Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | At that time the old doctrines of the need for democratic control were still strong and an argument arose between those , such as Mr Aneurin Bevan , who favoured total subordination to Parliament ( with a minister for each industry on the lines of the Post Office ) , and those led by Mr Herbert Morrison , who wanted to leave the industries a measure of independence to operate as fully commercial undertakings . |
| 32 | Sarah schemed for several weeks before daring to put forward a proposal . |
| 33 | Visuals are very important in terms of information recall I modelled for this a couple of years ago . |
| 34 | Words that are longer than ten characters are shown in inverse video and then percentaged for that sentence . |
| 35 | I was ashamed that I 'd written a reference for him when he applied for that job . |
| 36 | And I applied for that job , and I got it . |
| 37 | I do n't know , I ca n't remember whether she applied for that , I know Harold his daughter went up to Southampton and he was horrified at the accommodation she was staying in , up there |
| 38 | I applied for several and this one came up , that 's all , I did n't choose it particularly . ’ |
| 39 | Albert was so distressed by the whole affair that he applied for another post further away from the scene of the tragedy . |
| 40 | ‘ Luke , I never cared about that . |
| 41 | ‘ And you cared about that ? ’ |
| 42 | It could be said that some sort of crisis was going to force itself up in the life of a strongly emotional young man who was so strictly engaged in compartmentalizing his life : a father who was never meant to know about Janie Moore ; Minto herself cut off from college ; almost all his friends kept in darkness about his emotional history , and most of them at this period unaware of his religious interests ; pupils who were discussing with him the things he cared about most — books — but in a fashion which prevented his strength of feeling breaking through . |
| 43 | He cared about this . |
| 44 | He spoke anxiously , as if he really cared about this , and I thought : what a nice man he is . |
| 45 | There were six miles of gauntlet to run before reaching the open sea , and some damaged craft limped through this passage while others were still able to set off at some speed , making smoke cover with their special equipment . |
| 46 | The so-called Anabaptists ' take-over of Munster in 1536 became for more than a century afterwards a byword among the respectable for the supposed anarchy , savagery and madness which were bound to result if ever the " multitude " gained political power . |
| 47 | With the reduction of the general level of infant mortality , the difference between the two under 20 and over 40 years maternal age groups increased , so that , recently the risk of dying as an infant became for those born to the oldest maternal age group higher relative to that for infants of mothers in the youngest maternal age groups . |
| 48 | And is it not ( by its elastic force ) expanded through all the heavens ? ’ |
| 49 | Anybody who lived through that time in Oswaldston will have a lot of memories of it-some of them bitter , some of them funny . |
| 50 | However , it 's impossible for anyone who lived through those times to settle down to cosy domesticity , the world without adventure that Marius Goring offers Shearer . |
| 51 | It was not until the twentieth century that visual artists started to look into the landscape of the Highlands and Islands and try to say something about the lives of the people that lived through those times . |
| 52 | Most of us who lived through those times will , I believe , never forget the impact made by their unique hair styles and the famous jackets with no collars . |
| 53 | So they lived through another day — together in the same house , but more separately than ever before . |
| 54 | He joined them when he first moved to England in 1991 to contest the Vauxhall junior championship , a series he led for much of the season . |
| 55 | Murphy and Taggart led for much of the way but missed out a loop section of the route which cost them 30 marks and they dropped back . |
| 56 | Joe Foley led for much of the distance , but once Belfast 's Stephen Mely had fought his way clear of a rather physical confrontation with Michael Cullen he closed on Foley and moved ahead with two of the 15 laps left . |
| 57 | An Oxford rugby blue in 1959 and 1960 and a keen sailor , Sir Robin , 54 , is remembered by many Whitehall contemporaries as the shrewd captain of the Mandarins cricket team which he led for many years . |
| 58 | He led for most of the first 60 laps but was forced to make a tyre change . |
| 59 | However , probably his best performance was in the Hennessy Cognac Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown where he led for most of the trip before tiring and finishing fourth behind subsequent Cheltenham hero Jodami , Chatam and General Idea . |
| 60 | She led for most of the way at a terrific pace with Cardwell doggedly staying in touch before making a last-ditch effort in the final 25 metres . |