Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Comintern Plenum of 1932 had reappraised the " Social Fascist " policy and lessened some of the hostility to Left Social Democratic members though the former antagonism against Left Social Democratic leaders was retained . |
| 2 | Six years on , the United Nations published its " Charter for the 1980's " , and designated 1981 as the " International Year of Disabled People " with the following aims : 1 . |
| 3 | Also , in memory of each member of Thomas 's crew , we knelt and laid one of the five red roses on each grave , including one behind the roundel opposite to the ‘ Peace ’ rose . |
| 4 | They had invented Emor ; they did ninety per cent of the paperwork , agreed the salaries of the officials and devised most of the activities . |
| 5 | He lifted his head and gazed unseeing towards the ceiling while his aide read a translation of his remarks from a sheet of paper . |
| 6 | Flustered , she clutched the towel closer and gazed wide-eyed round the edge of the door . |
| 7 | Twice before she reached the opposite bank Jenny missed her footing and plunged -chest-deep into the river , but each time she was able , to grasp the slippery stepping-stone and slowly haul herself up on to it . |
| 8 | The system distracted them from their own businesses and led many of the richest families to ruin , punished for failure to fulfil the Tsar 's expectations . |
| 9 | The manner of her 6-4 , 7-5 victory over the 1990 champion was impressive , for the Swede offered a strong challenge , and led 5-2 in the second set . |
| 10 | He reached over the console and wiped some of the grime off the viewport . |
| 11 | I think we can safely assume that the statuette was washed and wiped clean after the event . ’ |
| 12 | We left the rorbu and attacked one of the 1,000-metre peaks overlooking the village . |
| 13 | The prioress instructed the porter to take the body into the nearby infirmary , ordered the crowd to disperse and asked one of the sisters to extend hospitality to the pedlar . |
| 14 | Not content with that , he has declared a jihad ( holy war ) against the infidels and asked all of the world 's Muslims to join in . |
| 15 | The case had received massive publicity and became symbolic of the institutionalized racism and brutality alleged by many to exist within the LAPD [ see pp. 38091 ; 38139 ] , and led to an independent commission of inquiry [ see pp. 38329-30 ] . |
| 16 | The CLPD was founded in 1973 and became influential during the period of the Callaghan Government , urging constitutional changes in the Labour Party in order to make party leaders and MPs more responsive and responsible to opinion within the party . |
| 17 | One officer said that it was so precise that his men could have leaned against it ; another , that his only casualties were those who followed the wall too closely and became queasy from the fumes of explosives . |
| 18 | In November 1973 Friends of the Earth published his book World Energy Strategies — written before the October 1973 oil shock — which thereafter appeared in many other countries and languages , and became one of the seminal documents of the ‘ alternative energy ’ literature . |
| 19 | In later years he turned to golf and became one of the most successful amateur players in the history of the sport in Canada . |
| 20 | Well , she was the subject of much interest and became one of the sights of London . |
| 21 | He held office for twenty-seven years and became one of the most renowned figures who have ever served the BDDA , because of his devotion to the cause of deafness and the dominating position he came to hold in the deaf world . |
| 22 | The show attracted over 10,000 visitors in seven weeks , and became one of the town 's most successful ever exhibitions . |
| 23 | She quickly achieved national prominence and became one of the WSPU 's first full-time organizers , in late 1908 . |
| 24 | Holford began to collect works of art in 1839 and became one of the most distinguished collectors of his time , with an enthusiasm for the Italian Renaissance . |
| 25 | He was one of the very few men of science who gave a welcome , albeit qualified , to Vestiges ( 1844 ) presumably because he could see the wood for the trees ; but when the Origin of Species came out in 1859 he disliked it heartily , and became one of the most formidable opponents of Darwin and Huxley . |
| 26 | In 1895 the apple was introduced to the trade as a ‘ Delicious ’ and became one of the most widely grown apples in the world . |
| 27 | The mill progressed well and became one of the largest in Britain before the war . |
| 28 | The Committee of 2 April 1848 remained in being until 1855 and became one of the most striking embodiments of the tsar 's descent into obscurantism . |
| 29 | Whitham has come a long way from April 16 , 1988 when he won the Enkalon 1,000cc race and became one of the few English riders to score at Kirkistown at that time . |
| 30 | One sherpa — Tensing Norgay accompanied Sir Edward Hillary and became one of the first men to climb Mt . |