Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the men on the shop floor , the new technology presented a difficult choice — either learn new ways , or face redundancy , Those who made the transition found the new working environment very different . |
| 2 | It was also entitled to ensure that the GP who made the referral understood the implications of his decision . |
| 3 | I am sure that the people who inserted the notice had the best of motives . |
| 4 | From the courtyard of the decaying five-storey building that housed the pensione came the shouts of children playing and the occasional revving of vehicles . |
| 5 | Bramwell , like his father , found the Army took the main portion of his time and concern . |
| 6 | When he arrived , he found a telegram sent the previous day , 12 May , by President Truman to Churchill , which showed a complete change of American policy towards Tito : " The Americans have suddenly hardened ; the President will not be " pushed about " any more . |
| 7 | The judge said he believed the parties intended the reference to be a valuation , because of the appointment as the " arbitrators " of a seedsman and a market gardener , both being , in his view , eminently suitable persons to assess the compensation by exercising their own skill and knowledge without any evidence or witnesses being called before them . |
| 8 | Next day , the PPKI adopted the constitution agreed the previous month . |
| 9 | As it happened , I was between Mayor Houde and Leveque ; as soon as the crowd that filled the stadium recognized the person of Mayor Houde a great roar of boos and hisses started up and I became slightly alarmed . |
| 10 | If two girls applied for the job then the one whose shape filled the costume got the job . |
| 11 | It seemed the family had the same feeling because a week later I had a pleasant letter from the mother . |
| 12 | It seemed the IRA had the capacity to bomb more towns , and Mr Mallon called for everyone to be on the alert . |
| 13 | AMA social services committee chairman Toby Harris said it confirmed the DoH viewed the changes through rose-tinted spectacles . |
| 14 | Labour 's Bryan Gould claimed the Premier struck the deal on his £220,000 detached home this summer in case loan rates shot up . |
| 15 | Speaking on Radio 4 's Sunday programme , Ms Jones claimed the letters indicated the deep resentment harboured against women by some opponents to women 's ordination . |
| 16 | Prosecutor Paul Chadd QC , claimed the trio took the girls to a deserted barn at the farm for sex . |
| 17 | He claimed the shoemaker knew the truth , and the shoemaker was guilty . ’ |
| 18 | He claimed the TSB bounced the cheque and cancelled his overdraft because he missed a repayment on a personal loan . |
| 19 | But Mr Robinson claimed the ratepayers had the to blame for the additional financial burden . |
| 20 | She opened the door– slipped the hood of her see-through up over her hat and stepped into the ram . |
| 21 | She made a V-sign turned the wrong way — a silent expletive — and made for the stairs . |
| 22 | ‘ But , inasmuch as before the search began the defendant told the plaintiff 's clerk that the charge would be the same whether he made extracts or had certified copies , and under that pressure the extracts were obtained , and it would have been most dishonourable for the party , after having got the extracts , to refuse to pay , the money so obtained may be recovered back . |
| 23 | The court heard the woman bought the roll from a shop in Lodge Lane , Liverpool , for a lunchtime snack . |
| 24 | As she and his detective observed the Prince put the horse through its paces on the gallops Diana was seized by another premonition of disaster . |
| 25 | But the men of the county stood firm : their perambulation , made ten days later , exactly repeated the assertions made the year before . |
| 26 | A warrior named No Heart delayed the soldiers ' pursuit , parleying across the river with Howard before promptly slapping his buttocks in derision and galloping away from the man the Nez Perce were now calling ‘ General Day After Tomorrow ’ . |
| 27 | The fire officer who investigated the blaze said the accident could have been avoided if a safer method of working had been used . |
| 28 | A back pass to McConnell saw the keeper mis-hit the clearance to Ferguson who provided the perfect lob into the net . |
| 29 | A witness who saw the incident described the driver as white , about 25 years old , six feet tall , and of slim build with broad shoulders . |
| 30 | I could still have easily called in if I 'd wanted to but I saw something advertised in a village saw the board took the number down and phoned them up . |