Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun pl] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colchester clothiers had indicated their intention of prosecuting weavers who did not return the " thrums " , the web ends left in the loom after the cloth had been removed . |
| 2 | The Hawthorne researchers argued that this does not necessarily follow . |
| 3 | The Hawthorne researchers stressed the pressure that groups can bring to bear on members to conform to common norms . |
| 4 | Until the opening of the Marlborough galleries had tended to treat artists in a patronising way , as underlings . |
| 5 | But the consignor , had to settle for the $750,000 ( £468,750 ) Berry-Hill Galleries paid this time . |
| 6 | The San Francisco Giants beat Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship play-off to join Oakland Athletics , American League conquerors of Toronto Blue Jays , in baseball 's World Series . |
| 7 | From slang to puns to points of conflict , the end result is something like homeboy fashion meets voodoo charm and , back in ‘ 88 , the LA Times gave her a fitting nickname , ‘ East LA 's Ambassador Of Culture ’ . |
| 8 | From the opening , during the cold New York winter of 1967 , the queues extending round the block outside Manhattan cinemas consisted mostly of young people hugging themselves and each other , and stamping their feet to keep warm , full of the expectation of seeing a movie that addressed them and their problems . |
| 9 | On Dec. 16 the Netherlands authorities expelled 43 Russian Jews and put them on an aeroplane to Israel after their applications for asylum were turned down ; a further nine were expelled on Dec. 23 . |
| 10 | Walpole-Bond noted that few of the early historians of Sussex birds recorded the Redshank as a breeding species , and that there was a marked increase and spread from about 1900 . |
| 11 | Certainly there is plenty in the literature about using cobalt-60 sources for sterilisation and DoE researchers found that spent reactor fuel rods did the job quite effectively .. |
| 12 | The Nez Perce scouts taunted Howard from the far bank of the river . |
| 13 | On 13th September , the Nez Perce scouts flourished their red blankets to warn of the approach of Sturgis , who had marched sixty miles the previous day . |
| 14 | In August 1858 , Nez Perce scouts accompanied the punitive expedition of General George Wright , who ruthlessly subdued the tribes of the upper Columbia , hanging prisoners on the spot . |
| 15 | There is little to suggest to us that the housing or goods of Sussex labourers varied much from those of their late medieval predecessors . |
| 16 | However , the WO statisticians said this county practice of estimating higher than the ‘ base estimate ’ population growth did not add up — there simply will not be enough people to reach the higher estimates , even with the historically high levels of inward migration being predicted . |
| 17 | The answer which fell within an ethical framework was the duty solicitor scheme , as the Cardiff solicitors explained : |
| 18 | But by the end of the fourth race , 5 Cradley riders had fallen . |
| 19 | Very few Account Executives ( AEs ) at DPR Futures knew anything beyond the most basic facts about futures . |
| 20 | One new salesman at DPR Futures proved so ineffectual and lethargic that his colleagues found it comical to teach him wide techniques . |
| 21 | Jim Almonds leaped off his truck and set up a bren , but Lewes stayed where he was . |
| 22 | Jim Almonds had become separated from the rest and was taken prisoner . |
| 23 | A statement by the human rights organization Amnesty International on Feb. 5 said that the recent trials of Tiananmen dissidents fell " far short of international standards " . |
| 24 | but they did n't explode , so the RAF lads said they were made of macaroni . |
| 25 | Acting attorney general Stuart Gerson and FBI director William Sessions declined to identify the man held , named by a TV station as Salama Mohammed , 26 . |
| 26 | On Friday 29 January around 150 guests , together with employees from LTS 's Aberdeen and Lincoln offices gathered to witness the official opening of the Company 's new facility at Kirkhill Industrial Estate in Dyce , Aberdeen . |
| 27 | Pupils from 16 Colchester schools went to the University of Essex to take part in the 43rd annual Colchester Schools ' Music Festival . |
| 28 | The incident happened as Apoel Nicosia fans reacted violently to Mark Glendinning 's early goal for Bangor . |
| 29 | In the face of government determination to enforce the February 1911 laws more than eight thousand Aube growers marched through the streets of Bar-sur-Aube carrying on their backs paniers de mannequin ( grape harvesting baskets ) full of tax-forms which they ceremoniously set fire to . |
| 30 | Warner Brothers said PWL stepped into the breach and were putting together the songs for the movie , including using several old 50 ’ s classics by Little Richard , Eddie Cochran and all , while Kylie was doing a cover version of ‘ Tears On My Pillow ’ , by Little Anthony and the Imperials , and looking for a Christmas Number One . |