Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is noticeable that the Russell-Copleston debate became embroiled in a discussion of necessary propositions , a discussion made necessary by Copleston 's desire to show Russell that the world is such that it must be the case that it has a Creator . |
| 2 | In the week before the race , she became embroiled in a controversy over the skill of her opponent , the American Leigh Weiss , who had also steered international women 's crews but who was deemed not to know enough of the Boat Race course on London 's tideway . |
| 3 | Thomas of Sandwich subsequently became mayor of Bordeaux in 1289 , and became embroiled in a dispute with the burgesses which led to an appeal to the Parlement of Paris ; his place as seneschal of Ponthieu was taken by Richard de Pevensey . |
| 4 | If these events became regarded as a norm for science then public confidence would be threatened . |
| 5 | Dysentery became regarded as a norm of life at Verdun . |
| 6 | Fawcett soon became regarded as a dasher , but a dodgy proposition on defence . |
| 7 | That Arthur 'ad stopped at a pub on 'is way to the church , 'e said 'e needed fortifyin' , and 'im and 'is best man both went in the pub an' stayed there a lot longer than they should of . |
| 8 | He was n't given too long a sentence providing he agreed to go into a clinic — you know — to be dried out and cured . |
| 9 | In 1891 came the publication of African Aphorisms , or Saws from Swahililand , an annotated collection of some 600 proverbs ; the work ( reissued in 1924 ) provided an outlet for his immense erudition , and became recognized as a classic in the domain of Swahili studies . |
| 10 | When they got out they were taken inside a building and made to sit on a stone floor that was gritty and unswept . |
| 11 | Tobie made to sit in a chair and then desisted , because it was inlaid and foreign and breakable . |
| 12 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
| 13 | Former Queensland Premier and National Party leader Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen walked free from the Brisbane District Court on Oct. 19 after a jury failed to agree on a verdict in his trial for perjury . |
| 14 | They failed to agree on a design , but the ‘ modern ’ image of electric cooking , particularly among young housewives , led to a gradual expansion of cooker sales . |
| 15 | But too often the pack failed to ruck as a unit . |
| 16 | They got trapped in a hole , and no one could get near enough to get them out . |
| 17 | The South Shropshire coroner , Tony Sibsey , said it would never be known whether the boys had watched the episode of ‘ Neighbours ’ when a young boy got trapped in a trunk trying to hide from his father . |
| 18 | Yeah he got trapped in a car park and he could n't get out for ages and ages and then as he got out he crashed into another car . |
| 19 | His ill-looks are a punishment received when he failed to appear at a fairy festival , preferring to spend his time with a mortal maiden . |
| 20 | He and Benjamin soon became immersed in a discussion on alchemy and the philosopher 's stone : the librarian also offered to take my master to see Narepool at the bottom of which , according to legend , Arthur 's Sword still lay . |
| 21 | They agreed to appear at a venue called Litchfields , basically a working men 's club on one of the town 's many estates . |
| 22 | While McEnroe , who appeared far from visibly insecure , enjoyed watching the following match between compatriots Andre Agassi and Michael Chang , a clearly embarrassed Babcock was left to confirm that if he failed to come to a press conference after his next match — against Goran Ivanisevic tonight — he would be fined up to $10,000 . |
| 23 | If people expected to come to a meeting to make a decision , they will feel let down if the meeting does not reach one . |
| 24 | I knew that it would at the very least be fun to fail again , however effortlessly , and we agreed to meet at a pub in Barnes on the following evening . |
| 25 | The crucial events around which the case centred occurred at a dinner party given by the General , when Aitken and some others were present . |
| 26 | A camel is a horse which got designed by a committee . |
| 27 | Erm , members who are also members of the Business Grants Panel will recall that at the December meeting we agreed to grant to a company so he may relocate into the area creating twenty seven jobs , and Friday we learnt that relocation 's to go ahead to Telford . |
| 28 | Staggered strikes failed to meet with a response and the Ministry of Education , rather than negotiate , chose to end the school year a month early . |
| 29 | Pearce said : ‘ We always planned to try for a drop goal whenever we were in the French 20 metre area . |
| 30 | It was blow-out , on the driver 's side , and erm , well we just lost it , the wheel was snatched out of his hand when the tyre went and the next thing we just slammed into the barrier and then got catapulted into a concrete wall , |