Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stafford 's Sutherland estates produced an annual income of £16,000 , but this was not enough . |
| 2 | Onions , left to go to seed , displayed magnificent fluffy heads , and a host of chirruping birds fluttered excitedly about the varied riches of the wilderness . |
| 3 | But by then he had already come to doubt whether Parliament shared the commitment he felt , with Harrison , to the kingdom of Christ on earth . |
| 4 | The clerk argued that it was not a " competent application " . |
| 5 | After another term , I was given more art , and my class-room became an unofficial art room , much to the distress of the caretaker , who accused me of having the dirtiest class-room in the school ! |
| 6 | The father was on for the whole of the second act of The Hooded Owl , and never had that part of the play passed as slowly as it did that evening . |
| 7 | He said the standard return fare between York and London would rise from £84 to £117.60 as private operators sought a 20pc profit on their investment . |
| 8 | The kitchen ceased vibrating , and its walls relaxed . |
| 9 | It therefore follows that any deviation from average conditions will result in a difference between the predicted tide and the actual tide experienced . |
| 10 | There 's now also a special budget priced Uno ‘ Spark ’ model , featuring over £500 worth of extra equipment , and it is some £300 less than its standard model . |
| 11 | Metaphors became mixed and feelings ran high . |
| 12 | Lange admitted that he had " been over a barrel " after the French government had threatened that unless the accord was accepted , New Zealand would be denied access to French markets for its agricultural exports , the mainstay of its economy , |
| 13 | Friction led to furious rows and the rows led to Willy demanding that he should be allowed to take a room where he could look after himself . |
| 14 | The damage became obvious in 1957 when the Midland lost its coveted position as Britain 's largest bank Barclays ' deposits of £1,346m edged ahead of the Midland 's £1,342m . |
| 15 | Father Devlin got in alongside him . |
| 16 | Devlin got up and they walked out to the terrace . |
| 17 | As Schellenberg and Devlin got out , a sergeant emerged from the hut with the radio mast , and hurried towards them . |
| 18 | They seem , however , to have had little support amongst the lords , and the opposition which undoubtedly existed to Gaunt 's reversal of the acts of the Good Parliament lacked leadership and co-ordination . |
| 19 | Bachelard 's work on the formation of scientific disciplines led him to argue that the proper form of historical analysis should focus not upon an empirical history but upon the cognitive or epistemological status of concepts that distinguish a new science from an old one . |
| 20 | La Rochelle , for example , established by a pariage agreement between Duke William X of Aquitaine and Louis VI of France in 1130 , grew in the second half of the century into the chief port for the export of Gascon wines to England ; the prospect of employment attracted immigrants , the settlement became a substantial town . |
| 21 | Scales got up from his seat at the table in Wycliffe 's little office but Wycliffe waved him back . |
| 22 | This meant the Duchess got a free air ticket to Sydney , Australia , and could spend time with Andrew while his ship was in southern waters . |
| 23 | IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co and DEC got together at the Open Software Foundation 's Challenge'93 shindig in Boston last week to demonstrate their implementations of the Distributed Computing Environment . |
| 24 | Dahl argued that power is fragmented between the different groups involved in the decision-making process since different groups got their way on different issues . |
| 25 | The queen asked how the groups got on coming from so many different backgrounds and cultures , and if they were making any new recruits . |
| 26 | Lawton asked . |
| 27 | In 1635 Warner sought the patronage of William Cavendish , first Duke of Newcastle , and his brother Sir Charles Cavendish [ qq.v. ] , to whom he sent tracts on telescope construction and concave and convex glasses , receiving a reward of £20 . |
| 28 | Pilot of the lead Hurricane depicted , Frank Twitchett , has signed every print , but the example being offered for tender has been personally signed by 22 former Battle of Britain fighter pilots . |
| 29 | ‘ By terms of his will , Lucas asked if he could be buried near his home , instead of in prison grounds . |
| 30 | Geraci asked . |