Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [det] [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | We three shared the same interests and opinions , and spent the days and evenings very happily together . |
| 2 | Freames and Pitts Mills were in close proximity to one another and this , coupled with the fact that at various times they shared the same tenants and were put to similar uses , has caused a certain amount of confusion . |
| 3 | He found there was no real difference between Santiago marginals and those in higher strata in a cultural way , that is , they shared the same values and aspirations , but the squatters were unable to realise these because of structural features . |
| 4 | What with those tutors , hers is English English , her friends ’ English ; she did the same things and made the same jokes and had the qualities they admired — the post-Edwardians , the young new Georgians of her set , her sets — dash , courage , brilliance , intellectual freedom . |
| 5 | All local agreements up and down the country which it counted to eighty odds were all scrubbed and there was what you call a national agreement established to cover the whole of Scotland which meant the man in the remotest part of Scotland got the same wages and conditions as in as the man in Edinburgh or Glasgow or any big city . |
| 6 | The next question used the same factors and asked how Ernst & Young compare to the respondent 's expectations . |
| 7 | What is more interesting is to discover how far these were due to industrialisation , and used the same methods and technology as were transforming industry . |
| 8 | Leonard Aldous used the same tools and made the same type of harness as his predecessors did in medieval times . |
| 9 | ‘ I entered a few eisteddfods and competitions and did the exams but that was as far as I went . |
| 10 | We did so , heaving and pushing until the bed moved a few inches and I saw the slight scorch mark on the stone floor beneath . |
| 11 | But her host 's calm demeanour as he scribbled a few notes and went on to the next call calmed her fears . |
| 12 | For all their liveliness of style any of the above national dances seen in one ballet resemble those in another because choreographers such as Petipa , Bournonville and Saint-Léon utilised the same steps and ports de bras again and again . |
| 13 | I then added a few aerobics and , together with some great music , the new Intensive Stretching and Aerobic Programme was complete . |
| 14 | Since I was one of the first to awaken , my noise was far from popular , and I received a few kicks and blows from my neighbours , in their kindly efforts to speed my recovery . |
| 15 | He muttered a few words and his companions chuckled . |
| 16 | Knight bannerets of the king 's household stopped them but Cranston muttered a few words and they let him by . |
| 17 | I bet some of the crew thought there 'd be wheels right into the Jungle and food trucks parked every few miles and they 'd get burgers and chips served by girls wearing flower garlands round their necks . |
| 18 | Reaching it she climbed a few rungs and looked over the heads of the people and the cockpit where a double ring of candles hung low on iron chains from the rafters , spreading a brilliant pool of light . |
| 19 | Every time he walked that 's him come back again and every time he stopped it stopped and this happened a few times and he was very scared and he thought he had better go and see what the noise was and anything well it was just a pet sheep tangled up in its tether . |
| 20 | The crowd threw a few rocks and dispersed . |
| 21 | Corbett whispered a few words and the friar looked up sharply and nodded . |
| 22 | He quickly devoured a few fragments and stuffed into a bag a lot of miscellaneous food which Irina was evidently leaving behind . |
| 23 | The journalists asked a few questions and got no real answers and the old Monsieur le Président , who had presided so long in his own way at the top , shouted and banged his fist before leaving the room . |
| 24 | He chanced a few casts and by the end of the season he had taken more than a dozen good trout . |
| 25 | She made a few attempts and found that she could not work , she could not even read . |
| 26 | He made a few passes and the castle diminished and shrank , as you see it now , and he made a pass or two more and it was walled with glass as you see . |
| 27 | So , after a little research in Bangkok , I wrote a few letters and made a few calls and found a Brother distributer . |
| 28 | He made a few enquiries and was able to track down the thieves . |
| 29 | ‘ When I got your letter , I made a few enquiries and discovered that you are intending to practise from Broom House . |
| 30 | Well , you know , I think it was a kind of sports bag or something and I thought oh I 'll go along with that and the other , I mean I had heard of them before and I made a few enquiries and they said , you know , you you were quite quality company so I thought |