Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since so many of us had made love to either O or to Boy we felt that by comparing notes we knew a great deal about how they behaved when making love , and so when we saw them reappear so obviously as lovers we were pleased to see that our predictions had been correct . |
| 2 | He subsequently served as signals officer with the Imperial Camel Corps , taking part in cavalry battles against the Turks in Egypt and Palestine . |
| 3 | Mr Hutton worked as shops controller Winterschladen 's , in Middlesbrough , until he retired in 1977 . |
| 4 | Geraldine , who worked as accounts clerk at Yarmouth Marine Base left to accompany her RAF husband to Cyprus where he has been posted for three years . |
| 5 | Millions lost as trading park lies in ruins |
| 6 | The criterion of the purpose of avoiding pregnancy was emphasized in most surveys and interpreted as avoiding pregnancy for the reason of contraception . |
| 7 | He died while undergoing surgery later that day . |
| 8 | Orphaned when it 's own mother died while giving birth it 'll either have to be bottle fed , or another mother found . |
| 9 | His successor , Leo VIII was little better ; he died while committing adultery , the only pope known to have expired in this way . |
| 10 | In Bateman ( 1925 ) , where a doctor had attended the confinement of a woman who died whilst giving birth , the Court of Criminal Appeal held that there must be negligence over and above that which is sufficient to establish civil liability , and which shows ‘ such disregard for the life and safety of others ’ as to deserve punishment . |
| 11 | Its terms were so depressingly restrictive — it was not to consider the guilt or innocence of Meehan or Waddell — that the Meehan Committee and Meehan himself debated whether to give evidence to it or not . |
| 12 | Izanami died when giving birth to the fire god , and the distraught Izanagi followed her to the Land of Gloom , where he was appalled by the sight of her body infested with maggots . |
| 13 | For several years after his first release Bunyan hesitated whether to publish Pilgrim 's Progress . |
| 14 | Mr Trevithick resigned as Works Superintendent at Wolverton , and his post was taken by F.E. Gobey . |
| 15 | The only part of the traverse Klucker remembered as presenting difficulty was the Grand Gendarme , and they avoided this by traversing the snow slope below . |
| 16 | We asked whether splitting LW and FM suited people or not . |
| 17 | — Peter Sellers , telling reporters of a heart attack he had while making love to Britt Ekland . |
| 18 | The power to impose a condition requiring a person accused of murder to undergo a medical examination under section 3(6A) arose when granting bail . |
| 19 | This is suspect for precisely the same reasons we considered when discussing option two . |
| 20 | The principle is that explained when discussing Treasury bills earlier in the chapter . |