Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] [noun] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We passed the tree stump that we used to play " King of the Castle " on , years ago . |
| 2 | Specifically we set out to discover why workers produced the output levels that they did and whether they grouped together to control their output or earnings at predefined levels . |
| 3 | They evolved further , and eventually perfected the DNA code that we know today . |
| 4 | When humans arrived , the dove demonstrated a behaviour pattern that it must have inherited from its ancient ancestors and kept in storage ever since . |
| 5 | Story has it that when Minton hung this portrait at Allen Street it so offended an art critic that he spat at it . |
| 6 | The hiring firm were very affronted when rung up , and assured the film company that they only ever supplied blanks . |
| 7 | The IDA once again flew in another independent medical expert , Dr Muriel Newhouse of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , who assured the planning inquiry that she would not object to an asbestos dump , such as the one proposed , being sited ‘ at the bottom of her garden ’ . |
| 8 | He told the recruiting officer that he 'd been a sergeant in the Boer War and boasted that he knew more about the Army than all these whipper-snappers who were waiting to join with him . |
| 9 | On reviving him the man told the head ganger that he had been struck by a blow at the back of the head yet medical evidence revealed no sign of injury , furthermore his whistle , flags , and lamp were never found . |
| 10 | When I told the museum official that I had met David Damiani , his eyes opened wider with interest . |
| 11 | Later , relatives of another polio victim told the Derry Journal that he had been beaten up by a group of policemen when he went to buy cigarettes on the evening of Sunday 6 October . |
| 12 | Christo told The Art Newspaper that he estimated an operating budget of $5–6 million , to be raised , as is his usual practice , from the sale of his original works of art . |
| 13 | Discussions are continuing with the artist about a second work , but Wilson , on his way to Berlin with a DAAD scholarship , told The Art Newspaper that he doubted that the funds for a new commission would be forthcoming . |
| 14 | The first proper historical evaluation of the subject to have been made in the United States , the exhibition has been organised by curator Elizabeth Armstrong and her associate , Joan Rothfuss , and will be seen at the Whitney Museum of American Art ( 16 July-3 October ) , Chicago 's Museum of Contemporary Art ( 13 November-16 January 1994 ) , the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts , Columbus OH ( 18 February-17 April 1994 ) , the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ( 12 May-24 July 1994 ) and the Fundacio Antoni Tapies , Barcelona ( 17 November1994–12 January 1995 ) , the only European venue confirmed for this important exhibition of predominantly European material , although Armstrong told The Art Newspaper that she expects to add at least two further venues in Europe , one of which may be in London . |
| 15 | Collections Curator Lisa Dennison has been playing with possibilities but told The Art Newspaper that she would be placing Brancusi with Robert Ryman and that the exhibition would include Kandinsky . |
| 16 | Although no details of the agreement have been released , Acquavella told The Art Newspaper that it was an exclusive , world-wide deal covering all of the artist 's oil paintings . |
| 17 | Mnuchin declined to comment upon the size of the fund but told The Art Newspaper that it would be a substantial eight-figure sum ( more than $10 million ) raised from a small group of investors and that it would have a life of just four years . |
| 18 | Langbaurgh mayor Brenda Forster told the planning committee that it was a sad reflection on society that the roller shutters had to be used but at least they could be a little more colourful . |
| 19 | The company told the news agency that it has sold more than 200,000 of the 95LX model and will continue to sell both models — but ‘ We expect the 100LX to be even more popular and open up a whole new market . ’ |
| 20 | The Electricity Council told the Energy Committee that it would be possible to meet the Toronto Conference target of a 20 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2005 . |
| 21 | As noon approached John adopted a behaviour pattern that I knew well : stretching , scratching , complacently sighing . |
| 22 | The controversy widened considerably on March 3 when US President George Bush told a press conference that he wanted Israel to stop settling Soviet Jews in the West Bank and also in East Jerusalem . |
| 23 | Apparently mindful of this consequence , on Feb. 22 Pavlov told a press conference that he " regretted very much " that his accusations had been interpreted as an attack on foreign businesses . |
| 24 | Dismissed because of his " too personal " interpretations of environmental affairs , Illes told a press conference that he believed that the environment would be sacrificed as the government struggled for foreign investment and the population grappled with increasing poverty , and added that Hungary does not have a coherent environmental policy . |
| 25 | The judge , a Jockey Club member , told a news conference that they had reached their conclusion after studying hours of video tape of the race . |
| 26 | The general told a news conference that it had not been copied from the Americans , but because it was an ‘ easier , natural movement ’ . |
| 27 | Cristiani then told a news conference that it was not clear whether the logbooks had in fact been burnt , that Hernandez had ordered one of the defendants to make them " available " , and that it remained to be determined what subsequently happened to them . |
| 28 | After a good breakfast at about eight o'clock , I informed the switchboard staff that I was leaving . |
| 29 | ‘ They informed the prison officers that they would not be locking up and that there would be no attacks on staff . |
| 30 | Whether these three informed the Lord Chancellor that they intended to speak on these lines is not known . |