Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In his preface to the catalogue , Apollinaire wrote : ‘ The new painters who made manifest this year , at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants of Paris , their artistic ideals , accept the name of Cubists which has been given to them . |
2 | The author and the Editor would like to thank the scientists who helped keep these tales within the bounds of fact : entomologist Dr John Maunder and parasitologist Dr Ian Burgess , both of the University of Cambridge . |
3 | For those who did choose healthy alternatives , the most popular product was low-fat margarine used by nearly half the sample , followed by skimmed milk used by 40% . |
4 | Those who did achieve such distinction , however , reflected glory on both school and teachers , and the English mistress at once saw how to gain advantages all round from Victoria 's unhappiness . |
5 | The technical pensions literature of the early 1960s advised employers to leave women out of pension schemes and give ex gratia ( unfunded ) pensions to that dwindling minority of single women who did become long-serving employees ( Pilch and Wood , 1960 , p. 80 ) . |
6 | Now ‘ I 've Got My Mojo Working ’ does n't go down with everyone , but at that time there were a few people around who did like that kind of stuff , and we were hopefully appealing to them . ’ |
7 | Even those who did take legal action received little advantage from it . |