Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William Gray , junior , the older son , had a nursery garden in Fulham , at Parson 's Lane , later Peterborough Road , but the better known Fulham garden of the period was the one established before 1700 by the elder William Gray and later taken over by Christopher . |
| 2 | The Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth , chaired by Lord Diamond and originally set up by the Wilson government in 1974 to appease the unions over a wealth tax , made a series of oracular judgements which confirmed the progress which was generally assumed . |
| 3 | A similar amendment had been introduced in the Commons and quickly voted down by the government . |
| 4 | He 'd worked in Japan and married there , been bureau chief in South Africa and then taken over as the AP 's chief Middle East correspondent in Beirut . |
| 5 | The BBC 's proposed solution was that everything should be handled by the BBC and then licensed back to the publishers . |
| 6 | He stayed in Moscow for two months before he returned to St. Petersburg and soon sailed back to Scotland . |
| 7 | This festival was linked in the East with the birth of Mithras and later taken over by the Christians by conveniently moving the birthday of Christ to this date . |
| 8 | He learned to fly on Caudrons at Hendon and then moved on to BE.2s . |
| 9 | The Fellow , a comfortable winner from Docklands Express in last year 's King George and twice touched off in the Gold Cup , has apparently thrived since finishing third in last month 's Hennessy . |
| 10 | On November 8 , 1983 , a masked gang forced their way into the Brinks-Mat warehouse at Heathrow and coolly made off with 6,800 gold bars worth more than £26 million . |
| 11 | Keiran served in the US Air Force , fought the Pentagon to prevent being posted to Vietnam and eventually ended up at Salford studying under the G.I. Bill of Rights , all paid for by Uncle Sam . |