Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But today in a faxed letter , he confirmed he bought the property because it had a clause allowing eviction and added : |
| 2 | Cut 4cm ( 1½inches ) off the ends of two of the rectangular cakes and sandwich all four cakes together with some of the buttercream , the shorter ones on top , centred widthways but aligned at one end . |
| 3 | The award was made against London Underground , who admitted liability but disputed the amount of damages . |
| 4 | Lothian and Borders Police admitted liability but disputed her claim for £75,000 damages . |
| 5 | A newspaper report of the day included this picture of the Norfolk display team using tambour and quoted the opinion of rally-organiser Ruth Rolph that he known benefits and creative nature of Medau work would help it thrive in spite of the popularity of recent arrivals such as aerobics . |
| 6 | We would have to develop an ingrained self-confidence in our ability to navigate across featureless terrain without any back-up whatsoever and using maps that gave little or no detail . |
| 7 | SORAFOM became OCORA and provided technical assistance to Francophone stations , for which it long remained a major source of material . |
| 8 | He made notes and said that if he had a key to the house he 'd be able to plan what was needed in a shorter time . |
| 9 | The solicitor made notes and promised to do all that he could to help if contacted . |
| 10 | It followed a day of incidents yesterday when people in the Breton ports of Concarneau and Roscoff staged protest marches , attacked warehouses and forced a British cargo ferry carrying lorries loaded with fish to switch ports . |
| 11 | But , having given permission and encouraged the port authority and dock company to move in and operate a port , which is a major long term undertaking , it is hardly reasonable to seek to stop or materially limit it without compensation and when the dock company is doing no more than making a success of that for which permission was granted . |
| 12 | He says the men got out , produced firearms and went to a picnic area . |
| 13 | She swung lithely down to Dream Baby 's gaudily painted deck and cushioned the two hulls . |
| 14 | She lacked experience and had no one to advise her . |
| 15 | He observed babies using ultrasound and discovered that each showed a preference for one or the other thumb . |
| 16 | ‘ Ah , well , if it comes to that , ’ Merrill smiled , trying to dispel an atmosphere of gathering intimacy that seemed to be waiting in the wings , ‘ I 've never imagined you actually sharpening chisels and tramping about in sawdust . ’ |
| 17 | An alternative to the questionnaire-type of worksheet , is the field booklet or pamphlet with pre-selected headings and blank spaces where the pupils can jot down their own notes on particular features , or make plans and annotated sketches . |
| 18 | This had annoyed Jonquil and set her steel earring swinging with temper . |
| 19 | That 's where you met Colin and told him I was having a new car . |
| 20 | By 1065 he had conquered Toledo and made it a Christian — Moorish fief owing allegiance to Leon . |
| 21 | Christopher Appleton , 18 , of Highmoor Road , Darlington , admitted burglary and asked for two offences to be considered . |
| 22 | Every inch of available wall space was taken up with bookshelves , and every inch of shelf-space was taken up with books — books , mostly , with tattered jackets or sun-faded bindings and dating , Greg guessed , from the ‘ twenties , ‘ thirties and ‘ forties — presentation copies , review copies and remaindered copies among them . |
| 23 | The priests had followed one of two paths : those who took the full vows of celibacy and poverty provided the staff at the houses dedicated to training the young priests ; and those who , after their training , became associates and went into the parishes , to all intents and purposes no different from priests trained elsewhere . |
| 24 | I would like to thank all concerned with your magazine especially the readers who sent letters of encouragement , because whilst I was struggling to paint , I read AIM and took heart from all those like-minded people ! |
| 25 | If you hike down here ( a much wiser thing to do at this time of year ) the Grand Canyon Department of Arbitrary Silly Rules and Regulations have erected signs that read ‘ Do not go beyond this point without water . ’ |
| 26 | yesterday , they erm they got Jacqueline and told Jacqueline that if know is that you call them bus shelter . |
| 27 | She respected money and had n't time for anything , no matter how beautiful , that was n't a success commercially . |
| 28 | Many of us have tried to lose weight and failed miserably for one reason or another . |
| 29 | BHC engineers came up with a floppier , tapered skirt that allowed them to reduce the pressure of the air cushion . |
| 30 | He hated the vulgarity of showing off the delegates as though they were exhibits , and the insincerity of pretending that platitudes were pronouncements of world-shaking import , and the feeling that he came a long way to greet fellow-Christians and found himself turned into a ham-actor on a second-rate stage . |