Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hauled it when the weather permitted and invariably found a lobster or two in it , or even a fish of some sort . |
| 2 | I have never met or even seen a member of the Royal Family . |
| 3 | In practice , unless the employer can show that the employee has copied or physically removed a list of names or the details of a process then it may be very difficult to establish that the knowledge of the employee is exclusively due to confidential information . |
| 4 | Between 1740 and 1760 there was introduced and popularly used a sauce-boat in the shape of a shell , sitting on a short-stemmed , moulded foot . |
| 5 | It has an important place in European history for it was here that the peace treaty was signed that finally brought an end to the War of the Spanish Succession . |
| 6 | More generally , governments in Japan , the US , and Europe have promoted and lavishly funded a number of large-scale pre-competitive research consortia ( such as the VSLI consortium , SEMATECH , MCC , ESPRIT , and others ) , and antitrust law and practice in both the US and Europe have become noticeably more lenient with the passage of the National Co-operative Research Act in 1984 and the announcement of the block exemption from Article 85 in the EEC for certain categories of R&D agreements in 1985 . |
| 7 | At 4 a.m. it was purely by chance that Bob Newman first heard that Tweed had murdered and then raped a girl . |