Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [to-vb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lydia had intended to spend the next few weeks alone attempting to eradicate these shafts of reminiscence , determined not to follow the common course and go round seeking replacements for her lost love : an undignified and doom-laden procedure , leading to recriminations and disgust . |
| 2 | He realised , with a thrill of annoyance at himself , that in his haste — his weary haste — to get to the hearing that morning , he had omitted to set the second lock with its automatic alarm connection . |
| 3 | They were working up to the crucial ( as it was then ) question of how and why she had come to identify the first body as Uncle Mossycop 's . |
| 4 | She had had to work the first Sunday . |
| 5 | Although my household and ARP duties did not allow of a visit to the Western hospital some folk came to see us at the main post , and laugh at the fact that the Steward of the hospital had had to send the last of his well-trained clerks to Egypt to help count the number of prisoners and try to get the provision for them in some sort of order . |
| 6 | Council expressed its appreciation to all those members who had helped to make the 150th anniversary celebrations a success . |
| 7 | The Chelsea goalkeeper had agreed to join the First Division club as cover for Alan Knight . |
| 8 | Ruth had volunteered to cook the first meal . |
| 9 | On the river , another police launch had arrived to complement the first one . |
| 10 | Once the Fourth Republic had refused to imitate the Third Republic by committing suicide , de Gaulle had to face the problem of sustaining the Rassemblement 's momentum . |
| 11 | In my statement to the House of 15 January , I explained th steps that I had taken to improve the first five environmentally sensitive areas designated in 1987 , my plans for reviewing this year those ESAs designated in 1988 , including any boundary adjustments , and my timetable for designating a further 12 areas this year and in 1993 . |
| 12 | I had chosen to join the 10th Battalion of the Parachute Regiment , and the preliminary training evenings were geared towards physical exercise , getting us ready for ‘ P Company ’ , the tests which every aspiring paratrooper , territorial or regular , had to pass before being able to wear his coveted maroon beret . |
| 13 | Fran glared at him , cursing the fact that he had managed to get the last word on her programme ! |
| 14 | We had failed to discover a third or even fourth hole and still the water was rising . |
| 15 | Note was taken that Ned had failed to advise the twelfth floor of Barley 's drunken breakout after his return from Leningrad . |