Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly afterwards officers smashed their way into Mrs Curran 's bungalow where they found the victims ' bodies in separate rooms . |
| 2 | If they , they got they got piecework or they got th th the , they get either piecework or they get so much for the job so much , an hourly rate for the job . |
| 3 | Editorial assistant Paula Lockey spent a day at Grayshott Hall Health and Fitness Resort where she had a body massage , a reflexology consultation and an hour-long Cathiodermie facial . |
| 4 | Bruce 's forces were defeated first in Methven wood by the English , and then beside Loch Tay by Comyn 's uncle , the Lord of Lorn The king 's sister and the Countess of Buchan who had crowned him were dragged out of sanctuary where they had been sent for safety , and exhibited in cages hanging from castle walls at Roxburgh and Berwick . |
| 5 | For present purposes it is sufficient to note that the expression embraces the period of two years prior to the onset of insolvency in the case of transactions at an undervalue and of preferences given to a person connected with the company , provided that at the time of the transaction the company was unable to pay its debts or it became unable to pay its debts by reason of the transaction . |
| 6 | She went to the headquarters of the Special Air Services in Hereford where she underwent a ‘ terrifying ’ driving course where she learnt the basic techniques in handling a possible terrorist attack or kidnap attempt . |
| 7 | Yet Llewelyn felt the forces of heaven moving him , and aligned himself with them boldly , going without hesitation where they carried him . |
| 8 | When the olive-skinned Valentino was seen kidnapping a white girl and taking her to his tent where he seduced her , cinema audiences were treated to a franker exposé of naked lust on the screen than they had ever seen before . |
| 9 | Probably much of his success as a teacher sprang from this , for the young greatly enjoyed his moments of iconoclasm , even when it was carried on to the cricket field where he had no knowledge of and certainly no respect for the laws of the game , as a current Member of Parliament may remember . |
| 10 | Or you could just write about how you enjoyed the story or you did n't enjoy the story , or you think it 's a great story , or what actually happened in the story . |
| 11 | As it was , our retreat turned out to be much more than that — it was a warm experience where we shared thoughts and feelings with others , and where our static everyday lives were challenged . |
| 12 | Two new players were needed to take Spurs where they wanted to go . |
| 13 | He was either trying to force Jesus ' hand to make him fight or he had become so disappointed in Jesus that he acted out of bitterness . |
| 14 | Three hooded gunmen wearing Lebanese Army fatigues entered his apartment where they killed him , his wife and their two small sons . |
| 15 | We were then posted to 406 Sqn RCAF where we converted to Beaufighters . |
| 16 | Summarizing the argument , let me say that there are good reasons , based on sociobiological insights into hunting , which lead me to suppose that the cooperation , altruism and mutuality demanded by social-hunting techniques in 4-foot high hominids lacking all modern hunting technology meant that only the sons were likely at first to start to exploit the immense reserves of game which our gelada-like ancestors saw all around them on the savanna grasslands where they lived . |
| 17 | Then I was promoted to assistant cashier at the Wandsworth branch where I had to deal with the toll accounts to go to head office as well as the share accounts and the dividends . |
| 18 | Needing a moment 's breathing-space , she took a side-step or two away , and had a brief inner tussle where she came close to telling him that Travis was not her boyfriend , and had never been her boyfriend . |
| 19 | his face looked at his navel where he held |
| 20 | Then there is Christine Villemin , whose 4-year-old son Gregory was found near the village in the Vosges where he lived , floating in a river with his hands tied behind his back . |
| 21 | All the more pity , therefore , that , in his sweeping dismissals of British cinema where there seemed nothing to praise beyond Humphrey Jennings ' poetic documentaries , he refused any engagement with the darker elements in the native cinematic culture . |
| 22 | Much interest was shown in Medau at a recent ‘ Come and Try It ’ day at Nede House , East Grinstead where we held our own alongside aerobic sessions , soroptomists demonstrations , ballet . |
| 23 | When we observe this , we should either refresh his mind by saying something with becoming liveliness or something calculated to arouse great wonder and amazement , or even grief and lamentation . |
| 24 | We headed for the 4th Squadron where we had been officially invited by some of the English members . |
| 25 | At midday Romany cut the engines , and Milhaez steered the barge into a narrow inlet where we moored between the bank and a low island of reeds and stunted palms . |
| 26 | He held a hand to his chest where he carried his brother 's memory . |
| 27 | This time , he appeared in the heavyweight division where he produced similar results , throwing his three opponents in the preliminary rounds for ippon ( 10 points ) . |
| 28 | The stories grew more inflamed with the telling and witnesses were about equally divided as to whether Beatrice encouraged Modi to debauchery or he provoked her . |
| 29 | Compared with subjects with little or no periodontal disease , those with gingivitis were at about 23% higher risk , and those with periodontitis or who had no teeth were at about 50% higher risk of dying during follow up . |
| 30 | Men with periodontitis or who had no teeth were about 70% more likely to have coronary heart disease than were men with no periodontal disease . |