Example sentences of "[subord] [det] [vb past] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once this had yielded a conclusion , there was no room for further debate . |
| 2 | In the words of Zohreh Tabatabai , Chief of Public Services of the United Nations in New York ; ‘ If this had come a year ago , we would have said ‘ no way ’ . |
| 3 | It was as though each had prepared a remark to cover his entry . |
| 4 | When this failed to elicit a response he turned directly to the larger . |
| 5 | And as the Men broke through into his cage and reached up to grab him , and as another started to throw a net over the hole in the cage above , so Creggan flexed his wings , thrust forward and up and surged out above his friends and the Cages into the wild forbidding sky , and freedom . |