Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walls need to be mellow : dark creams , possibly sponged or rag rolled to give a textured effect . |
| 2 | Shelves of wooden toys , oiled or hand painted . |
| 3 | When real wages rose or unemployment fell , marriage and then fertility increased , and vice versa , roughly as Malthus claimed it would . |
| 4 | Interviewing as a technique has been studied and analysed and research suggests that technique can , in fact , be improved with training . |
| 5 | AXL ROSE and Co have worked hard at being the bad boys of metal , but their screams of anguish and unleashed hedonism from LA 's underbelly strike a blow for freedom from the hegemony of the American mainstream . |
| 6 | The emergence of more professional search consultants coincided with the increased need for headhunting services to help rationalisation and reorganisation ; but arguably as the search industry was maturing , headhunting could attract better-qualified candidates , and as their earnings rose and headhunting became more profitable , executive search was increasingly being seen as a viable alternative to a line-management job . |
| 7 | The Waaagh crossed Black Fire Pass by night as the skies thundered and lightning crashed about the peaks of the Black Mountains . |
| 8 | To the east , well fenced and warning hung , a sheer drop of two hundred feet fell down to the golf course . |
| 9 | As I sat there with metal ticking away as it cooled and steam rising around the engines , I tried to open the door only to find it jammed . |
| 10 | As I sat there with metal ticking away as it cooled and steam rising around the engines , I tried to open the door only to find it jammed . |
| 11 | My heart sank and numbness took over . |
| 12 | I stopped and mummy said , cor that 'll be lovely , should take one of that . |
| 13 | Awareness of opinion polls was most predictable in the Pre-Campaign Wave and became steadily less predictable as the election approached and awareness became more widespread . |
| 14 | Public awareness of opinion polls was most predictable in the Pre-Campaign Wave and became steadily less predictable as the election approached and awareness spread throughout the electorate . |
| 15 | She was only able to put weight on her left foot and , as soon as she straightened , her head swam and nausea engulfed her . |
| 16 | It fits perfectly the charm and naivety of the early to mid-fifties ; it has little to do with the self conscious posturings of the later period that Scobie wishes to impute to it ; most of all that of the ‘ Beat generation ’ , for most of the book had been written before Howl howled and junkie commenced the near-universal junketings . |
| 17 | According to the organiser of the tour , French writer Bernard Henri-Levy , President Izetbegovic wants the arms embargo on Bosnia lifted or air strikes by the West against the Serbs . |
| 18 | The noise of the van receded and Forester expected its place to be taken by the measured squeak and clank of the old machine , a sound that he 'd so far heard only through still air at a distance . |
| 19 | Its new Matchplay II surface used staple fibres , needled and resin bonded , to give a tough durable surface . |
| 20 | After his death , his family were plagued by POLTERGEIST-like pranks — hair and clothing were tugged at , doors slammed and china smashed . |
| 21 | So , what better way to impress your guests than for them to receive a beautifully crafted and colour themed wedding invitation designed exclusively for Wedding and Home readers . |
| 22 | Pete asked and Mum grinned and said ‘ Well , I suppose so but I 'll give it a good wash when we get home . ’ |
| 23 | If this happened and fighting broke out it was assumed that , against their will , Albania , Bulgaria , Serbia , Greece and even Turkey might get sucked in . |
| 24 | The man was relaxed and rested and Holly felt the tiredness brush through his mind and for nine and a half hours he had worked in the Factory at the lathe that fashioned chairs ' legs . |
| 25 | The promised allowance to cover extra heating and lighting was not forthcoming , and as the days lengthened and winter approached there was understandable bad feeling between landladies and their reluctant lodgers . |
| 26 | If something did go wrong , if tempers flared and violence broke out , they could be hard put to control it . ’ |
| 27 | First , people humming Beethoven 's ninth symphony looked forward to peace and joy as Soviet soldiers withdrew and democracy took root . |
| 28 | Slides were subsequently postfixed in 4% paraformaldehyde in phosphate buffered soline for 20 minutes at room temperature , acetylated in 0.25% acetic anhydride in 0.1 M ( pH 8 ) triethanolamine solution for 10 minutes , washed three times in phosphate buffered soline , then dehydrated and air dried for at least one hour . |
| 29 | Alain just nodded and Marguerite smiled at the girl . |
| 30 | Then the door opened and Mum walked in . |