Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In work which addresses the impact of the Women 's Liberation Movement on female crime rates , Box and Hale ( 1984 ) found that increases in the rate of female unemployment were significantly related to increases in the rate of conviction for violent crime ( assault and wounding ) , theft , handling stolen goods and fraud . |
| 2 | But no-one used that label in the ninth century ; nor did Charles ever call himself king of the West Franks : his own royal title was simply " king by the grace of God " . |
| 3 | In the case of this well-liked fatherly brigadier , it was common knowledge that , although he would accept his chauffeuse 's six shillings , he would then pay all other expenses in order that she would be wined , dined and accommodated in the same style as himself . |
| 4 | Regression coefficients and their standard error were calculated with a CYBER 855 computer for those variables which entered and remained in the regression equation . |
| 5 | They disembarked and stayed in a tavern near the Tower for the rest of the day . |
| 6 | Their ecological dominance and biological success for the past 80 to 100 million years may stem from the fact that they were the first group of predatory social insects that both foraged and lived in the realm of rotting vegetation on the ground . |
| 7 | His eyes were still lingering on the curves hidden by the black material that caught and shimmered in the light as she moved . |
| 8 | It 's a word we use to talk about masses of undifferentiated humanity — like buying a pound of whitebait for your supper , rather than , say , 341 little silver fishes that once frisked and swam in the dappled shallows of the ocean . |
| 9 | It 's a word we use to talk about masses of undifferentiated humanity — like buying a pound of whitebait for your supper , rather than , say , 341 little silver fishes that once frisked and swam in the dappled depths of the ocean . |
| 10 | Her breasts rose and fell in a deep sigh . |
| 11 | Pascoe watched a globe as it glowed in the darkness , then rose and fell in a sizzling arc . |
| 12 | Despite the swell the water was smooth and dark and oily , with great masses of weed which rose and fell in a slow rhythm . |
| 13 | Glass cracked and splintered in the passage through to the kitchens . |
| 14 | Most of the urgent safety spending is required on the southern half of the line , which was relaid , resignalled and electrified in the 1960s . |
| 15 | The kidnapper , chased by the shop manager , fled and escaped in the car . |
| 16 | We stopped and sheltered in a farmer 's barn for the night and the following morning , misty as ever , did little to assuage my suspicions . |
| 17 | The private detective following them cursed when they stopped and kissed in the middle of the street . |
| 18 | ‘ Are you out of your … ? his father stopped and looked in a startled manner at his mother , who had given him a sharp dig , then began to cough . |
| 19 | As he turned towards the smokers ' seats , Loretta stopped and headed in the opposite direction . |
| 20 | Individual skirmishes flickered and stuttered in the distance . |
| 21 | Daemons howled and gibbered in the ruins of ancient settlements . |
| 22 | He refused to consider what he regarded as interfering in the judicial process and what they saw as moderating his policy of harassing the Free Church . |
| 23 | Even without his rose-coloured glasses , he realized that dressed in a pretty , long frock with her hair freshly waved , Cora-Beth could hold her own against any other young girl in the room . |
| 24 | If the foreigner made that transfer in the past before he became ordinarily resident here the clause would not apply to him because in its opening words it refers to individuals ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom . |
| 25 | Marx argued that to compete in the market for commodities , capitalists had continually to increase their productivity and efficiency . |
| 26 | Around her the crowd ebbed and flowed in a flurry of noise and colour , and Lucenzo 's arm curled around her body as if he cared for her safety . |
| 27 | When he left school , he forgot entirely about the whole business , forgot about it for a couple of decades , forgot until this thin , tired fellow , looking so very much like his old school chaplain , came and hovered in the drive , the epitome , it seemed to Patrick , of the doubting kind of modern Anglican clergyman . |
| 28 | It was as if his seasons came and went in the phrases he wrote . |
| 29 | Martha and the Muffins and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark , both Wilson discoveries , came and went in the charts — and still negotiations dragged on . |
| 30 | School came and went in the way that a school day usually lasts . |