Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A look is created , forgotten and then reinvented years later as it hits a dead end and digs up the tried-and-tested looks of yesteryear . |
| 2 | ‘ Last I heard , the Eiffel Tower had n't collapsed and neither had Rome been sacked by pagans because of money perhaps changing hands in return for playing rugby ’ , he says . |
| 3 | The final stages of this long and deliberate government breeding programme occurred when the Red Polled Østland , which was related to the Swedish Red Polled and also had Ayrshire blood , was amalgamated ( along with its colour-sided variety , the Jarlsberg of Vestfold ) in 1961 with the horned Norwegian Red-and-White ( NRF ) of the southeast lowlands to form the Norwegian Red . |
| 4 | So it 's appropriate that he 's been chosen to make new gates for the North porch of Hereford cathedral , to replace wrought ironwork that was made and then removed centuries ago . |
| 5 | The gold satin curtain at the end of the cat walk parted and out stepped Paul de Levantiére . |
| 6 | The Lunacy Commissioners wholeheartedly agreed and severely castigated Boards of Guardians who did not provide daily occupation and incentive rewards for the majority of patients . |
| 7 | What a wonderful prospect for piano buffs who for far too long have had to put up with hurriedly performed and inadequately recorded Vox recordings from the young Michael Ponti and others in a ragbag assortment of concerti with ‘ mix and match ’ orchestras and conductors . |
| 8 | This contrast between former ‘ O ’ level practice of almost exclusively externally examined work , and the new emphasis upon internally assessed and externally moderated work in the GCSE is further highlighted in this same teacher 's remarks about the ‘ A ’ level examination in art : |
| 9 | Johnstone was almost certainly excused because a group of very vocal team mates under the leadership of Billy Bremner were exerting a powerful influence over Scottish footballing affairs , an influence that probably undermined and eventually curtailed Ormond 's period as manager . |
| 10 | During the mid-1930s Mr Harold Burns , owner of a garage in Congleton , Cheshire , was very well known and later became Mayor , built and flew a Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea . |
| 11 | The British foreign secretary , Michael Stewart , was warmly praised for his defence of American policy in the highly charged and much publicized Oxford Union debate of 16 June 1965 . |
| 12 | All the crew liked and even obeyed Silver , and he was always pleased to see me in the kitchen , which he kept as clean as a new pin . |
| 13 | ‘ Your unwillingness indicates insensitivity to what must have been perceived as deeply held and deeply felt concerns and convictions of the Methodist people . ’ |
| 14 | He deplored the prevailing state of education — " many deaf and dumb children are still allowed to grow up without receiving any education whatever " — , criticised such educational provision as existed and advocated universal state education , the training of specially qualified and adequately remunerated teachers and the adoption of the combined system . |