Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] during the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A team of researchers from Bristol University was commissioned to examine what the YTS had to offer young black people and to indicate how they got on during the first six months of the scheme ( S. Fenton , Ethnic Minorities and the Youth Training Scheme Research and Development Series , no. 20 , MSC , 1984 ) . |
| 2 | The police moved in during the first half and then at half-time as a mob of Englishmen taunted and threatened Spanish fans in Santander . |
| 3 | In the first place , population decline means less than optimum use of the urban infrastructure built up during the major redevelopment phase of the later 1960s and 1970s . |
| 4 | For many mammals , the smell bond built up during the few hours after birth is crucial . |
| 5 | These rests are important because they allow your muscles to rebuild the depleted energy stores used up during the intense phases . |
| 6 | Rain said : ‘ I found out during the last few days . |
| 7 | ‘ Most of the children came in during the first two days and our helplines were flooded with calls , but they appear to have calmed down now . ’ |
| 8 | Instead , a message came through during the first part of the show that Sigourney loved Julian , and was asking specifically to be seated next to him . |
| 9 | Even though the morning 's inclement weather prevented some aircraft from reaching Rendcomb , an interesting selection of display and visiting aircraft could be seen by the undaunted crown that turned up during the awful morning . |
| 10 | Torrance almost had to pull out of the Lancome Trophy at St Nom La Bretesche when a foot disorder he has had for some time flared up during the final round . |
| 11 | Ian James walked in during the early hours of the morning and stole a leather jacket and a handbag from the hall . |
| 12 | The prosecution allege these scratches had been inflicted just an hour earlier by Mrs Chandler as she fought back during the brutal sex attack . |
| 13 | Exploration activity slowed down during the late 1970s , though encouraging progress was made . |
| 14 | British filmmaking ticked over during the 1950s , for the most part without any great ambition , or yen for artistic adventure . |
| 15 | LIFEBOATMEN went into action this afternoon when a raft overturned and broke up during the annual Merseyside Police charity race on the Mersey . |
| 16 | ‘ It sounds corny , but as soon as I saw her I knew she was the one , ’ said Blanc , whose first marriage broke up during the difficult years when he was struggling to build up his reputation . |
| 17 | Gary Levitz in P-51D Miss Ashley , pulled out during the first lap . |
| 18 | Class conflict , when it broke out during the final quarter of the nineteenth century in the North and West , took the form of ‘ tenant right ’ , the demand by tenant farmers for greater security and the guarantee of their other interests against those of their landlords . |
| 19 | In fact the actor , who reassures fans that he has no plans to quit 90210 now that his movie career is under way , has a more than healthy respect for the opposite sex — a lot of it born out of his admiration at how his mother struggled through during the dark early years of his life . |
| 20 | I 'm afraid a lot of bits fell off during the '80s . |
| 21 | Audience figures fell off during the weaker second series ( 21 episodes ) , but TV had already received its enema , and things would never be the same again . |
| 22 | Roberto Policano , sent off during the away leg , is suspended but Torino have hit a patch of impressive form which has consolidated their fourth place in the fiercely-competitive Italian league . |
| 23 | At Harwell laboratories , they 've been monitoring air pollution and found the levels went up during the recent hot spell . |
| 24 | The hamlet of Blinkbonny grew up during the late 19th and early 20th century alongside Blinkbonny Farm . |
| 25 | Axelrod draws a moving illustration of the importance of the shadow of the future from a remarkable phenomenon that grew up during the First World War , the so-called live-and-let-live system . |
| 26 | Men and women who grew up during the swinging sixties may have a different view of sexual fidelity from those who are slightly older . |
| 27 | The lights went out during the two world wars and the austerity years which followed , so although this year is actually the 80th anniversary , it 's only the 60th display . |
| 28 | The term ‘ frottola ’ died out during the 1520s ; its substance may be seen at its most sophisticated in Antico 's Canzoni Sonetti Strambotti et Frottole , Libro Tertio ( Rome , 1517 ) , which includes beside a number of examples by Tromboncino some nearly madrigalian pieces by Genet/Carpentras and Michele Vicentino . |
| 29 | I never went back during the military period . |
| 30 | When this boiler wore out during the 1940s the electric drive was added . |