Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd heard about the jail 's reputation for handling violent and dangerous offenders . |
| 2 | So we were gon na go to The Two Mills but I 've heard about the Miller 's Kitchen so I thought , we 'll try it . |
| 3 | She d heard about the People 's Palace , a museum concerned with Glasgow and its past , and promised herself she 'd pay it a visit in the near future . |
| 4 | Although not directly linked to the Suso affair , Lee Seung Yoon had been criticized for the country 's rising inflation and trade deficit . |
| 5 | Some integrated services emerged in the early 1980s — one playscheme was developed through a parent 's initiative , and an integrated adventure playground was established by a voluntary organisation . |
| 6 | One witness had disappeared , two more had been intimidated ; doubts were aroused about the ANC 's commitment to the rule of law . |
| 7 | The court distinguished between the defendant 's intention and his motive , treating the latter as being irrelevant , and cited McCullogh J. in Moore v. Green : |
| 8 | After a bad start and an early tangle with Michael Andretti 's McLaren , which saw a wheel ripped off the American 's car , Warwick worked his way through the field . |
| 9 | After a bad start and an early tangle with Michael Andretti 's McLaren , which saw a wheel ripped off the American 's car , Warwick worked his way through the field . |
| 10 | The runners found themselves unfairly rebuked for the market-makers ' errors , and for their whimsical misquotes or bid-only quotes that could ruin a deal . |
| 11 | And the red tail lights tucked between the van 's legs . |
| 12 | The managing director of one of the biggest of such organisations attached to this place is registered as a Member 's secretary or research assistant . |
| 13 | Sandstone , for example , can hold very large volumes of groundwater because spaces are formed between the rock 's rounded quartz grains . |
| 14 | When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver . |
| 15 | But the United Nations International Year of Youth ( 1985 ) was celebrated with an International Rally at Atlantic College , Wales , where one hundred and twenty three deaf youngsters from thirteen countries gathered for a week 's activities . |
| 16 | A book may have to be examined for the author 's motives in writing it and for the librarian 's motives in buying it ; and though one copy purchased may be regarded as a reflection of user interest in the title the purchase of five may be regarded as instructional support . |
| 17 | The juice of all wine-producing black grapes is clear , but in order to extract it it has to be pressed through the grape 's skin which , even in chilly Champagne , contains enough pigment to discolour the liquid . |
| 18 | The official reason given for the committee 's demise was that it had indulged in counterrevolution and illicit dealings with foreign powers . |
| 19 | It relates to the reasons given for the justices ' decision . |
| 20 | A provisional timetable has , however , been given for the Government 's review of travel-to-work areas ( used as the basis for the Assisted Areas which are targeted for regional assistance ) . |
| 21 | One reason given for the pig 's bad name ( ‘ pig-headed ’ etc ) is that it is probably the least subordinate of the mainstream domestic animals ( pace cats ) . |
| 22 | She also knew what was good for herself , so she kept for her own use the money that she was given for the children 's food . |
| 23 | She had the majority support of her staff , but decided to leave , to ensure that the position of her husband Jose Azeredo Perdigao would not be jeopardised as the Foundation 's director . |
| 24 | Both paintings were completed during the artist 's appointment as artist-in-residence at Radcliffe Infirmary . |
| 25 | Like the wind that guttered and blew out the candles , a bloodied man had broken through the dancers ' joy to break the glittering ball into dark fragments , yet still some few couples could not bear to relinquish the last moments of peace . |
| 26 | The superior numbers of the Imperial army stood them in good stead : within a few minutes , Dara 's forces had broken through the rebels ' artillery and put to flight the infantry . |
| 27 | A lot of teachers jump to conclusions about pupils before they 've even come into contact with them and broken through the pupil 's resentment . |
| 28 | She feared that the contamination had broken through the Doctor 's makeshift hypnotic conditioning , but she blinked a couple of times and felt fine again . |
| 29 | He laid out the newspaper on the carpet and stripped off the bowl 's clingfilm covering . |
| 30 | BNFL is to build two state-of-the-art electronic radiation detection systems — developed for the company 's flagship THORP plant — for the Japanese . |