Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun] [conj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friction arose between Reed and Brando who wanted to play Christian as a fop . |
| 2 | If these people wanted to d if these people wanted to c and they really cared about conservation and education they 'd do what the care for the wild have done . |
| 3 | A number of isolated events occurred throughout November and December which culminated in massive displays of ‘ student power ’ on the streets of major cities . |
| 4 | For he often smelled of scent and powder which had been transferred to him from one or other of his dolly-birds . |
| 5 | It came from statesmen and reformers who held that entails , by precluding a free market in land , artificially raised its value so that investment became unprofitable ; it was a hindrance to a wider diffusion of ownership , which was universally held to be a precondition of increased production . |
| 6 | The earth is fairly soft after the rain and if the murderer came by car or motorcycle there could be tyre-marks . |
| 7 | And consequently their history consisted of events and lives which carried moral and political precept : of incidents loaded with an interpretation . |
| 8 | She danced with neighbours and men she had gone to school with . |
| 9 | Do not the Opposition remember what happened in Scotland when properties there were revalued ? |
| 10 | He knew what happened to men and women whose notion of themselves had become degraded ; he 'd seen how traitors worked with a special spite , with a fury that was reserved for themselves as they twisted the knife in the wound . |
| 11 | It is now clear that Tolstoy 's version of events rested on a fundamental confusion between what happened at Bleiburg and events which later took place elsewhere . |
| 12 | ‘ We talked about gardening and cricket which Leslie is keen on . |
| 13 | When we talked about flukes and snails we accustomed ourselves to the idea that a parasite 's genes could have phenotypic effects on the host 's body , in exactly the same way as any animal 's genes have phenotypic effects on its ‘ own ’ body . |
| 14 | Mr Browning should be sent for and with Ferdinando still convulsed with grief and rage there was no one to send but herself or Annunciata . |
| 15 | We watched with admiration as Alice our skater , now recovering from her ordeal and the fact that her son was a girl , began to unpack the beautiful Swiss lace gowns she had brought with her . |
| 16 | In Afghanistan , University lecturer Hasan Kaker was arrested in March 1982 because he confided in students and staff his concern at the increasing number of Russian teachers on campus and earlier widespread arrests of students . |
| 17 | As he left the dock he waved to friends and relatives who were in the public gallery . |
| 18 | It was erm it 's the first time that I 'd come across , I mean I 'd been a little bit of experience on , on inland waterways in Windsor er which I 'd lost when I went to Leicester and Lincoln I came back here of course and now we had the North Sea and the docks and erm that was a new area and a , and a really good challenge erm I particularly got involved with , with things like erm the movement of chemicals which was beginning to increase and coming into Felixstowe and , and er and , and er Ipswich erm and when I think back Felixstowe Dock , looking back , ended where the big jumbo tank , the Calor Gas tank is , that , that was the sort of range of Felixstowe Dock in those days . |
| 19 | The Shah said he wanted the French to keep Khomeini ; if he went to Syria or Lybia he would be even more dangerous . |
| 20 | The subjective experiences of these mothers became the maintheme ; for example , how rejected they felt by friends or neighbours who crossed the street , not knowing what to say . |
| 21 | As reports emerged of unrest and violence which claimed scores of lives throughout Romania , the dramatic escalation of the uprising fuelled speculation about the future of President Nicolae Ceausescu . |
| 22 | Furthermore , we observed a curious biphasic hepatitis beginning approximately 12 weeks after transplantation in two patients coinfected with HBV and HDV which resolved to stable chronic persistent hepatitis . |
| 23 | Part D , in favour a nuclear arms freeze , was adopted by 136 votes to 13 ( NATO countries , bar Denmark which voted in favour and Spain which abstained ) with 5 abstentions . |
| 24 | Abbey Donalds spoke to Jeffery and Bungle who were looking forward to their stay in Oxford . |
| 25 | He even smiled at Busacher and Willi who did not smile back . |
| 26 | And on the other from a conception of the built environment proffered by Wagner and Loos which was grounded in rejection of classicizing and historicist idealism . |
| 27 | In this preface Miller apologised for alterations and additions which would render previous editions of inferior value . |
| 28 | With her stamps what she had from Asda or Boots she bought her Christmas presents . |
| 29 | They include trained creatures hand-reared from birth and monsters which have been magically bound by spells of obedience . |
| 30 | At the same time they had on Mondays and Tuesday we used to sell weekly tickets , so they had to go out in another box on Mondays and Tuesdays . |