Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sailors returning home stuck a pineapple or two on their gateposts to tell the community they were back and welcomed visitors . |
| 2 | Into a pattern of military administration which may appear deceptively well organised there stepped a class of soldier , the mercenary , whose presence to people of the late Middle Ages meant destruction and disorder . |
| 3 | In 1989 , only 7.8% of pensioners who were mainly dependent on state pensions and living alone had a car . |
| 4 | I should do really got a clot in one of his legs as it means and went down the other one and got ta take it out , through smoking |
| 5 | ‘ It 's nice to be missed , ’ Laidlaw muttered then took a drink of beer . |
| 6 | The structure plans then provided a framework for local plans , which were to be more detailed strategies prepared at district level . |
| 7 | THE BEST sit-com ever made actually began a year earlier , written by estranged Hancock creators Ray Galton and Alan Simpson , but in '64 an episode was actually postponed on Election Day at the request of opposition leader Harold Wilson , who feared Labour voters might stay at home ( See ? |
| 8 | A BERLIN judge yesterday dropped a charge of attempted murder against an East German border guard who was photographed pointing his pistol at men trying to flee through the Berlin Wall in 1989 . |
| 9 | A ‘ penny wedding ’ was a marriage celebration , the equivalent of a modern wedding reception , at which the guests who could afford to do so gave a penny or other coin towards employing a fiddler to provide music for dancing . |
| 10 | Then , on Tuesday 22nd , a blast a Hampstead tube station disrupted late shopping , and a security alert temporarily closed a branch of Books Etc in the City of London . |
| 11 | Finance too became a problem . |
| 12 | It has been calculated that Betty , singled handedly moved a total of 40,500 tonnes . |
| 13 | Dancing also gave a feeling of well-being and encouraged them to be more sociable . |
| 14 | World No53 Swail then squandered a hatful of chances to move 2-1 clear as Hendry eventually came through 95-18 . |
| 15 | Suppose there existed a God who wished us to be unsure whether or not He existed . |
| 16 | News on Sunday 's temporary London offices in GLEB were available for the summit , but Pilger instead hired a room in the Kennedy Hotel , a modem businessman 's establishment next to Euston station . |
| 17 | Gedge gracefully took a step sideways and let the likeable Remeynes take centre-stage . |
| 18 | Faithful viewers will recall that last Friday we invited you to nominate the person you thought truly deserved a hero 's luxury weekend in London . |
| 19 | Tindle never became a boyfriend of Minton 's but once , when he stayed the night at Hamilton Terrace , he woke to find Minton 's long face beside his , his big eyes staring as he remarked , ‘ Sex happens before seven ! ’ |
| 20 | Fleischmann then showed a proposal that he and Pons had submitted to the Department of Energy ( DOE ) in Washington requesting financial support for them to carry through a definitive series of experiments over a period of three years . |
| 21 | A Lancaster man resting nearby noticed a patch of grass waving agitatedly although the day was calm , and on investigation was aware of a strong draught of air coming up from the ground below . |
| 22 | An old stockman who lived nearby had a gold-pan and a sluice-box — not to mention a very dubious prospector 's map , with ‘ reef gold ’ marked in the most enticing , most improbable places , and they got a bad case of gold fever . |
| 23 | March also saw a Seminar at Hanover House for careers staff in universities . |
| 24 | As we set course down the first valley low stratus blocked our way , and since squeezing underneath received a thumbs-down from both pilot and passenger , we orbited and asked for an IFR clearance . |
| 25 | It became the common view that any British retailer attempting to expand abroad signalled a deterioration in its fortunes , with the consequent lack of interest from the City . |
| 26 | The secondment of one member of the English Department , and the appointment of another , was seen by the College as a solution to both problems , which had together created a need for lecturers formally qualified as specialists in the study of English Language . |
| 27 | And Canning 's 37th minute shot just glanced a post . |
| 28 | Dagbladet yesterday brought a table from the spanish first division ( =premier ) with albacete listed even though they were not in the top five : ie they listed the top-five teams some ‘ … ’ and albacete : im quite sure that mean something though nothing more in the papers today . |
| 29 | But murder invariably meant a court appearance and cross-examination the defence seldom let the scientific evidence go unchallenged in this , the gravest of charges — and a court appearance put document examination in general , and Hoggatt 's Laboratory in particular , on public trial . |
| 30 | She grimaced then took a mouthful . |