Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the notorious deal struck by Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt in 1940 , the Americans had built a naval base at the deep-water bay of Chaguaramas , and , whilst the huge influx of military and civilian personnel created something resembling a boom-time on the island , their recreational habits led to increased levels of prostitution and organised vice . |
| 2 | But red-faced valuers admitted they made a mistake when Mary , 41 , invited them to view it . |
| 3 | The Society of African Missionaries made him sign a document promising to be ‘ Faithful to church teaching in matters of faith and morals . ’ |
| 4 | As her eyes refocused she noticed a depression in the pillow Fen had used — and something else . |
| 5 | These experiences led her to become a member of the Council and Executive Committee of the British Epilepsy Association . |
| 6 | In 1981 the brigade received a second hand fire engine from the local fire department and in 1989 public donations allowed them to buy a second reconditioned engine . |
| 7 | My feet decided they needed a day off . |
| 8 | As the stragglers passed he noticed a man sitting on a tree root , nursing a bloodstained foot . |
| 9 | Maturity of outlook over the years led it to have a capacity for assuming an independent role , based on its own inherent values . |
| 10 | When I ran in Pinsk in 1985 , children in the street started to follow me , until officials told me to use a park . |
| 11 | When I was six my grandparents took me to see a film which I was told to observe closely because I would learn lessons about good behaviour and deportment from one of the juvenile characters . |
| 12 | These rebels felt they had a cause . |
| 13 | In short , there appeared to be a cutoff at five years , such that those with responsibility time spans of less than five years felt they needed a manager with a responsibility time span of more than five years . |
| 14 | When the Unionists returned they approved a motion for the council to go into committee , which would require the gallery to be cleared . |
| 15 | Those fairy stories prompted me to read a couple of the latest guidebooks , one Welsh and one from the Lake District , plus a recent history of Lakeland rock climbing . |
| 16 | After a hundred years of true blue Conservative control , the electors decided they wanted a change . |
| 17 | When her father retired she and her sisters begged him to rake a bungalow up the coast , but he insisted on remaining in Odborough , choosing this house from where he can see , half a mile away , the roof and chimney of the shop where he made his money . |
| 18 | Your arrangements enabled us to have a holiday in a hitherto quite unknown area and one of great charm , and we look forward to travelling with you again . |
| 19 | Cos they said , one boy , a boy , a police officer the other times thought he saw a boy with a knife and he shot him . |
| 20 | So , when one of Ramon 's friends asked me to take a package to a friend of his in Berlin , I thought , well , I can make up that I have a job and cut my visit short because of it . |
| 21 | As their numbers grew they formed a wedge between the barricades and the main body of the procession , which was forced to stop short some way away from the barricades . |
| 22 | There have been several false alarms in the tabloids , but at the end of 1986 reporters thought they had a scoop . |
| 23 | Police said they received a warning , using an IRA code word , just 13 minutes before the blast . |
| 24 | Gregory and Lock were arrested at Bangkok 's Don Muang international airport on February 6 when police said they found a condom filled with 150 grams of heroin . |
| 25 | She sang at her work in a voice so pure that the local men said she had a bell in every tooth , and was gifted by God … |
| 26 | The police suggested he arrange a meeting . |
| 27 | Waiters made him feel a fool , this clever man . |
| 28 | Others revealed he had a south Yorkshire accent . |
| 29 | Opinion poll results showed that he was consistently more popular than Bolger with the electorate , and many commentators expected him to launch a challenge for the party leadership . |
| 30 | We spotted our first reindeer lying down in a hollow by the roadside some distance ahead and , as I had a telephoto lens on the camera , the others encouraged me to have a go at stalking it . |