Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although nothing became of this beyond an agreement that there were widely different views on the matter , that same year the Government of Australia proposed that the so called cull grenade should be banned . |
| 2 | Everyone argued about the jury . |
| 3 | nothing recommended to Goodey in that particular cause is of any good . |
| 4 | Everyone beamed at her . |
| 5 | She was all for a bit of ducking and diving , that 's how everyone lived in her estimation , but from what she had gleaned recently about her sons , it was a completely different lifestyle they were after . |
| 6 | He told her that he was going to continue writing to her , nothing deterred by her cold reply or rather lack of a reply . |
| 7 | Everyone agreed on that . |
| 8 | Nothing lived in the entire village , and there was no sign of what had caused the deaths . |
| 9 | We have two grown-up children and one grandchild and I enjoy big family gatherings — the Italian influence again — with everyone seated at a round table . |
| 10 | Imagine my amazement when , on my first day in the new set-up , I found that everyone fought for attention by dramatizing every event . |
| 11 | ‘ There were 17 players in the team and everyone got on the pitch at some point during the game , ’ he added . |
| 12 | For years father had been nagging away at him to take some interest and prove he had the Miletti flair , yet as soon as he tried to show a bit of initiative everyone got on their high horse about it , father especially , calling him a worthless junkie and I do n't what else besides . |
| 13 | ‘ Everyone got at me , ’ she said . |
| 14 | Everyone got off the train at Winnipeg , one thousand , four hundred and thirteen miles along the rails from Toronto . |
| 15 | That was a bloody laugh last week , though everyone got in such mess ! |
| 16 | Nothing got past Sister Hennessy that was n't correct — including That Man ! |
| 17 | When Williams appeared to like the idea , Orton totally changed the part so that it could fit him , not so much like a glove , but like a well-crafted cabinet , one in which Ken could be displayed at his finest and with plenty of space to ensure that nothing got in his way . |
| 18 | One of the first was the Camattini family , who left La Spezia , the great port and naval base on the Ligurian Sea which everyone expected to be bombarded by the British Fleet . |
| 19 | They smiled at each other politely in the lift , but nothing passed between them . |
| 20 | Not everyone shared in the boom ; in particular the farmers did not . |
| 21 | For crossing the border into Iran , he had a code ( ’ I am coming for Mustafa ’ ) , but no-one asked for it ; and so they landed in Tehran . |
| 22 | It was only when everyone rose to their feet , shook hands and made a beeline for the cooking tent — where , it emerged , Balvinder Singh had been for the last half-hour — that I realized that the ceremony was over . |
| 23 | But despite the usual rows of Question Time , no-one disagreed with what John Major had to say on this occasion . |
| 24 | It seemed as if she could n't do anything right and everyone grumbled at her . |
| 25 | The Wellenkuppe summit , a white notch against a blue sky , was only five minutes away up an easy snow slope , but almost everyone stopped at the top of the rock pitch for a second breakfast . |
| 26 | Everyone deferred to him in the casting of lots , and after he had tossed his white counter into the bowl which was placed in the centre of the chamber there was a wild scramble for precedence . |
| 27 | Everyone sank to their knees . |
| 28 | Immediately everyone charged around the room attempting to be the first to touch all the walls . |
| 29 | On the evening of March 26 there will be a celebratory dinner at the Campana Restaurant in Marylebone High Street for everyone involved to really let their hair down . |
| 30 | Everyone involved at this period put in time and effort far beyond what might have been predicted . |