Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I did get a bit depressed at times … and I got through a few pairs of shoes . ’ |
| 2 | Looking at the relaxed poses in our photographs , it will come as no surprise to learn that Clarissa modelled for a few years back in the 60s . |
| 3 | In his later life he became for a few months nearly as famous as Ramsey , though in a different context . |
| 4 | He then fainted for a few seconds . |
| 5 | Telephone or client bidding secured the majority : ‘ The Princess of Salm with her son ’ sold for £29,000 ( $45,820 ) , est. £30–45,000 ; ‘ Monsieur de Cormainville sold for £42,000 ( $65,436 ) , est. £25–35,000 ; ‘ The Prince of Saxe-Gotha with his Tutor ’ sold for £20,000 ( $31,600 ) , est. £25–35,000 ) ; ‘ Baron de Talleyrand ’ sold for the same amount against the estimate of £20–30,000 ; ‘ Baron de Bombelles ’ sold for £18,000 ( $28,044 ) , est. £20–25,000 ; ‘ The Duke of York on a quay ’ sold for £17,000 ( $26,486 ) , estimated £20–30,000 ; and ‘ Colonel Morrison ’ sold for £13,000 ( $20,254 ) , est. £15–25,000 . |
| 6 | The Sultanate of Oman produced about the same amount of oil in 1984 as Qatar . |
| 7 | Many of the pieces were purchased by Dubosc in Japan where he lived for the latter part of his life and much of his collection is now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco . |
| 8 | After I 'd returned and delivered the order someone else asked for the same service , which I willingly performed again , and yet again . |
| 9 | But in a sense it failed through the same sort of determination that gained him the earlier success on April 27th . |
| 10 | Falconi , swept over the island , while the Bf109Es of 7/JG 26 also made for the same location . |
| 11 | ‘ I am taking you to Jaén , ’ he announced after a few miles . |
| 12 | And I knelt for a few moments , head buried in my hands . |
| 13 | Inspired by the arrival of The Beatles to play the guitar , he bought a cheap Harmony electric and a Kalamazoo amp and dabbled for a few years before joining a high school covers band , playing soul , rock and a good deal of Hendrix . |
| 14 | We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven . |
| 15 | The Davies injury occurred as the former U S and British Open champion was diving for a catch . |
| 16 | She might have guessed that as soon as she tried for a little peace and quiet the whole place would be inundated with callers . |
| 17 | In the final phase of the experiment , the buzzer ( a conditioned stimulus ) sounded and the dog salivated after a few seconds without the presence of any meat powder ( conditioned response ) . |
| 18 | I hope you 've found the meeting this evening positive , I 'm sure you have n't heard perhaps if the people found after the this evening and the guy up there reckons we ought to retire , well I do n't think we will retire but I think we will be responding to the things that you raised this evening I happen to think the Harlow theatre I 'm not sure how you measure success , erm I think we measure it 's success in the fact that people actually do use the building , people do come to see the shows . |
| 19 | Weighed down by the burden of representing all of black experience in a half-hour sitcom , most perished after a few series . |
| 20 | We also stopped after a few paces and turned to look back at her . |
| 21 | President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro signed three decrees and a presidential agreement on property rights on Sept. 9 in an attempt to defuse the most contentious issue facing her government — the estimated 4,600 claims for redress from owners of property and land expropriated under the former Sandinista ( FSLN ) regime between 1979 and 1990 . |
| 22 | Because of what transpired in the latter part of 1989 , seldom has your insight been so penetrating and accurate , and between now and August is a time of unrivalled opportunities for you to make your mark . |
| 23 | As Betty talked about the rain of the previous days the builder spoke briefly of water tables ; as she deplored the unemployment in the principality he gave a succinct resumé of the economic situation ; as , somewhat at a loss , she praised the sun for now shining , Emyr described in a few words how it would eventually burn itself out . |
| 24 | Although the figure rose in the latter half of the year as the Gulf crisis drove up oil prices , the growing recession in November and a fall in the volume of oil imports saw the deficit fall to $9,700 million , and to $6,300 million in December . |
| 25 | The Midland rose in the same way as it later fell — by acquisition . |
| 26 | The number of part-time university students on degree courses ( other than OU students ) rose in the same period by 36% ( DES , 1989a , Table 1 ) . |
| 27 | He was holding a cage in his hands , dredged from the bottom-most depths of the Luggage . |
| 28 | It moved in the same half — crouched , shambling run as it had the night before , quietly , stealthily , purposefully . |
| 29 | But he and Eleanor moved in the same set socially . |
| 30 | It was short , like Mr Hyde , and it moved in the same light , quick , active way . |