Example sentences of "[vb past] [indef pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , some people say he died in the town , always trying to make a broom that would last ; others say he just gave up and wasted away , others that he got somebody else to make the brooms and found somebody to provide better twigs , and got people to sell the brooms in other towns and cities , and hired more people to make more brooms , and built a broom-making factory , and made lots of money and had a splendid house made … |
| 2 | I noticed nothing to suggest this insight in Frontenac 's version of the story . |
| 3 | The cabbie 's expression told anyone interested that Christmas was probably not his favourite time of year . |
| 4 | But the Store nomes expected something to eat several times an hour . |
| 5 | Joy made one last desperate attempt and produced the most horrendous squeak ever , like a hare caught by a harvest scythe . |
| 6 | Even though he could barely stand , John made one last desperate bid for survival . |
| 7 | She made one last feeble attempt to avoid the escalation of physical craving between them , knowing she had lost when she heard the unusual huskiness of her own voice , and saw Rune 's eyes darken in immediate response . |
| 8 | ‘ Half of those who participate in these activities ’ , remarked one frustrated local LNU branch in a letter to Gilbert Murray in 1936 , ‘ … want our Government to do one thing and the other half the exactly contrary thing … . ’ |
| 9 | He urged everyone to report suspicious behaviour . |
| 10 | And it needed something to break that cycle . |
| 11 | The spokesman said a number of mortar bombs had been found in the area in the past and he urged anyone finding similar items to contact the police immediately . |
| 12 | I once saw someone turn this situation to his advantage . |
| 13 | He liked Donald a great deal ; and the prospect of the man 's imminent death did nothing to dispel this feeling , since he was the person directly responsible for this state of affairs . |
| 14 | The ensuing struggle to detach the Ukraine from Poland and bring it under Russian rule did nothing to weaken Western influence . |
| 15 | At first neither Ceauşescu 's guards and officials nor the older professional participants in the display wanted to let the young woman take part , but she did nothing to banish any assumption that her surname indicated a relationship with the First Lady . |
| 16 | Studies carried out in Hull , did nothing to confirm this prediction . |
| 17 | The capital development of the broadcasting services during this five-year period improved the ability of radio to reach remote parts of the country and beyond but did nothing to improve two-way linkages between Dar es Salaam and the regions and districts . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , he decided to side with Detroit on the day , so that he might be as comfortably partisan as usual , but he did so among a group of Pittsburgh supporters , whom he referred to throughout the same as Pitts-buggers , which did nothing to improve inter-City relations . |
| 19 | It did nothing to provide better child care for women wishing to return to work . |
| 20 | The truce of Espléchin in September did nothing to quieten importunate creditors , and on 30 November , having sent a bitter denunciation of Archbishop Stratford to the pope , Edward frustrated , desperate and furious — set out for England to wreak revenge and secure funds . |
| 21 | Anti-Montanist reaction reinforced the belief that the apostolic canon is closed ; but it did nothing to diminish millenarian hopes which long retained orthodox defenders , though there were also second-century interpreters of the Apocalypse who did not think intended to be literal and earthly the seer 's vision of Christ returning to a rebuilt Jerusalem . |
| 22 | Mr Fallon said this did nothing to help those people with mobility difficulties who wanted to park in the afternoon . |
| 23 | Soviet behaviour after Hitler 's defeat ( 1945 ) did nothing to change liberal opinion . |
| 24 | Early educational reforms , designed to promote Gaelic language and culture , did nothing to expand scientific training while the notion of ‘ scientific progress ’ had little appeal to the leaders of a self-consciously Catholic culture . |
| 25 | The Pope 's visit to Central America in March 1983 did nothing to alter this situation . |
| 26 | What I felt consciously was anxiety , accompanied by shame , and at school the procedure for dealing with menstruation did nothing to diffuse either emotion . |
| 27 | What did a boy still at university , with no prospects yet of any sort of career , what did someone like that want with a massive country house ? |
| 28 | Did nobody have any idea what was going on at the time ? |
| 29 | Did somebody get some copy out of Morley ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It is high time the Government did something to stop these bombers . |