Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A National Communications Union official , Rachel Ashworth , told the Women 's TUC annual conference in Blackpool that British Telecom had set up a Freephone number to deal with inquiries from potential operators . |
| 2 | By 1924 Hill had bought out the family interests and established Beecham Estates and Pills Ltd . |
| 3 | His father had provided for this title to pass to Charles if his brother inherited the earldom of Arundel ; but when this occurred in 1677 Henry refused to give up the title , and Charles took the case to Chancery , in 1682 obtaining a celebrated decision in his favour by Heneage Finch , first Earl of Nottingham [ q.v . ] . |
| 4 | During the 1980s corporate America did pay out a large share of net profits in dividends , and it did spend billions on share repurchases . |
| 5 | Swansea had n't won on Llanelli 's ground for five years but shrewd Ruddock had worked out a week earlier just how he would bring about the upset . |
| 6 | In a case which occurred some time between 1037 and 1054 , the abbot of Marmoutier complained in Geoffrey Martel 's court that a certain Bouchard had seized back a mill which his brother , with Bouchard 's consent , had earlier bestowed on the abbey . |
| 7 | More important , young McNab had thrown out the challenge to me … he was a hooligan , a no-gooder , a baitz … . |
| 8 | By 1954 Piper had brought out a 250 hp development of the aircraft called the Aztec but , to confuse us all , in 1960 they offered the Apache 235 which , as you may have guessed , sported a pair of 235 hp Lycoming engines . |
| 9 | In 1988 Brazil decided to set up a unified and decentralised health system and this process is now under way . |