Example sentences of "and [vb past] [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | New York : THE United States ' worst winter storm of the century killed at least 66 people and paralysed the east coast of the country , closing motorways and airports and leaving millions without electricity , officials said last night . |
| 2 | Aluminium poisoning became famous in Britain when on Wednesday 6 July 1988 a 20-tonne lorry-load of aluminium sulphate was poured into the wrong tank at Lowermoor treatment works and polluted the water supply of Camelford in Cornwall . |
| 3 | I think he expected that to be the end of it , since he continued to be surprised and concerned every time lesbianism came up , in whatever form , over the following seven years . |
| 4 | The commercial settlement was with the South Western Regional Health Authority and concerned an alkali silica reaction — concrete cancer — in the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital . |
| 5 | The Girls were most impressed when Mary bought a Daimler and employed a chauffeur so they in turn bought a car between them and shared the running costs . |
| 6 | After two years , however , Gordon too got the wanderlust urge and planned a horse-back ride from South America to New York that would take him two years . |
| 7 | He returned to England in 1852 and planned the North London Railway 's Bow locomotive and carriage works , becoming locomotive and carriage superintendent in 1854 . |
| 8 | I said goodnight and went to my own room where I found the sleeping-car attendant had duly lowered my bed and laid a chocolate truffle on the pillow . |
| 9 | The Tsarevich Nicholas , the future Nicholas II , on a visit to the Far East , cut the first sod and laid the foundation stone of the rail-way station at Vladivostok on 19 May 1891 . |
| 10 | He closed his eyes as he set it down on its place , flattening it open under his left hand , and laid the index finger of his right hand upon the exposed page . |
| 11 | Without a word she folded it shut and laid the pencil flat beside it . |
| 12 | The tribunal therefore considered that the employee was reasonable in refusing the offer of alternative employment and recommended a redundancy payment . |
| 13 | Professor C. W. Valentine of Birmingham , when reviewing a study of the system in the West Riding of Yorkshire , talked of the undesirable backwash effect of the examination , and recommended an intelligence test instead because of its ‘ reliability and speed of marking ’ . |
| 14 | Hypocrites ! he thought , and entertained a fugitive idea that Bella and Jim needed him . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , he designed and wired the control panel and delighted both in his consultant capacity and also in being again involved in his life 's obsession on what to him was virtually home ground . |
| 16 | A late developer on the world championship trail , Cardus made his debut in 1983 , won his first GP in 1989 and led a world championship for the first time last season . |
| 17 | Edward III 's orchestration of support for the war was skilful and successful , yet fundamentally he depended on the co-operation of the nobility , who recruited and led the contract armies that became increasingly important as the war continued . |
| 18 | ‘ We 'll never give in ! ’ said Our Gracie , and led the auditorium audience of 10,000 in several rousing verses of ‘ Land of Hope and Glory ’ and ‘ There 'll Always Be An England ’ . |
| 19 | He initiated and led the search party which found and buried the bodies of Scott , Edward A. Wilson [ q.v. ] , and H. R. Bowers , retrieving the diaries , drawings , and letters that revealed the epic story of their fate . |
| 20 | Just as the motorcycling clubs became safety orientated and led the training initiative , so should the climbing clubs recognise their responsibility , even to idiots . |
| 21 | I knelt and wiped a diamond pane with my sleeve . |
| 22 | The superintendent tore off a piece of nan and wiped the curry sauce from her plate . |
| 23 | The gardener opened his shears and wiped the grass clippings off the blades with his forefinger . |
| 24 | At breakfast together Fisher exploded and attacked the Church Union and all that it stood for and said that they had done great harm and ought to apologize . |
| 25 | The following year John advanced to the Sudanese frontier and attacked the Dervish position at Galabat . |
| 26 | The Derwent was probably built by Alfred alone , who bought out his brother , took over William Lister 's foundry next door , and attacked the railway market . |
| 27 | But they struck just outside Narok township and attacked the District Commissioner , Major Buxton . |
| 28 | He ran out of coins and asked the company secretary to ring him back . |
| 29 | ‘ I was aware of the presence of a stranger and asked the stage manager to ‘ see him off . |
| 30 | The Northern responded to three newspaper advertisements placed by people selling the sought-after vouchers and asked the selling price . |