Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a layer of mango lay above the guava . ) |
| 2 | The assistant Deputy Surveyor in the Forest of Dean reported in 1788 that : |
| 3 | Henry of Colden returned from the Crusade to help Philip , and Richard I , Otto 's main supporter , died on 6 April 1199 . |
| 4 | Complete specifications for each of the new general SVQs were being printed as this issue of Update went to press . |
| 5 | In this , the third issue of Update devoted to general SVQs , we also report back on the seminars held recently for external verifiers and for centre co-ordinators from new piloting centres . |
| 6 | The constructed index is transformed so as to move from 0 in 1970 Q4 to a peak of unity assumed to be reached in 1989 Q4 . |
| 7 | Similar evidence of unity emerged from the numerous ( about 600 ) Latin American bishops . |
| 8 | The day was hot and humid , the field of play rippled with a heat haze as the draw was made to split the six teams into two leagues . |
| 9 | In addition to this tension in the purposes of assessment pointed to by Broadfoot , we also have to consider the future impact of proposals to introduce national testing at regular intervals . |
| 10 | And , indeed , the number of non-Italians dwindled from possibly six ( two or three French , two English , one Spanish ) to three ( one Spanish , one English and one probably southern French ) . |
| 11 | The first , slight sign of tiredness came on him — a moment of dizziness and a thin line of pain from the tension in his shoulders . |
| 12 | A wave of tiredness came upon her , this time the full tidal memory of the strains of her life at the inn , her age , her vulnerability , her need to stand alone … |
| 13 | Little electric pulses of tiredness buzzed behind his eyes . |
| 14 | The 1977 Porchester report published figures provided by MAFF to indicate the potential loss of agricultural production if 16,000 hectares of Exmoor stayed as rough sheep grazing and were not converted to grassland . |
| 15 | THE FIRST big wave of Russians came after the 1967 war , when Zionist feelings were awakened by Israel 's six day victory and Soviet support for the Arabs . |
| 16 | Their discovery helped overthrow the medieval concept of the Solar System and a few decades later , by a method that I shall not describe , observations of Io led to the first determination of the speed of light , which until then was thought by many philosophers to be infinite . |
| 17 | The signs of progress came in recent bilateral negotiations between America and the EC over tariff barriers — big cuts are crucial in winning industrial backing for a successful round . |
| 18 | Seventy-five years ago , when the teaching of Russian began at Nottingham , the country was in the throes of revolutionary change . |
| 19 | If we ask why the ancestors of lions took to meat-eating , while the ancestors of antelopes took to grass-eating , the answer could be that originally it was an accident . |
| 20 | ONE case of erotomania led to an Ulster woman appearing in court . |
| 21 | For example , the average frequency of bingeing fell from four or five time a week to once a fortnight at the twelfth session . |
| 22 | In the gathering dusk of Sunday 18 June 1815 the last act of the bloody drama of Waterloo opened with the Emperor 's order for a general retreat . |
| 23 | Two pints of lager and a pint of bitter came to £8.50 but what the hell , we were unlikely to ever visit the Hilton again . |
| 24 | Sadly , the bar had closed and the staff had long since departed so the celebration pint of bitter had to be put on ice for another day . |
| 25 | The girl 's eyes lost their sparkle as the faintest of rumbles came to her ears , and Mr Beckenham was sorry he had drawn her attention to it . |
| 26 | The effect of the infighting , together with the government 's unimpressive pace of democratic reform , meant that the ruling party 's level of support dwindled throughout the year , a fact which was translated into several humiliating by-election losses [ see p. 37375 ] . |
| 27 | The astonishing show of support came on the day it was revealed that tapes of an intimate phone call between Di and a male friend are almost certainly genuine . |
| 28 | Further statements of support came on April 27 from the non-Solidarity All-Poland Trade Union Accord ( OPZZ ) . |
| 29 | Pledges of support came from other institutions of higher education and there were reports of demonstrations and boycotts elsewhere . |
| 30 | But the largest readily accessible reservoir of support lay in the French empire , which the Germans did not occupy and where Vichy 's authority was uncertain . |