Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb past] in [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Benjamin Disraeli became Prime Minister of the British Parliament in 1874 and remained in that office until 1880 It was during his administration that Britain purchased a major holding of the shares of the Suez Canal Company |
2 | Archers and men-at-arms , knocked off balance , thrust and twisted and swore in both ships . |
3 | Then Satan scented water off to the left and swung in that direction . |
4 | Like the Australian marsupial Myrmecobius , it has a long and pointed snout , extremely long and pointed in this case , and an extremely long sticky tongue . |
5 | Post-war the variety of designs continued with the Yak–12 high-wing utility monoplane which was first flown in 1947 and appeared in several variants , culminating in the Yak–12A of 1957 , over 1,000 of which were built . |
6 | That statement had been true and had in any case not been made by Moorgate Mercantile , since H.P.I. was not an agent of Moorgate Mercantile for the purpose of making such a statement . |