Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [noun pl] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There ! ’ gasped Dimity , ‘ I 'd forgotten my cakes in the excitement . ’ |
| 2 | I 've trusted my instincts in the past and they 've usually been right . |
| 3 | Liverpool , Merseyside computer games company Psygnosis Ltd , which has quadrupled its exports in the last three years — and has taken Japan by storm , was another winner as was Ipswich , Suffolk-based BT & D Technologies Ltd , the joint optoelectronic manufacturing venture between British Telecommunications Plc , E I du Pont de Nemours & Co Inc of Wilmington , Delaware . |
| 4 | But this support evaporated once deputies had won their seats in the Majlis ( parliament ) on a pro-Rafsanjani platform . |
| 5 | In 1793 the first Republican French ambassador received a rapturous welcome when he arrived off Seraglio Point , his ship flying the Ottoman , Republican French and American colours , ‘ and those of a few other powers that had not sullied their arms in the impious league of tyrants ’ . |
| 6 | Sylvia had enjoyed her months in the States , but was glad to be going home . |
| 7 | Running downstairs we found that my eldest sister , Gertrude , who had been helping Mum , had caught her fingers in the rollers . |
| 8 | Soon after this incident Richard emerges from the obscurity which had surrounded his movements in the last two years since he knelt in homage at Montmirail . |
| 9 | Erm I 'm not too sure whether Rozario may not have just caught his studs in the ground and tweaked a knee something like that . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sure you 've stripped willingly enough for the men who have enjoyed your favours in the past . ’ |
| 11 | He had heard her cries in the night . |
| 12 | ‘ Word came that the reivers had hidden their galleys in the sea lochan at Arivegaig . ’ |
| 13 | Hemel Hempstead , Hertfordshire-based Uniplex developer Redwood International Ltd , which reckons to have trebled its exports in the last three years to become the leading Unix-based office automation system supplier , won due recognition . |
| 14 | The average cost per square foot provided here are national averages based on actual costs incurred by clients of leading package supplier Design and Materials Ltd , all of whom have completed their homes in the past six months . |
| 15 | However , the Nez Perce themselves placed their origins in the blood of a mythical monster slain by the culture hero Coyote . |
| 16 | The difference was that , having applied my colours in the same direct way , drawing from the end and edge of the pastel stick . |
| 17 | Mrs Vince and her computer analyst husband , from Grimsby , Humberside , have visited their babies in the neonatal unit . |
| 18 | Although the Defence Ministry branded it subversive , Shield attracted several middle-ranking officers who had defeated their superiors in the March Congress elections [ see p. 36512 ] . |
| 19 | The Group has expanded its operations in the UK and into three geographical regions — Continental Europe , North America , and Asia-Pacific . |
| 20 | Several members of the present touring party have made their reputations in the teams which have done so well in the Fira Championship . |
| 21 | He had seen its lines in the spectrum , and realized that they did not correspond to any known substance . |
| 22 | Gary , 25 , and Jean , 24 , are believed to have met their deaths in the woods after being lured to Chorley by a phone call to their flat in Jericho Farm Walk , Aigburth . |
| 23 | Gary , 25 , and Jean , 24 , are believed to have met their deaths in the woods after being lured to Chorley by a phone call to their flat in Jericho Farm Walk , Aigburth , on Tuesday , April 27 . |
| 24 | With both teams having already secured their places in the knock-out stages of the competition , home advantage in the quarter-finals is at stake in Saturday 's clash . |
| 25 | It is evident that he did live there in his later years as the Minutes of 1771 agree to provide his successor with lodgings in Chelsea , ‘ until such time as Mr. Miller has quit his apartments in the greenhouse ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't think I 've seen your books in the shops . |
| 27 | Sunil has shown me places in the club where the members rarely go and where , therefore , it 's safe to read or write or sleep as long as you wear your uniform and can pretend to be doing something vaguely official if someone comes in . |
| 28 | Havelock said : ‘ I have had my troubles in the past , but I have never let England down . |
| 29 | Small wonder perhaps that many buried their heads in the sand and refused even to think about the event until the last possible moment . |
| 30 | Now to many people community arts is a red rag to a bull because there is the feeling that a lot of these things start off quite splendidly as voluntary organizations , and suddenly they 've got their fingers in the public purse . |