100 prize . |
| 17 | The dark uniform we wore had a military cap with polished brim , and in our fashioned tunics of soft serge and shiny boots we presented an avenging image , clothed in the symbolic colour of death and darkness . |
| 18 | The people I knew had a terrific dread of it , and they very rightly dreaded it . |
| 19 | Some people his grandmother knew had a little girl who wanted to learn the flute and Tom started giving her lessons . |
| 20 | ‘ The hospital I chose had a birthing pool and I met a midwife who I liked immediately . |
| 21 | The hemi-epiphytic Ficus microcarpa of Malesia has a caruncle around the fruit inside the syconium ; when it is removed , the fruit is less likely to be ant-transported and those with it removed had a higher germination rate . |
| 22 | But the excuse which he gave had a genuine ring about it : he could not afford to go , for none would serve in his retinue unless he rewarded them with revenues from his own lands , which would entail a loss of status ( ‘ grant abesement de mon estat ’ ) which the king would not wish . |
| 23 | Those who lived had a stark choice , submit , or … flee into exile . |
| 24 | almost every he pass he made had an incorrect address — when back at the side he looked somehow better — a good thing to get £500,000 for the guy if plays like that all the time . |
| 25 | Heavy posts , reeking of creosote and paint , towered up as high as the holly trees in the hedge , and the board they carried threw a long shadow across the top of the field . |
| 26 | Karpov also claimed that the Soviet Ministry of Nuclear Power , which he said had a vested interest in obscuring the facts , had exercised undue influence over the parameters of the study . |
| 27 | William was one of the people Richard said had a second-class mind . |
| 28 | One of them had had a recent bypass , heart bypass operation . |
| 29 | Now when it had had a general repair on it , there was a little plate put on it and er then i it w it was supposed to go out again for three years . |
| 30 | Erm just the same as if you had had a good nights sleep . |