Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before his father 's retirement in 1869 Knowles began to practise independently . |
| 2 | That Germany did join the Schuman Plan had much to do with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer , who had been interested in European unity between the wars . |
| 3 | After that Marvin managed to avoid drinking until the evening . |
| 4 | Even Linfield manager Trevor Anderson admitted plucky Bangor deserved to wreck his well-laid plans . |
| 5 | By 1925 Whittaker had become an expert in his field and Chapman was immediately impressed by his knowledge of football injuries . |
| 6 | By 1935 Kenneth had discovered the pleasures of composing serious music and had several works published . |
| 7 | Staff at Cardiff-based Rimer-Alco volunteered to work over the bank holiday to prepare special oxygen machines to be flown out next week . |
| 8 | By the 1820s Brighton had sprawled along several miles of cliff top , almost to the edge of its parish boundaries . |
| 9 | In total Germany had guaranteed US$6,572 million . |
| 10 | That Minton had responded on many levels is evident not only from his paintings but also from an illustrated article which he wrote for Vogue . |
| 11 | That Bernard had broken noses defending her to his chauvinistic schoolmates . |
| 12 | Hans-Jochen Vogel had announced his intention to step down as leader of the SPD parliamentary group on Oct. 28 , having already relinquished the chair of the party to Björn Engholm in May [ see p. 38199 ] . |
| 13 | Which was that Ellen had sworn herself to celibacy while she worked as a cook , a decision that was to me as eccentric as it was both incomprehensible and frustrating . |
| 14 | This involved the creation of an Intendant-General of Finance and a number of Secretaries of State : the cumbersome system of councils on which the Spanish Habsburgs had relied so heavily in the previous century began to fall into disuse , the Council of Castile alone remaining important . |
| 15 | But previous to that Linda had said that she was terrified to get Lego for the little boy . |
| 16 | It was reported that , when ZANU-PF held primary elections in mid-February to select its candidates , several senior party officials , including Joyce Mujuru ( Minister of Community Development and Co-operatives ) , had been defeated , but that Mugabe had reinstated them after nullifying the results . |
| 17 | In fact the 3000 MkIII had gone the way of many a sports car in its dotage and started to take on a softer aspect . |
| 18 | From 1984 to 1986 the people of the territories watched uneasily as the mainstream PLO tried to recover its position by uniting with Jordan in an initiative intended to rescue the territories from occupation . |
| 19 | In 1948 Abdallah had moved quickly to establish his legitimacy in those areas of Palestine under his control . |
| 20 | Since 1986 Gotti had faced three previous trials and had been acquitted on all charges . |
| 21 | I agreed with him , even if Posh Porky had won a scholarship to some place called St Paul 's , which in any case was miles away in Hammersmith . |
| 22 | In that instance , the insurer was legally liable for the loss ; Equity & Law repaid Minett the £172,000 plus the £46,500 that Wright had tricked from her . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll build a fire , ’ he said , not mentioning the light Isabel had managed to produce . |
| 24 | The faithful Chignell had collected the luggage by this time , and secured two porters — one for Breeze and the other to cope with his employer 's paraphernalia . |
| 25 | He also used the sea-beet Roger had gathered on the shore in a soup , and packed it into an opera hamper for an alfresco supper at a performance of Don Pasquale at nearby Castle Ward that evening . |
| 26 | Old Wolsey loved to lead people by the nose , in particular his nephew and myself , and relished his little games of sending us unarmed into darkened chambers full of assassins . |
| 27 | A pre-warned Kenneth had plied John and his girl-friend Rosie with champagne to deaden the effect of the coming lunch , as I chased huge lumps round a pan of watery pulp that started life as potato . |
| 28 | The Continental ceramics sales at Christie 's and Sotheby 's on 1 March and 2 March continued to demonstrate the basic soundness and stability of this field . |
| 29 | Behind the scenes , however , the ageing Adenauer continued to criticise Erhard and there were signs of growing social and economic problems in Germany . |
| 30 | In 1972 Moscow had gained access to the ports and airfields at Berbera and Mogadishu as well as the airfields at Uanle Uen . |