Example sentences of "[verb] and [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have to learn to communicate and that means conquering our fear of that process . |
| 2 | Priced from £12.99 to £32.50 , they are all beautifully designed and each comes with a two year guarantee . |
| 3 | Time wasted can not be recovered , so it is crucial that we have a system designed and ready to implement the moment that any colliery closes . |
| 4 | Of 32 planned gas-fired power stations , three-quarters are badly designed and likely to waste more than half the gas they use . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , her descriptions of specialist homes show that few are specially designed and few have the enhanced staffing levels that would be necessary for specialist care . |
| 6 | It turned to booing and some chanted expletives by the eighth , when Leonard , clearly mastering the fight , won points with some superb counter-shots but then pulled back from driving in the wedge . |
| 7 | First , the fact that revenues and expenses in the Operating Statement relate to those earned and those incurred respectively , means that accruals accounting provides measures of the economic goods and services consumed , transformed and earned ; cash accounting provides measures of cash inflows and cash outflows . |
| 8 | We 'd been heavily blitzed and this gave us the opportunity to think big and boldly and to think philosophically . |
| 9 | 60 to 80 per cent of patients receiving a kidney , heart or liver transplant are fully rehabilitated and able to work ( Stiller 1989 ) . |
| 10 | A simplistic analysis and synthesis of function is pursued and this tends to eliminate the interlocution , the din and the vigour , the extravagances and the variety that casual solutions might offer . |
| 11 | Thankfully our landing was cushioned by the deep new snow and we came to a rest 100 metres lower , badly bruised and half strangled by the rope , but somehow down the couloir in one piece . |
| 12 | ‘ Morning , Beatie , there 's Cleg 's boots all mended and ready to wear . ’ |
| 13 | As far back as 700 BC Hesiod was wary of it : ‘ Gossip is mischievous , light and easy to raise , but grievous to bear and hard to get rid of . ’ |
| 14 | The government announced on April 12 that all charges against demonstrators would be dropped and that controls over the press would be relaxed . |
| 15 | Helen Lockwood , director of Teesside Society for the Blind , said : ‘ Nothing seems to be happening and this has gone on for so long now . |
| 16 | the sounding board — actively interested in what is happening and able to give good advice . |
| 17 | ‘ No , ’ she said hoarsely , and wriggled against his hard thigh , trying to get away , her body lifted and half splayed by his . |
| 18 | Several temporary sorting offices set up by Canada Post were reportedly attacked and some burnt down . |
| 19 | It seems to me that certain people in F1 can get away with anything they want and that has just been demonstrated here today . ’ |
| 20 | All pets are inoculated and all strays ruthlessly destroyed . |
| 21 | The traditional type is delivered mixed and ready to lay by a special truck , and it is simply poured directly where required , or it can be poured into wheelbarrows . |
| 22 | It 's hard to say at this point how many are now in prison as some are scattered and some gone underground . |
| 23 | From the Mid American Heart Institute a strategy has been reported and this entails angioplasty as the primary coronary procedure for acute myocardial infarction . |
| 24 | Oh has and that gone ? |
| 25 | But his eyes are averted and this combined with the sudden dwindling of scale conveys the sense that the sitter is both immediately present and unobtainable . |
| 26 | Every time he walked that 's him come back again and every time he stopped it stopped and this happened a few times and he was very scared and he thought he had better go and see what the noise was and anything well it was just a pet sheep tangled up in its tether . |
| 27 | He was making for the door when he stopped and half turned back towards her and said , ‘ By the way , Aggie , very little escapes you , as I know only too well , but have you noticed any difference in Jessie of late ? ’ |
| 28 | Much of this material is edited and ready to release . |
| 29 | But for so large a car , the 940 is amazingly easy to drive , controls are well spaced and light to use , and the height-adjustable seating position means you have a commanding view all round . |
| 30 | This followed an attack by 200 guerrillas on a television station owned by Ricardo Belmont Cassinelli , the leading candidate for mayor of Lima , in the course of which three guerrillas were killed by police and about 20 people were wounded and 150 arrested . |