Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I found this amusing ( if rather regional ) , a real beginner in computing to whom I lent the book found it very off-putting . |
| 2 | The King and his politicians were usually on good enough terms to avoid these extreme steps but as the decades passed the King found he was sharing more of his power with Parliament . |
| 3 | Most people who made the pilgrimage found it well worth their while , not only for the quality of the music-making but also for a quality of staging and design that pointedly bypassed the often musically ruinous fads of post-war directors ' opera in order to re-establish contact with an older and still valid tradition that goes back , with a passing glance at the work of Wieland Wagner , through Gründgens and Reinhardt to Roller and Mahler and , in some respects , Wagner himself . |
| 4 | However , the corporation that owned the plant regarded it as being inefficiently run and took steps to introduce a regime of tighter discipline . |
| 5 | The slash of blood across his throat and down his cheek revealed the knife wound he had died from . |
| 6 | The 32-player tournament is Korda 's first as a top seed and he admitted the pressure affected him . |
| 7 | He later admitted the loan stretched him to his financial limit . |
| 8 | One set was all they needed from the match but coach Tommy Dowens admitted the defeat left him a little flat in spite of the fact his team clinched the title . |
| 9 | I spoke to the people , analysed the fault sent it back down the line . |
| 10 | A community worker who helped the family told me : |
| 11 | The Foulis family who originally built the castle replaced it in 1806 with the Mansion House now a part of the school buildings . |
| 12 | A council ‘ hot line ’ would be available for those who found the scheme caused them difficulties . |
| 13 | — Like Mrs Plews , Mr Jim Tomlinson , of Richmond , found the study helped him in his work as a teacher at Risedale School , Hipswell , Catterick Garrison . |
| 14 | ‘ A lot of players , including Gazza , found the game passed them by at times . |
| 15 | The Waste was utterly still and save for the dark Tower in the centre utterly empty ; the birds which enlivened the forest avoided it , the morning sun , shining obliquely across it , lit the Tower down one side leaving the other in deepest shadow . |
| 16 | That helped a bit did it ? |
| 17 | Mr Kennedy badgered Soviet authorities into ensuring all those who deserved the honour got it . |
| 18 | The woman told the court drove her instead to Clumber Park where he unclipped the sign on his taxi then assaulted her in the vehicle before driving her back to Worksop . |
| 19 | The woman told the court drove her instead to Clumber Park where he unclipped the sign on his taxi then assaulted her in the vehicle before driving her back to Workshop . |
| 20 | To this letter I received a reply dated I March which contained some of the most interesting remarks he ever communicated to me , and which is of permanent value in reflecting his opinions on much wider issues : |
| 21 | ‘ Put me down , ’ she whispered through dry lips , and only after what seemed an eternity did he slowly lower her to one side . |
| 22 | He applied to the borough council for a transfer to the Hundens Lane area and claimed the council told him it was ‘ reserved ’ for travelling people . |
| 23 | Mrs Bauwens claimed the story made her out to be a ‘ social leper ’ not fit to be seen with a Government Minister . |
| 24 | The journey to Calcutta took some hours , and when we arrived the Army met us and wanted to put us all in to some barracks , but I protested and rang up the Bishop , Foss Westcott , and asked if he could advise me what to do as Margaret by this time was very ill . |
| 25 | When I arrived the housemother showed me around . |
| 26 | And he owned a shop did he ? |
| 27 | I said well me and Geoff argue more , I said we never used to cos we never argued a lot did we ? |
| 28 | A PEER with a distinguished war record who became a Conservative minister , Warden of Winchester College and businessman , yesterday described to a High Court jury his horror when he realised a pamphlet described him as a war criminal . |
| 29 | She read a poem called I am not good at love , written by Noel Coward . |
| 30 | So everybody got a handout did they ? |