Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] a [noun] [conj] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 Detective Sergeant Robin Window unrolled a bandage — and passed a milestone since his hand was severed by a blow from a samurai sword six weeks ago .
2 Mary McKenna , playing in the tournament for the 25th year , could have made it a tie by winning the bottom match but she lost the 15th and 16th to go two down , won the 17th with a big birdie putt and salvaged a half when her opponent , Fiona McKay drove into bushes at the 18th .
3 Danilov , a student who had tried to live by private teaching , intelligent , handsome , dark-haired , solitary , killed and robbed a money-lender and his maid .
4 He has been hobdayed and had a tie-back but his wind is not that good , even now .
5 He was saying he was ‘ hard-faced ’ and cited an incident where his girlfriend got attacked in the ground and the man ‘ did n't want to know ’ .
6 He promised a " merciless " campaign against Hamas , but gave an assurance that his government would not be diverted from its commitment to the ongoing Middle East peace talks .
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