Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun pl] [prep] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Bryan and topless Fergie exchanged tender glances and whispered confidences like lovers do . |
| 2 | In addition to using casual workers to man up for " events " , we also found cases of organisations bringing them in to cope with peaks in what might be termed their " more continuous " activities . |
| 3 | The study , conducted by Newcastle University , found visits to GPs practising near the now-closed Monkton Coking Works rose consistently on days when sulphur dioxide levels were higher than normal . |
| 4 | It also , however , involved conversions at grass-roots level , for in the course of the sixteenth century the people of England ceased to be overwhelmingly Catholic and became predominantly Protestant . |
| 5 | He often cracked jokes with patients to relax them , his easy camaraderie taking the edge off their fear without in any way compromising their faith in him . |
| 6 | Seasonal and tidal changes posed problems for mills situated on larger rivers . |
| 7 | Emerson and Jackie swopped positions at Brands Hatch , with both of them missing gears at critical points and having to drive some time in oil thrown up by Ickx 's Ferrari . |
| 8 | In my youth ( many years ago ) I worked as a redcoat at Butlin 's in Bognor Regis and used to be House Captain of York where we trained teams of holidaymakers to go as fast as possible . |
| 9 | In the case of tampons , apart from the still-present dangers of Toxic Shock Syndrome , doctors have found that many women suffer from drying and ulceration of the vaginal membranes , which itself can allow toxins to enter , and in the United States researchers found fibres from tampons embedded in the vaginal wall . |
| 10 | Kelly ( 1985 ) found instances of girls performing a service role in the laboratory — being expected to tidy up for boys , for example . |
| 11 | Roberts ( 1984 , p. 180 ) found examples of women paying their mothers and mothers-in-law to look after their children while they went out to work . |
| 12 | The original demonstrator at Barstow used arrays of mirrors to focus the sun 's rays on a central ‘ power tower ’ containing stream that was heated directly to generate electricity . |
| 13 | No arrests had been made under the law , which regulated penalties for records deemed ‘ too erotic ’ by the state 's legislators . |
| 14 | American scientists analysed samples of leaves taken from the same district . |
| 15 | In particular , the annual flooding brought silt , which caused blooms of algae to develop which in turn supported a rich fishery . |
| 16 | But the Supreme Soviet deputies rejected calls from hardliners to try to remove the 62-year-old president from office immediately and observers said Mr Yeltsin appeared to have won this round in his battle with the conservative-dominated parliament . |
| 17 | Although it was usually specific issues which drove groups of students to write dazibao and hold demonstrations , as in the mid-1980s , the more general themes of democracy , free speech and human rights were also present . |
| 18 | ‘ Slower speeds , fewer accidents ’ Parked cars on roads surrounding Darlington Memorial Hospital would make for fewer car accidents . |
| 19 | At the end of last year , again largely for political reasons , the Pakistan government granted licences to importers to bring in tea . |
| 20 | The Tribunal rejected appeals by lawyers acting for the Marcos 's heirs , including his wife , Imelda Marcos , against earlier decisions by the Swiss cantons of Fribourg and Zürich to give legal assistance to the Philippines government in its efforts to recover the assets , variously estimated as amounting to between $330,000,000 and $500,000,000 . |
| 21 | I could n't see anything , and I thought I 'd been stung by ants , but the knee became swollen and blistered and then I noticed tracks like blisters crawling up my leg from my knee , and over the course of months they went crawling up and up and round my leg — terrifying ! |
| 22 | The ballot initiative , which limited State Assembly members to three two-year terms and state senators and most statewide elected officials to two four-year terms from 1991 onwards , was ruled a valid protection " against an entrenched dynastic legislative bureaucracy " ; the court rejected arguments from attorneys representing the legislature 's Democratic leadership that a legislator 's right to run for office and a voter 's right to choose a candidate would be unconstitutionally restricted . |
| 23 | This probably reflects a number of trends , including the switch to community provision , reduced numbers of places to provide residents with single rooms and limitations upon public sector expenditure . |
| 24 | The church received reports of youths boarding buses and singing anti-Tembo songs . |
| 25 | The council received letters from traders complaining of infringements of the Sunday trading legislation by other shops and intimating that the complainants would themselves feel obliged to open on Sundays in order to preserve their trade unless the Act was generally observed . |
| 26 | The small , dimly lit plastic tent was crammed with survivors from the eight twelves ' second attack : soldiers who had been pulled from the wreckage of their half blasted tanks with feet missing or shells split . |
| 27 | Previously , under the Poor Law Act of 1834 , a clause empowered boards of guardians to use local rates to pay for deaf ( and blind ) children 's education in asylums . |
| 28 | Taking the term as a challenge , the council wrote ‘ identical in being ’ into their confession of faith , to which they appended anathemas on propositions attributed ( in some cases rightly ) to Arius . |
| 29 | Hilda read extracts from letters received from Dr. Monnica Stewart , Margot Hawker , physiotherapist and June Sutherland , occupational therapist all expressing their enjoyment of the day and appreciation of our work . |
| 30 | Hilda read extracts from letters received from Dr. Monnica Stewart , Margot Hawker , physiotherapist and June Sutherland , occupational therapist all expressing their enjoyment of the day and appreciation of our work . |