Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb past] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had once said that he did n't know whether his passion for water-power was a result of meanness or had some deeper Freudian significance . |
| 2 | Blissfully unaware that the full panoply of America 's military might was about to deliver him up to the majesty of American justice , President Reagan 's token terrorist was welcomed aboard Skunk Kilo by an undercover FBI team that was so wrought up by the occasion that in placing Younis under arrest they managed to break both his wrists , though he offered no resistance or showed any enthusiasm for the 12-mile swim back to Limassol . |
| 3 | Do not take too much notice of the reasons put forward for the auction or put much store by claims of " no reserves on any of the items " . |
| 4 | Throughout the book he referred to it as the monster or used another word which expressed his hatred for it . |
| 5 | A state religion that included all others obviously conduced to this objective . |
| 6 | A proper respect for the Modern thinking that underlay such tools of social and economic experiment as the centre of Zlin , the original Bauhaus buildings , the Weissenhof , the Maison Savoye and many more , demands that their documentation should be preserved , but they themselves should be allowed to die . |
| 7 | The PLO escorted the British through west Beirut and they were replaced at Khalde by Major Hassan Kassar of the Libyan army , a reconnaissance officer for a Libyan-sponsored Arab League peace force that disintegrated some days later . |
| 8 | The object of this study is to consider in detail the sources of capital investment that facilitated such a rapid rate of industrialisation , and the consequences of these patterns of investment in the different branches and sectors of the economy . |
| 9 | That generated a bonanza that kept many troubled banks afloat . |
| 10 | The movie that provoked most debate around rape and its representation before The Accused , was Lamont Johnson 's 1976 film Lipstick , which at least did make some attempt to make connections between the rape and the wider social implications of how society constructs images of women . |
| 11 | In fact the darkness , the whispers , the creaking floorboards , the footsteps and the thought of a stalking murderer had had their usual effect on her : a state of fear that had little to do with pleasure . |
| 12 | The vast majority of the biomedical research that made this possible was carried out on animals . |
| 13 | Of course , after all the hard work and extensive consultations carried out by the Mandate Review Committee , it was matters of the mandate that aroused most interest . |
| 14 | One study that investigated this idea found that there was little difference between first babies and later ones . |
| 15 | ( For a distributive study that allocated all taxes and public expenditures in the UK , see O'Higgins and Ruggles 1981 . ) |
| 16 | My Lords , I have long thought that the time had come to change the self-imposed judicial rule that forbade any reference to the legislative history of an enactment as an aid to its interpretation . |
| 17 | They need the minimum of tonal variation in order to find this sound from venue to venue and would give a wide birth to any amplifier that offered any more than they think they need , no doubt fearing the onset of option anxiety . |
| 18 | The Department obtained more grants from the SOED in competitive tendering than did any other institution . |
| 19 | Miss Philimore had behaved pleasantly enough , but there had been a calculating set to her narrow mouth that made such a gesture seem unlikely in the extreme . |
| 20 | In the yellow light that fell all bleary through the frosted glass the blood showed up brown . |
| 21 | Putting his coffee down with a violence that made some slop into the saucer , Michele jumped to his feet . |
| 22 | She closed the lid ; when the catch failed to operate , she slammed it a second time with a violence that made several of the slumberers lift their heads . |
| 23 | The National Front is very strongly implicated in the orchestrated violence that accompanied many of the demonstrations — the man photographed here being arrested by the police is an NF member . |
| 24 | Also she was not strong , there was a little something wrong with her heart , a murmur , a valve that functioned less than perfectly . |
| 25 | A flared cream pleated skirt that complimented those long perfect brown legs , and a powder blue tee shirt that matched her eyes a treat . |
| 26 | Now the side that had more failures ( or more was the side that lost , and the row that had less , of course , was the one that was successful . |
| 27 | Not surprisingly Antrim will be relying on the same side that finished that day . |
| 28 | Yes I do , there 's still injury doubts over Alan Jedsa , Paul keeps his place in the side , he did n't have a particular good game against Notts County ; one horrendous effort — error there , but he has played well generally and especially the same side that started that match at Notts County , so we can expect to see both full backs pushing up and really hopefully an open game like the one against Port Vale . |
| 29 | As you say if there was just one equation that covered all eventualities . |
| 30 | the sources of financial and other aid that led these companies to locate on the coalfields . |