Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For buildings which were not faced with marble or made of ashlar blocks , a marble stucco generally covered the brick and concrete walling . |
| 2 | All agreements must be notified to the Director-General of Fair Trading , who will refer them to the Court unless they are voluntarily abandoned or judged of trivial significance . |
| 3 | Never in all his experience , wrote Taylor , had he seen or heard of such covenants in a mining lease . |
| 4 | A third source derived from Scandinavia where in 1935 F. Hjulstrøm published the results of field and laboratory investigations related to the River Fyris and identified relationships between stream velocity , particle size and the processes of erosion , transport and deposition that became of fundamental significance in sedimentology as well as in studies of geomorphologic processes . |
| 5 | It was a question that seemed of crucial importance . |
| 6 | Letter that told of troubled times |
| 7 | The Glovers , cautiously , observed their hosts ; both wore suits that spoke of much expense , the senior and thinner with a striped shirt , the other with a lilac shirt and pink silk tie . |
| 8 | The tentacles the skin — with its patchiness that spoke of increasing age — were clear giveaway . |
| 9 | Instead the orbs had sunk back and there was a darkness to the face , a suppressed despair , even an agitation that spoke of tedious things , so unlike those experiences we had laughed over in the past . |
| 10 | She had a poise about her that spoke of some sort of inner peace and Jenna 's mind went back to her own mother — the beauty , the restless energy , the quick , sharp voice . |
| 11 | Within the excised matter were the small particles that remained of eight inches of lower spine , which had come straight through the body and the ventral wall to lodge in the front of the jeans . |
| 12 | He told himself that the man was arrogant , self-satisfied , and smelled of after-shave stuff ; Helen was an idiot to let him pester her like this . |
| 13 | The car had a bench seat in the front and smelled of warm leather and old cigarette smoke . |
| 14 | They wore long light blue robes and smelled of strange spices . |
| 15 | The rooms , painted green , were dark and damp and smelled of alien growths . |
| 16 | The belt was ( had been ) three inches wide and made of two strips of cowhide sewn together along their edges . |
| 17 | There are some unusually good things to see inside the church of Saint-Savin : a ‘ Eucharist tower ’ twenty feet and three storeys high , Gothic in style , and made of gilded wood ; two primitive fifteenth-century panels , each containing nine scenes from the life of the church 's name-saint ; a Renaissance organ carried on what is left of a wooden gallery that once ran right across the church , from transept to transept — on the front of the instrument are three articulated mascarons , which moved their eyes and tongues as the organ played , in representation of wretched earthly sinners , grimacing at the intolerable sound of joyful , heavenly music . |
| 18 | The massive thighs which emerged from out of the smock were encased in a pair of extraordinary breeches , bottle-green in colour and made of coarse twill . |
| 19 | Note that the average is surprisingly low for the year 1300 ( at the top of the graph ) ; but in this year we know of complaints from the king that the dies were of poor quality and made of soft metal |
| 20 | Its blade was two-edged , and made of heavy bronze , the grooves chased like lotus stems . |
| 21 | It 's well cut and made of high quality fabric that hangs beautifully , although it 's a little staid ; just the thing for the office . |
| 22 | His lips were warm and firm and tasted of smoky coffee , and they brushed hers lightly , tormentingly . |
| 23 | Sarge — his real name was Paul Sargeant — was an Australian who had modelled himself on John Belushi and disapproved of good language ( he once took me to task for using the word ‘ carouse ’ ) . |
| 24 | This means that all users who may be affected by the SPR are notified of its existence via the Mail System , and that a particular user is nominated to respond to the SPR and informed of this responsibility via the Mail System . |
| 25 | The third series of seminars was held during the period September 1990 to April 1991 and consisted of 8 presentations , covering subjects of policy interest and practical business application . |
| 26 | The Market House opened in December , 1842 , conveniently near the station and consisted of two storeys , both fitted up with stalls . |
| 27 | The walls were about four feet thick and consisted of two layers of stone packed with clay . |
| 28 | The arrival of the British had been impressive : on 24 December 1807 a squadron had anchored in Funchal under the command of Admiral Samuel Hood and consisted of four ships of the line , four frigates and sixteen ships for transporting troops , carrying two regiments of infantry and two companies of artillery . |
| 29 | Mean follow up was 33 months ( range 24 to 42 months ) and consisted of clinical evaluation , ultrasonography , and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ( ERCP ) . |
| 30 | The second winter programme of economic seminars was held during the period October 1989 to March 1990 and consisted of seven meetings supported by 313 members . |