Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [noun] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bailiffs move in and stock sold at the George Hotel , Shrewsbury . |
| 2 | The grand total of fifteen million pounds fell 7 million short of Telethon'90 , ratings were down and critics talked of the recession and compassion fatigue . |
| 3 | By the mid-1930s the Malthusian revival of the previous decade was over and opinion changed with the widely publicised discovery that the country faced the prospect of a declining population . |
| 4 | I think that a chief , or perhaps a leading group would after a while be decided on and priorities set in a way more mature than the boys , but girls would be less imaginative when it came to building shelters and lighting fires , and also less physically able to lift heavy objects and build things . |
| 5 | Part of a town centre was sealed off and buildings evacuated after a second World War Mortar Bomb was discovered at a charity shop . |
| 6 | Stations on the Cambrian Line are now pretty decrepit : Welshpool boarded up and part used by a Catering Contractor with minimal facilities and passenger information but the station is to be done up by the Local Authority : Newtown — possibly manned for only one shift per day ; Caersws — very nice with the semaphore signals and signal box still in use . |
| 7 | The burnt bed was broken up and pieces tossed through the window into the courtyard below . |
| 8 | Then suddenly the stars began to show up and people gathered round the ropes and paid attention . |
| 9 | There was a deliberate garden party atmosphere as the picnics came out and corks popped among the invited audience and the locals who had been very keen to see the new happening within their midst . |
| 10 | Yarn is now stored beneath with carpets being laid out and pattern matched on the Planning floor above . |
| 11 | Where the person is present or represented the following wording may be used : Unless by [ 4 pm on Friday 13 June 19 ] The defendant [ serves his list of documents ] the defence be struck out and judgment entered for the plaintiff with costs . |
| 12 | Thin and weary , he would come out and drop exhausted in a chair beside me , his chest heaving . |