Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my heart became filled with fear when I saw no prisoners . |
| 2 | What the quarto labels ‘ the First SONG ’ runs right through from ‘ Come all ye songsters ’ to ‘ Sing while we trip it ’ Purcell divided this into no fewer than five separate numbers : the countertenor solo ‘ Come all ye songsters ’ ; the trio ‘ May the god of wit inspire ’ — without the chorus repeat specified in the quarto , but duly followed by what it labels ‘ a Composition of Instrumental Musick , in imitation of an Eccho ’ ; a chorus which , instead of repeating ‘ May the god of wit ’ , sets the first line of the second stanza , ‘ Now join your warbling voices all ’ ; and finally a solo , ‘ Sing while we trip it ’ , this time with the specified chorus repeat . |
| 3 | Champagne became established as a political unit in the early eleventh century when the house of Vermandois united the counties of Troyes and Meaux . |
| 4 | Thus prayer became seen not as formulated exercise , which may or may not concentrate the mind , but as a state of consciousness . |
| 5 | The important thing was not whether the decision-maker was performing a judicial or an administrative function but whether the decision made affected the rights of those subject to it . |
| 6 | A West German ship with a cargo of uranium concentrate bound from Antwerp to Genoa disappeared and its cargo later turned up in Israel . |
| 7 | Women 's hair got blown about . |
| 8 | Dry your hair got changed |
| 9 | Further , women felt a responsibility to remain locked into that system of kin support in a way not replicated for men , who were more at liberty to ‘ get better jobs , migrate , emigrate and abrogate all responsibility for parents and siblings ’ ( ibid . |
| 10 | After the expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal in 1759 , the building became used as a barracks , and British troops were stationed here during the occupation of the island . |
| 11 | The building became known as London 's Nonconformist Cathedral ; unlike the Tabernacle , the Temple was elaborately furnished with stained glass windows and a tower of 145 feet in the ‘ Italian style ’ . |
| 12 | I do n't know how the story got started . |
| 13 | I do n't know how the story got started . |
| 14 | The air above and beyond the ridge became filled with wind-swirled smoke and the echoes of distant blasts . |
| 15 | It is understood that early this year both local gardai and Catholic Church officials were told of the allegations ; the health board became involved and the priest received counselling . |
| 16 | When William left school at about the age of twelve , he hoped to become a gardener but his skin became inflamed with constant outdoor work . |
| 17 | Nobody really minded — Mum exchanged 2 recipes and my silly wee sister got invited to 3 parties . |
| 18 | He wore an exceedingly white shirt with a butterfly collar , starched to a gloss like glass , and a shoe-string tie which he might never have taken off since his sister got married . |
| 19 | The main impact of this measure was that many landlords used the freedom to evict allowed under decontrol to sell previously let properties into owner-occupation . |
| 20 | Where the transferor became entitled to his interest on a death in connection with which the settled property bore estate duty , then for the purposes of the latter allowance the four-year period can be regarded as beginning with that death . |
| 21 | If there is to be a completion audit and the consideration is to be assessedor adjusted based upon this audit — which is often the case with an asset sale — what is the point of this warranty ? |
| 22 | FORMER Tour de France champion Stephen Roche last night revealed the agony behind his decision to retire admitted the pressure cycling exerted on his family life prompted his decision to retire the end of next season . |
| 23 | As Windmüller ( 1984 ) has shown , employers ' associations were then further consolidated and entrenched during the interwar period ( although there were some marked exceptions ) since collective bargaining became institutionalised in this period in many countries . |
| 24 | ‘ But I thought yer was sayin' that Joe 's bruvver got beaten up over Stepney . |
| 25 | A thick stolon was much delayed in its passage ; at one place it was forced to turn at right angles to its former course ; at another place it could not pass through the pins , and the hinder part became bowed ; it then curved upwards and passed through an opening between the upper part of some pins which happen to diverge ; it then descended and finally emerged through the crowd ’ ( Darwin , 1880 ) . |
| 26 | In both types of chromatography , portions of each component remain dissolved in the mobile phase . |
| 27 | When the latest decision became known last night , Peter said that it was encouraging for Mansell , the Ferrari lawyer pointing out that this was the first time that the FIA had not confirmed a decision . |
| 28 | The first time they tried out death in the arena the Christian got infected by the general bloodlust and bit the lion . |
| 29 | Had the National Government stuck to its professed intentions and dissolved , after about six weeks , into its component parts , with the ensuing general election bring fought by the parties , the political landscape might not have been changed as much as in fact it was . |
| 30 | I have selected ten routes to represent the varied character and development of the crag divided left to right . |