Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] missed " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Mitterrand has rarely missed an occasion to underline Germany 's obligation to make amends by arranging joint ceremonies on Franco-German battlefields . |
| 2 | It is a delight to have Bishop Harris with us once more — he has only missed being present twice in 14 years . |
| 3 | In total , taking both seasons together , he has had 13 top-10 finishes from 27 starts and has only missed three cuts . |
| 4 | He has not missed an England match since the friendly in Hungary last May , and has scored all five of England 's goals in the seven internationals since . |
| 5 | The Socialist Minister has not missed an opportunity to remind those who regard him only as a tireless champion of culture that he is a qualified professor of international law . |
| 6 | Donald Young who has not missed a show until moving his Chicago gallery to Seattle last year is also absent . |
| 7 | But because you 're an old-fashioned , besotted old woman I 'll laugh at you while I tell you that your dear Andrew has not missed my wifely attentions at all . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's a very busy man , but he has not missed a session , and he 's proving a great asset . |
| 9 | McAllister , 28 , joined Leeds from Leicester City for £1m in the summer of 1990 , and has not missed a league game . |
| 10 | KEEP AWAY FROM THE EDGE Anyone who has just missed a bus is experiencing stress , but will get over it quickly . |
| 11 | Little fuss has been made of the director 's original notion of casting Michael Jackson as Peter , but Spielberg has clearly missed the boat in refusing to commission Robert Smith , front man and only constant factor of The Cure , to compose the score . |
| 12 | O&Y has also missed a C$450m principal payment on Toronto 's Scotia Plaza development and a $100m principal payment on a New York property . |
| 13 | He has also missed a few internationals through injury . ’ |
| 14 | The council has really missed the boat . ’ |
| 15 | He has now missed just two of Taylor 's 33 games , including the 1991 defeat by Germany . |
| 16 | But unless you want to spend your time and money on litigation against surveyors , building societies , estate agents and solicitors , with no guarantee of success in the end , you need to become as competent as you possibly can in carrying out your own surveys , even if it is simply to check that the ‘ expert ’ has n't missed anything . |
| 17 | Spot on about Whitlow he has n't missed much at all has he ? |
| 18 | he has n't missed one since the second world war |
| 19 | No she has n't missed you . |
| 20 | A pretty little thing like that found dead , and nobody has even missed her ? |
| 21 | Diego Maradona , who has twice missed penalties this season , scored from the spot ( 55 ) to earn leaders Napoli a draw at Roma , who led through Antonio Comi ( 11 ) . |
| 22 | This was just another example of the way in which the Major camp has consistently missed opportunities . |
| 23 | ‘ She has never missed a class and she will even telephone if she is going to be two minutes late . |
| 24 | For the past seven years , Bates has been the one constant factor in the British Davis Cup team for since his debut against Portugal in 1985 he has never missed a match and has played singles on every occasion . |
| 25 | Since making his debut against Pakistan in 1978–79 as a 19-year-old , he has never missed a Test through injury , a truly remarkable performance for a fast bowler . |
| 26 | We were feeling rather disgruntled at how many good films we 'd obviously missed when a man came on to the stage to read the nominations for one of the categories . |
| 27 | Scamp maybe said something to himself then , like ‘ Damn ’ or even ‘ Blast ’ , the sort of thing you would say to yourself when you 'd just missed blowing a policeman 's goolies off with an illegal weapon . |
| 28 | ‘ But Mrs Aitken told me I 'd just missed him , so I got her to make me a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 29 | That night I cried so much — I never felt so far away from anything I knew and I 'd never missed my mother so much in my life . |
| 30 | In fact , she won the history prize so many times that last term she was given it to keep , having only missed out in the second-year . |