Example sentences of "[vb past] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chiswick experienced some changes in 1962 , one of which was the withdrawal of all the trolley-buses , which were replaced by the very popular Routemaster buses . |
| 2 | Erm er it 's basically that there is no stated requirement at present from any of the four nations , for this aircraft to operate on ships er back in the early days of the programme when the the French were involved er we looked at the possibility of designing an aircraft er to provide the whole spectrum of capabilities from air defence er ground attack and also maritime operations off ships and er we we certainly experienced some difficulties in reconciling all those things in one design , which was adequately capable in each of the areas . |
| 3 | However , until very recently , the leading ethnographers of the police made few disclosures on the difficulties they encountered , implying that their entry into the field and relations with police officers were unproblematic . |
| 4 | Throughout the colonial period they made little use of the judicial system set up by the British and made few requests of their administrators . |
| 5 | Otherwise he made few changes in personnel . |
| 6 | In 1963 he made few changes to Adenauer 's cabinet and emphasised the element of continuity in government , though his personal style was very different to that of ‘ the old man ’ . |
| 7 | Following the coup the ruling junta made few changes to economic policy . |
| 8 | He made few friends ; he joined few clubs or societies , and after being elected to the college debating society was asked to resign because he never spoke ; he did not even spend much money . |
| 9 | I made few friends , but once I adapted to this life I do not think I was particularly unhappy . |
| 10 | Dulles in any case made few friends among foreign politicians apart from the dour West German chancellor , Konrad Adenauer , and Jean Monnet ( chairman of the European Coal and Steel Community who was doing more than any other figure to create the sort of Europe desired by Washington ) . |
| 11 | Klemperer made few records as an orchestral accompanist , and whilst listening to this performance , I was intrigued to know as to how far his towering musical personality affected Fischer 's own interpretation . |
| 12 | She made few demands on her parents but sat quietly , playing with an orange in a plastic mug . |
| 13 | The Committee was conspicuous for the fact that Conservative Members made few contributions ; the majority came from the Opposition . |
| 14 | None the less , the English Protestant outlook remained essentially parochial and chauvinist , and the ideology of international Calvinism made few converts . |
| 15 | Advisers in feedback sessions made few references to the self-appraisal and mostly reported on their own visits . |
| 16 | Then five years ago , by chance I met another women at a trade conference . |
| 17 | A consultant paediatrician , Dr Heather McKinnon , said Danny and Celia Palmer showed ‘ little reaction ’ , asked few questions , and did not cry . |
| 18 | Mr Norman Tebbit , then secretary of state at the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) , asked few questions and waved through the Al Fayed bid in ten days flat . |
| 19 | In Nicholson v. Harper ( 1895 ) A owned some goods stored for him at a warehouse . |
| 20 | In City Fur Manufacturing Co. v. Fureenbond ( 1937 K.B. ) A owned some skins which were stored for him at an independent warehouse . |
| 21 | None of the old historians of this County take notice of this Chantry , not even Mr Lambarde , who lived some years in the Bishops ' Palace here . |
| 22 | She says that they lived some miles from London , but they could see the red glow in the sky and smell the smoke . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Three days later my poor father went to visit an old friend who lived some miles away . |
| 24 | The workman manipulated some knobs and levers , closed a cage , stood back , and pressed a button on a console . |
| 25 | This meant that children and parents shared few pursuits together , and the art of the seventeenth century would seem to bear this out . |
| 26 | The feeling was that Richards should have declared before he did as the last hour 's batting produced few runs , but when England set about playing out time , Larkins , having gone first ball in the first innings , lasted only one more this time . |
| 27 | ( This is how the story is recorded in Luke 13:6–9 , where the fig tree stood for the self-righteous people , such as the Pharisees , who made a great show of their religion but produced few results . |
| 28 | Beat work and manning the Dock gates produced few opportunities for praise . |
| 29 | The client , who generally accepted the traditional process , also accepted the form of contract for what it was : a formal document encapsulating the procedures which seemed to work well and produced few disputes . |
| 30 | Mandy Yachad and Mark Rushmere made half centuries and when both sides agreed to call it a day the Invitation XI had reached 129–1 . |