Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] [prep] [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 In Belgium the outstanding example is Tournai Cathedral which , although added to and altered later , is certainly one of the finest Romanesque buildings in Europe .
2 The problem of how to record all the informant said would be best dealt with by means of a tape recorder so that the complete verbatim record could be kept and referred to when needed later .
3 The young man nodded and made as if to move on but John wanted to expunge that mean unspoken and unmeant threat .
4 The girl ran over to the window and made as if to step out .
5 Eubank admitted : ‘ From what I can make out , this will be a good fight — unfortunately for me , because I like to get the job over and done with and go home with the minimum of fuss . ’
6 Ever since that event I have never taken a trolley off anyone , and have explained why if needed to and told as many people as possible about it .
7 This is why a child who grows up in an atmosphere where artistic beauty is in evidence and talked about and striven after has an enormous advantage over the child from a background of visual ugliness in which people are innocent of any artistic discernment .
8 The Northern Echo is happy to make it clear that the issue had been investigated and dealt with and had not been ‘ dropped . ’
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