Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Representatives of the government of Papua New Guinea ( PNG ) and the secessionist Bougainville Revolutionary Army ( BRA ) met for peace talks in Honiara , the capital of the Solomon Islands , on Jan. 22 . |
| 2 | In May Maureen registered for war work and was directed to a clerical job in an office near Sarah 's . |
| 3 | ‘ Everett Maltby , ‘ said Henry , ‘ who lived off Wimbledon Hill . |
| 4 | It lies within an area designated as planning permission since nineteen sixty four . |
| 5 | When we got through Ramsgate town centre and onto the motorway we hit roadworks and a long traffic jam , the weather became very overcast and it started to rain . |
| 6 | A RE-THINKING of High Noon , awarding more points to the practical men who have finally to take a stand , as represented by farmer Van Heflin , who just wants to get his crops in , with the figure of the hero reincarnated as Alan Ladd in fringed buckskins . |
| 7 | On Dec. 16 MCC applied for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the United States code of bankruptcy law and on Dec. 20 the UK High Court placed MCC in administration . |
| 8 | They applied for redundancy payments . |
| 9 | " I applied for school uniform grants for the kids , " said an unemployed woman in Barnsley with three children . |
| 10 | Mr Richardson applied for outline permission to build the chalets after winning approval for a hotel and golf complex at Humbleton . |
| 11 | When I first applied for part time training in September 1984 I was interviewed within two weeks of the birth of my first child . |
| 12 | Mr Baker said many of the 45,000 people who applied for refugee status in Britain last year were bogus . |
| 13 | Poland , Romania and Yugoslavia had all applied for membership as of mid-1991 , while Albania applied for observer status on June 25 , 1991 . |
| 14 | Shortly after the IDA applied for planning permission , 46 workers representing eight trade unions who were working on the construction of the Raybestos factory issued a statement : |
| 15 | It also applied for planning permission to dump at another site it owned at Barnahely , Ringaskiddy . |
| 16 | On the other hand , when the Greater London Council was abolished in 1986 , County Hall on the south bank of the Thames became vested in the London Residuary Body which applied for planning permission to use the main block for mixed hotel , residential and general office purposes unconnected with any local government functions . |
| 17 | However , when Bernard applied for planning permission to build a factory on the site he was turned down by the local highways department . |
| 18 | That is true , but if somebody applied for planning permission tomorrow or a or a renewal of planning permission , it would be difficult if not impossible to refuse permission for those to be committed . |
| 19 | Consider , for example , the case of two owners of agricultural land on the periphery of a town , both of whom applied for planning permission to develop for housing purposes — the first being given permission and the second refused on the ground that the site in question was to form part of a green belt . |
| 20 | But when farmer Robert Grayburn applied for planning permission to make the site official , Leominster Council turned it down . |
| 21 | He said that there had been an unprecedented 37 per cent rise in the number of recently arrived Soviet Jews who applied for unemployment benefit in March , as increasing numbers ended their initial period of direct state support . |
| 22 | ‘ Darlington Business Venture helped me put a package together and draw up a business plan which qualified for Enterprise Allowance . ’ |
| 23 | On the other hand , businesses in the Midlands and North which qualified for UBR reductions were now to receive them more quickly . |
| 24 | Coun Carr said Cleveland was the only county in which bus services were provided free to those who qualified for bus passes . |
| 25 | Wilson , born in Banbury and who qualified for Northern Ireland through his mother 's Co Londonderry birth , has operated at right back for Notts County in recent matches . |
| 26 | He rhapsodized about Franklin Roosevelt who , he said , was still regarded " almost as a god in place like West Virginia " , because , although rich , he had worked for the common people . |
| 27 | Apgood skimmed through Brigitte Schickert 's certificate , her husband 's name , parents ' names , place and date of birth , and the address of the Leistritz farmhouse , Dornhausen . |
| 28 | ranging from geographic information systems to architectural systems , the first of about 300 Intergraph technical applications slated for Windows NT by the end of 1994 . |
| 29 | Next moment Perdita , streaking down the field , had thrown herself out of the saddle and clinging with her left hand round Hermia 's damp hot neck , hooked Randy as the final bell tolled for South Sussex . |
| 30 | His height and strength will be badly missed in attacked as Leicester field what must be the smallest striking partnership in the First Division . |