Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the Whigs repealed the Occasional Conformity and Schism Acts after the Han-overian Succession , they took their time in doing so , and the party became bitterly divided on the issue . |
| 2 | However , through the 1950s and early 1960s it became widely accepted by biologists . |
| 3 | During the 1950s and early 1960s , retirement at the statutory pensionable age of 60 for men and 65 for women became widely established across occupations and social classes , although least at the highest status-levels . |
| 4 | In Leeds meanwhile he interested himself in educational ventures and became widely known for public service . |
| 5 | After the passage quoted just above concerning the esteem in which Molla Fenari was held and his place in the state , and before passing on to the next event in his life , namely his going on the pilgrimage in 822 ( 8 Dhu " l-Hijja = 26 December 1419 ) , Ibn Hajar writes that Molla Fenari became widely known for his erudition and that he was both pious and abundant in culture and merit " except that he was censured for [ espousing ] the sect of Ibn al- " Arabi and for the fact that he taught the and affirmed it " : he goes on to say that Molla Fenari , on the advice of friends , abjured mention of the subject in Egypt . |
| 6 | It became widely known through the book written against the Jews by Apollonius Molon , one of Cicero 's teachers . |
| 7 | One forgotten hero of the Victorian era was Capt. Hedley Vicars of the 97th Regiment , a gallant and devout officer , whose tireless work for the welfare , both spiritual and physical , of the men under his command became widely known after the publication in 1856 of Catharine Marsh 's biography of him . |
| 8 | Capt Forgrave 's citation said he ‘ became widely respected by all sides as a courageous , totally honest and highly capable officer . ’ |
| 9 | In this action Leftwich was well ahead of his time , as Norwegian ice later became widely used for refrigeration during the nineteenth century . |
| 10 | Early this century jute sacks became widely used for home distribution although the export of cement still continued in battels and later in steel drums . |
| 11 | Over many years Meccano became widely used by designers to demonstrate ideas useful in mechanical research . |
| 12 | However , interactionism became predominantly associated with ‘ labelling theory ’ which , as we saw , tended to revert to the status of another ( and suspect ) positivist-type causal theory . |
| 13 | You got badly lost in the dinner party scene . ’ |
| 14 | Now a huge one awaited him , liberals looking for expression , eager literati to put in sculpture , worn-out hippies , anyone who wanted to see right done for once . |
| 15 | The value of a practical education I was to see strikingly illustrated on The Guardian . |
| 16 | This took place mainly in sediments of the marginal platforms which became subaerially exposed during low stands in sea-level . |
| 17 | I became intimately acquainted with some of those I met , and the lives and habits of many others naturally came under observation . |
| 18 | At the inquiry , called by the stewards after Willie Carson had driven Iywaan home along the rail , Eddery explained that Alhamad had been hanging badly left throughout the last half-mile . |
| 19 | What motivated them , whom did they represent , were they altruistic democrats or ambitious élitists ? for Soviet historians the revolutionaries of Alexander 's reign were the authentic , if Utopian , spokesmen of the peasantry , and their Bolshevik heirs became effectively fused with the proletariat . |
| 20 | Farmers and governments everywhere would like to make more productive use of the vast areas of the world that are arid or semi-arid ; land loosely classed as ‘ desert ’ . |
| 21 | The Northern state became wholly dominated by protestant loyalists and became extremely coercive in its dealings with the substantial catholic — nationalist remnant within its borders . |
| 22 | Cash greatly impressed in defeating 25th ranked David Wheaton , and then by taking Lendl to 7–6 in the 3rd set in the final . |
| 23 | The details of this illness remain obscure , but in 1693 Newton became sufficiently disturbed in mind for rumours of his insanity to gain widespread acceptance . |
| 24 | Pupils are dissatisfied , and industry and commerce remain somewhat dismayed at the results from our schools . |
| 25 | no need for painkillers he was that surprised , he was that surprised the way , of the way he did it , he got brutally treated with |
| 26 | They became so engrossed in their chattering , that they did not notice a customer who came up behind them . |
| 27 | Later that night he became so engrossed in his studies he completely forgot about it . |
| 28 | In it , he imagines what would happen to London if it became so choked with cars that no-one could move . |
| 29 | Terry Wogan became so absorbed with her that he ran the interview into the closing music , leaving him scant time to promote his next programme — very unusual . |
| 30 | He could never understand why June became so irritated by his ‘ never reading the directions ’ . |