Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But since , so jump upon this bloody question , you from the Polack wars , and you from England , are here arrived , give order that these bodies high on a stage be placed to the view ; and let me speak to the yet unknowing world how these things came about : so shall you hear of carnal , bloody and unnatural acts , of accidental judgments , casual slaughters , of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause , and , in this upshot , purposes mistook fallen on the inventors ' heads : all this can I truly deliver . |
| 2 | But ever since the Government became embroiled in the row over the plan to close 31 pits , local beer lovers have veered away from the pub with the Prime Ministerial name . |
| 3 | If he was a difficult friend , he could also be a loyal one — the most notable example , of course , is that of Ezra Pound whom he continued to support and defend even though it meant that he became embroiled in the kind of public controversy which he detested . |
| 4 | Then the bureau became embroiled in the Watergate affair and between 1973 and 1976 it was subjected to unprecedented investigation which revealed the full extent of its post-war activities and the dangers inherent in unchecked police bureaucracies . |
| 5 | She became frightened by the effects . |
| 6 | These became exposed in the Triassic and again in the Cretaceous and consequently the interbedded evaporites were removed and the carbonates themselves were karstified . |
| 7 | From this first experiment , I became fascinated with the problem of including lights in paintings . |
| 8 | From this first experiment , I became fascinated with the problem of including lights in paintings . |
| 9 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
| 10 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
| 11 | Though lithographs by Minton are few in number , he became fascinated by the medium , and on 24 November 1948 took part in a Third Programme broadcast on the subject , timed to coincide with the Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition , ‘ 150 Years of Lithography ’ . |
| 12 | As a boy , encouraged by my mother , I became fascinated by the mass of mostly unsorted papers lying in the cellars at Plas Newydd . |
| 13 | We did n't see any whales , sharks , or polar bears underwater , but I became fascinated by the cast of characters which made up the food chain in these waters . |
| 14 | Became fascinated by the pattern as they wheeled and changed direction . |
| 15 | All biological life thus adapted its metabolism to the level of solar warmth , and became adjusted to the strength of solar radiation prevailing at the time . |
| 16 | The first time I ever got bashed around the earhole was when I put my dirty fingers on that cigarette case . |
| 17 | And I reckoned that if a star got stopped at the edge , I 'd be safe , what with my rocket and all . ’ |
| 18 | And I even , you know , got stopped in the station itself before I started . |
| 19 | And I actually got stopped in the checks . |
| 20 | Or is it , is it that they 've become a sort of exclusive club , arising al almost always through the ranks of the of the law , and gradually , gradually got withdrawn from the way that ordinary people think and feel . |
| 21 | That was when , without awaiting Rogation Week , the air over Alba became filled with the smell of split wood and turned earth and the dank odour of freshly laid mortar as men carried out the King 's orders and places of refuge and defence were repaired and strengthened from the west side of the kingdom to the east . |
| 22 | Debate in Curry Rivel became heated on the issue ; so much so , that a committee of villagers , including Benjamin James Titford himself , was appointed to decide what to do . |
| 23 | Now you can quit the heat of the kitchen and swan around on those yachts of yours you got stashed around the world . ’ |
| 24 | Those condemned to lose soon became irritated by the game ; and to the extent that the winners enjoyed the game , they ceased acting in a comradely spirit . |
| 25 | As a result of all this Esau 's name became blackened among the Jews . |
| 26 | Thanks to a neat design , no muck got spilled into the tank when removing the filter , and it was pretty full . |
| 27 | US dollars thus became owned by the exporters to the US . |
| 28 | He went to assist at a passenger train derailment last year and got trapped in the wreckage . |
| 29 | ‘ I played in the 1987 cup final win against Wasps , but I do n't remember much about that game because I got concussed in the opening 10 minutes . |
| 30 | But a handful became captivated by the vision of an all-cleansing revolution . |