Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We 've had four three-legged dogs over the years : Bless-her , who was born with a hind leg missing ; Belle whose front leg was amputated at seven weeks because of a ligament problem ; Tulley , a road accident victim who came to us at nine months old and fought for 18 months to keep his damaged front leg . |
| 2 | For example , the major criticism which parents made of social workers concerned their poor communications , lack of openness and honesty , failure to value parents ' strengths and to treat them as equals , and a failure to involve parents in decisions . |
| 3 | But everything went smoothly , and afterwards Mr Maginnis appealed for other volunteers to lose their locks ‘ in aid of a very worthy cause ’ . |
| 4 | They were often designed by engineers , but what they lacked in architectural distinction , they gained in homely practicality and in the opportunities they afforded to local carpenters to display their skills in beautifully carved barge boarding and valances . |
| 5 | Then he holed from 12 feet to keep his slender advantage after being bunkered at the sixteenth . |
| 6 | RAY McCarron , Monaghan 's rotund scoring machine was up to his old tricks at Castleblayney when he fired in two goals to give his side an Ulster championship lifeline . |
| 7 | His side produced another spirited performance but slipped away in the final 15 minutes as Stockport striker Andy Preece fired in two goals to complete his hat-trick and take Darlington 's promotions companions of last season a step closer to Second Division football . |
| 8 | The low level of the aircraft on entering the Harbour and its speed , would have made it impossible for heavy anti-aircraft guns to depress and traverse to follow the aircraft and even difficult for 30mm cannon such as Bofors , even when the aircraft climbed to sixty feet to drop its torpedo . |
| 9 | A searching , frantic hand savagely grasped Maggie 's hip , and she yelped as sharp nails pierced her skin . |
| 10 | Samples from Hamanaka and Badastan , who returned with irregular heartbeats following their defeats at Leicester and Sandown last Thursday , have also proved negative . |
| 11 | The Derby defence had no answer to the pulsating attacking moves made by Birmingham and Saville threatened on several occasions to open his account with Derbys defence in total disarray . |
| 12 | After their observations the VHWs worked in small groups to collate their observations and findings . |
| 13 | They called on other organizations to join their " patriotic front " , whose formation would be announced at a conference in Cape Town in August . |
| 14 | More importantly , his idea that narrative grammar may be transformed or subverted by individual texts gives his grammar far greater analytical power , since elements which might fall outside the scope of a more rigid model may now be read as transformations of it . |
| 15 | Anne had already trimmed down to a reasonable weight with the help of Weight Watchers , and she pleaded for new ideas to strengthen her resolve . |
| 16 | Brahms took about fifteen years to complete his First Symphony , and when it was first performed in 1876 , he was 43 — an extraordinary late symphonic debut for a composer who had been publicly proclaimed as a genius by Schumann when he was 18 , and who had gone on to justify public expectations with such works as the ‘ German Requiem ’ , which had given him financial security for life . |
| 17 | Lulled to sleep by the whispering wheels , I dreamed of ancient tribes finding their way along the trail . |
| 18 | He kissed my mouth , and it felt like warm butterflies brushing my lips , softly , quickly , and then it was gone . |
| 19 | However , when the chiefs went into tribal lands to ask their views about the agreement , they received an emphatic direction , in every case except one , that the chiefs should reject the agreement and have nothing to do with it . |
| 20 | Despite his ferocious criticism of Bush 's record as President , however , Buchanan went to great lengths to emphasize his respect for Bush 's service in the Pacific War and his " graciousness , honour and integrity " . |
| 21 | Kenyatta and Ahidjo were nationalists first , and localists second although both went to great lengths to secure their political base amongst their own ethnic group . |
| 22 | Antonia went to great lengths to impress her ministerial lover . |
| 23 | Her common-law husband ( who was never traced ) having left her with the ring from her finger , she went to several alehouses carrying her child and drank 8 glasses of spirits in a fit of depression . |
| 24 | As Polish financial institutions became more effective it was no longer necessary for Poles who fell on hard times to sell their land to the Germans . |
| 25 | ‘ We spoke about the very good relationships between our Churches in Britain and I spoke about our foundation under John Wesley , with the links between personal piety and the search for righteousness in social justice We spoke about these things linking our two Churches together at quite a deep level . |
| 26 | David battled for three minutes to restart his heart , then had him rushed to hospital where last night he was critically ill with burns and internal injuries . |
| 27 | After the transmission of the film , which conferred instant celebrity status , the economic situation improved dramatically , and she invested in more cattle to boost her income . |
| 28 | In Washington , US Administration officials said the soldiers — members of the elite Green Berets — feared the rebels had left booby traps behind and waited for Salvadorean troops to work their way to the sixth floor , on which the soldiers were trapped . |
| 29 | He had dropped me a note the day he left advising me to sell , so sell I did , but despite many hours spent traipsing round the East End I could only find one interested party : Mr Cohen , who had for some years conducted his tailor 's business from above my father 's shop and wanted to expand . |
| 30 | They ran in all directions to do his bidding . |