Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert Bosch GmbH and Northern Telecom Ltd have joined forces to establish a transmission technology joint venture , expected to include Synchronous Digital Hierarchy kit . |
| 2 | I had written to Joe Ackerley about Dana , and how we were writing poems together , and he asked to see some examples of this unusual collaboration . |
| 3 | They asked to see some . |
| 4 | The newspaper asked to see any responsible official — none was available . |
| 5 | They convened that day , but failed to issue any resolution until late on Aug. 3 . |
| 6 | She fought to sound normal . |
| 7 | Andrew Watson , 25 , also of RAF Catterick , was fined £200 with £20 costs after he admitted allowing Young to use his car without insurance . |
| 8 | Appearing with her before Wirral magistrates was Craig Blackwell , 23 , of the same address , who admitted allowing fraudulent use of the licence . |
| 9 | Yeah because if you want to go to Southwell at the present moment you go on a bus and you got to wait two hours to get one back . |
| 10 | The Convention , partly drawing on United Kingdom bilateral conventions , sought to harmonise these different concepts by providing a procedural device acceptable to all systems . |
| 11 | We planned to go full belt , we planned for 1989 to be either win or retire . |
| 12 | In Northamptonshire , the NCC is opposing Kettering District Council 's plans to build Cransley Lodge , a village planned to include 750 houses by 1997 . |
| 13 | We planned to include 10 plants from each collection in the bank , enough to offset the risk of trees dying through disease or neglect , while keeping the overall area within manageable limits . |
| 14 | Despite greasy conditions which made handling difficult , Aussie full-back Gary Jack again proved an inspiration — sparking the first try after 20 minutes . |
| 15 | Then I asked to go straight back . |
| 16 | Exploiting Boniface 's injudicious move , Edward sought to rekindle popular support for his Scottish campaign by a debate in parliament on his and the papal claims , in the course of which he employed no little historical research to justify his own rights , to refute the pope 's , and to persuade the public of all this . |
| 17 | But earlier this month , the PAC appeared to have abandoned armed struggle when it agreed to attend next month 's renewed multi-party constitutional talks . |
| 18 | She agreed to attend this club the next week with her friend . |
| 19 | The military strategy devised to implement successive governments ' Defence policies reflects both long-term national grand strategy and the directions given by the government of the day , and is largely the responsibility of the Chiefs of Staff . |
| 20 | Sucralfate ( 100–200 mg/kg given orally ) protected gastric mucosa against the ethanol , aspirin , and stress induced acute gastric lesions but the addition of bFGF ( 100 µg/kg subcutaneously or intragastrically ) failed to affect sucralfate induced protection against ethanol or aspirin but increased that against stress . |
| 21 | Investment of between £4 billion and £5 billion is forecast in a series of developments focused round a pipeline network expected to carry 1.2 billion cubic feet of gas a day to Teesside . |
| 22 | In 1992-93 , Trainload Freight expected to carry 18.35 million tonnes of freight for PowerGen , but that figure is now likely to be as high as 19.6 million tonnes . |
| 23 | When he failed to promote any women into his first cabinet he insisted he would only appoint on merit . |
| 24 | When I mentioned his name in Hawaii an informant who asked to remain anonymous said : ‘ Johnny Boy Gomes is the meanest , heaviest dude on the whole of the North Shore . ’ |
| 25 | After keeping the first appointment she failed to attend two further treatment sessions , telephoning the therapist after the second to say she felt better . |
| 26 | Carrie and Fred worked hard all day , aided by the vociferous Bessie Chandler , whose tales about the trials and tribulations of her friends in the buildings where she lived became painful ongoing sagas . |
| 27 | He told the King that he would prefer MacDonald to remain in office in order to carry out the necessary programme of economies ; but that if he failed to carry enough of his colleagues with him , then the best alternative would be for MacDonald to head a National Government containing members of all three parties . |
| 28 | It was a calculated guess but sooner or later he expected to hit lucky , and here on the fringe of a large private estate the chances were better than anywhere . |
| 29 | At the same time as the US sought to stiffen French resolve , at least to continue the war , it had to persuade France in effect to let go because , at the very least , it had recognized that the forces of what was nominally ‘ the French Union ’ in Indo-China in reality needed men : and these men would have to be found for and fight in the National Army of Vietnam . |
| 30 | The number of wines produced using traditional cultivation methods is increasing and standards governing these are being introduced in several countries . |