Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And after that , ’ Woolley said , ‘ you will come back here and stop the German air force from examining the hole which their artillery has just blown in the British Line , a hole about the size of Lancashire , and that will be the biggest waste of time of all , because the German Army found that hole an hour ago , and is now galloping through it as fast as its little legs will carry it , heading in the direction of … ’ he snipped the final toe-nail and straightened his leg to study the fault' … us . ’ |
| 2 | At last he rose and barked an order at one of the young men who placed the ladder lying on the ground against the scaffold , then gestured dramatically at Athelstan . |
| 3 | In the course of time it cooled and acquired an atmosphere from the emission of gases from the rocks . |
| 4 | The only way the ground for the deportation decision can be challenged is if the refugee returns to the country from which he fled and launches an appeal there . |
| 5 | Abruptly he stopped and indicated an alleyway , a long , dark passage ahead . |
| 6 | Cornelius knelt and pressed an ear to the keyhole of the closed door . |
| 7 | He hooked and landed an enormous conger eel , whilst fishing from one of the boats in the harbour . |
| 8 | On 8 January 1989 , at Kegworth , 47 people were killed when a British Midland 737 crashed while attempting an emergency landing . |
| 9 | Sergei Witte , the Tsar 's minister of finance , realised that creating an industrial base for Russia had risks . |
| 10 | She 'd give that up when she pleased or die an old maid . |
| 11 | Central Television came and made an interview/ documentary film for their weekly current affairs programme Central Lobby , during the course of which I was seen driving around the neighbourhood , first preceding and then followed by the camera crew . |
| 12 | She snapped that she was entitled to come and go as she pleased and said an old friend had offered to buy her supper . |
| 13 | Andrew , who led and inspired an experimental London to a deserved 26-16 win over reigning Divisional champions Midlands , confronts triumphant South West captain Barnes next weekend knowing the Bath stand-off masterminded something historic in Yorkshire . |
| 14 | Graduating from farce to slapstick , Stunt Arranger Peter Diamond ( who also played Delos ) devised and choreographed an extraordinarily energetic fight scene between William Hartnell and Barry Jackson ( as the mute assassin Ascaris ) . |
| 15 | Ball chipped ahead , regathered and scored an excellent individual try . |
| 16 | A SECURITY guard who kidnapped and killed an oil chief was jailed for a maximum 95 years yesterday . |
| 17 | The stranger turned and raised an inquiring brow at his brethren , who nodded . |
| 18 | She turned and put an arm round Pascoe 's neck , as if he might be in need of comfort . |
| 19 | Like ancient myths that captured and contained an essential truth , they shape how we see and understand our lives , how we make sense of our experience . |
| 20 | Lancaster sighed and brushed an imaginary fly from his nose . |
| 21 | Brother Thomas nodded and splashed an earthenware bowl to the brim . |
| 22 | Cleveland deputy coroner Ronald Smith opened and adjourned an inquest into the death of plumber Alan Vest , 52 , of Oulston Road , Fairfield , Stockton . |
| 23 | They want taxes raised that have an impact on ordinary people . |
| 24 | British finance minister Barber remarked that reaching an agreement would only be twice as difficult in the new forum as in the old . |
| 25 | Edwin always noted the time he began and finished an analysis and the procedure he adopted . |
| 26 | Then for another song we layered and layered an E-Bow . |
| 27 | ‘ I solicited and obtained an Act of Parliament … to exempt the legacy from the Legacy Duty . |
| 28 | In his social criticism Eliot assumes an idea of England which never existed and proposes an England which could not exist : in the same way , his own vision of the world was too singular for him to be able to invest his social dramas with the emblematic or representative significance to which he aspired . |
| 29 | Of course , these single-employer estates are not closed social fields : indeed , social networks extend outwards from the estates to include other colleagues employed by the same company who live elsewhere in Dunrossness , and perhaps also include a few Shetlanders perceived as having an equal social status . |
| 30 | The real answer is to fit the valve seats suitable for lead free petrol as previously stated , either having your own cylinder head reconditioned or fitting an exchange head available now from many sources . |