Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Liverpool Stipendiary Magistrate dismissed summonses brought against a Liverpool Constable for selling tickets in an unauthorised lottery … the Constable had got into financial difficulties owing to a serious illness of his wife and the ill-health of his two children . |
| 32 | In fact the1880s main building , a Grade I listed extravaganza modelled on Chambord , is in a structurally sound condition , having had money from the Pilgrim Trust , the Wolfson Foundation and the University Funding Council spent on it over the last ten years . |
| 33 | Now I mentioned bonuses paid at proof stage . |
| 34 | I mentioned bonuses paid at proof stage . |
| 35 | Other spatially referenced data incorporated into the system include those on the distribution of schools , medical and transport services which can be displayed and supplementary information about them obtained . |
| 36 | I looked through the window and there were people lined up on both sides of the street , the women with black aprons and the men with their caps and hats off , bared heads bowed as we passed . |
| 37 | On the other hand , the Conservative proposals , while abolishing the Labour strongholds in the county boroughs , retained districts based on towns and cities that Labour could be expected to control — and created large metropolitan counties which Labour could dominate in favourable years . |
| 38 | Strange words she chose ; on the back of a letter of mine I found words made out of HORSELESS and NOVELIZE . |
| 39 | At the request of the Tadjik government , the Association Européenne de Developpement de Santé , and Médecins Sans Frontières , we reviewed data collected in the hospitals of Farkhar and the ten surrounding kolkhozes ( state-run farms serving 5000–10,000 people ) . |
| 40 | In 1991 , 363 accidents involved drivers affected by alcohol with 23% of these resulting in injury . |
| 41 | On one side of the hill are typical favela wooden construction type houses , the other side of the hill where the church is situated are stone built constructions interspersed with all other types of construction material they can get their hands on . |
| 42 | The voice stopped and I had a similar feeling to the one I had just before I found Toby trussed up in his cupboard . |
| 43 | Apparently they found cocaine hidden in his mattress . ’ |
| 44 | In front of the King , the marshes and mud-flats of Earnbank were already filled with struggling men as his own dismounted vanguard disposed of the last of the fifty intruders from the Forth landing . |
| 45 | A vinaigrette of old wine vinegar , olive oil and mustard , spooned over a warm , poached chicken stuffed with ham and Swiss chard , makes a wonderful summer dish . |
| 46 | But only one out of 115 interviewed last year found work compared with one out of 52 the previous year . |
| 47 | It reported work done in the previous year , arising , like Fleming 's earlier discovery of lysozyme , from a chance observation . |
| 48 | During his visit , which lasted until early September , Dibuama and his team visited areas controlled by all four factions . |
| 49 | Girl who spurned boy burned |
| 50 | The effect of gastric perfusion with 50% ethanol in vehicle and capsaicin pretreated rats anaesthetised with phenobarbital was studied in the third set of experiments . |
| 51 | To compile the report the NAO looked at 120 road construction contracts and found costs increased by more than 30pc in 28 of the schemes and by more than 50pc in five of them . |
| 52 | Book thief caught red handed |
| 53 | It subsequently emerged that he had been assassinated by a young Tamil woman who triggered explosives strapped to her back while presenting him with a bouquet . |
| 54 | Then they used water mixed with vinegar in a syringe to rinse the cavity clear , sitting her up so that the residue could run out through her nose . |
| 55 | Except for the matter of who held the weapons , there seemed little distinction between gang members and the scarred , tattooed troopers clad in olive-drab hive tunics hung with amulets . |
| 56 | The replacement cost figures shown in the table are an example of the household items owned by a typical family of four in a modest three bedroom house . |
| 57 | Herodotus described auctions held in ancient Babylon to sell young maidens of marriageable age . |
| 58 | Centuries ago they created torsion powered and counter-weighted devices which are their equivalent of cannons , perfecting them to such a degree that they are in many ways superior to crude gunpowder weapons . |
| 59 | Laws against witchcraft were abolished in 1736 but long after that date Church courts still tried people suspected of witchcraft . |
| 60 | Laws against witchcraft were abolished in 1736 but long after that date Church courts still tried people suspected of witchcraft . |