Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [conj] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prussia was the weakest of the victorious powers in 1815 , and posed no threat to Britain , as France seemed to do when in the 1860s Napoleon III appeared to be following the ambitions of Napoleon I , and contemplating invasion . |
| 2 | I seemed to recall that in the past when we 'd met we 'd got on reasonably well , so I assumed that it must have been something that Jennifer had told you that had turned you against me , or , failing that , that you were just embarrassed at having to work with your sister 's ex-fiancé . ’ |
| 3 | I came to believe that in the S.A.S. he had realised his ideal of chivalry in a contemporary setting ; and that with our marriage and my acceptance of his decision , the two halves of his nature had come together , and for him the enigma of character had been resolved . |
| 4 | The yearly catch of sand-eels rose to a peak of 52,000 tonnes in 1982 , but then began to decline until in the present season only some 2,000 tonnes were landed . |
| 5 | But the general satisfaction with close and successful cooperation evident through the easy , harmonious transfer of responsibility from the District to the Cambridge Board of the Bedfordshire scheme in 1930 began to evaporate when in the following year , the Cambridge Board asked the District to cede its Chapter III providing powers in rural Cambridgeshire to the Board . |
| 6 | Over the next few seasons debts continued to mount and in an unprecedented move Athletico again made history , becoming the first club to introduce the £1 pork pie . |
| 7 | Poor passing gave Cardiff several reprieves , but something had to give and in the 15th minute , Julian Williams sent Lewis over from a five-yard scrum , Stephens adding the conversion . |
| 8 | Poor passing gave Cardiff several reprieves , but something had to give and in the 15th minute , Julian Williams sent Lewis over from a five-yard scrum , Stephens adding the conversion . |
| 9 | The Opposition refused to answer that in the recent debate , and they have refused to answer it again today . |
| 10 | Soon afterwards one of the tourists attempted to escape and in the ensuing battle one Israeli and a guerrilla died . |
| 11 | The people who took it round tended to assume that in a house of four storeys there must be two families : some of them would leave four copies . |