Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He owls weep , he would faint , he would rant , he would laugh moan or shriek-as thought the situation demanded . |
| 2 | The List will now be available in areas e.g. ‘ Norfolk & Suffolk ’ ‘ London ’ ‘ Home Counties ’ etc. or where required a complete set of the whole country on receipt of a SAE or at Q.T. Day on 15th March . |
| 3 | ‘ Out came the most perfect rendering I had ever heard , ’ said Coghill , ‘ except that given a short while before by John Gielgud in his Haymarket Hamlet . |
| 4 | Commission officials , however , have argued that if given no alternative , fishermen will carry on fishing until there are no fish stocks left . |
| 5 | Their change of mind came after the president 's aides had said that if denied a referendum he would carry out a non-binding plebiscite anyway to settle the power struggle that has paralysed his reform programme . |
| 6 | It is said that when received the wrappers are of no value to Nestle 's . |
| 7 | Two huge eggs , greenish-brown like the sedge , with a matt surface mottled like moss , lay in a shallow depression on the very edge of the loch , with a distinct sloping runway leading to the water , so that when alarmed the bird could slide invisibly off the eggs into a deep dive , to surface many yards away from its well-camouflaged home . |
| 8 | It has always been to the Society 's credit that preservation work undertaken on its Merlin engines has involved every nut , bolt and washer being removed , cleaned , treated and replaced so that when rebuilt the engine should stand every chance of lasting for many future generations . |
| 9 | Wilson could see that when scrubbed the red and white patterns upon them might be pretty . |
| 10 | Make the other tentacles in the same way , varying the direction of the curve so that when assembled the tentacles branch out at different angles . |
| 11 | Although when awarded the Bessemer medal in 1883 Thomas acknowledged Gilchrist 's ‘ unwearied exertions , conspicuous energy and ability ’ , Gilchrist was always overshadowed by his romantic inventive cousin , his vivacious mother , and his talented brother , the painter Herbert Harlakenden Gilchrist . |
| 12 | It was fortunate that Nigel was never happier than when given a problem . |
| 13 | Those of us who remember the food shortages of the war years and after learned the lesson the hard way . |
| 14 | It was a contrast that I found intriguing , and when given the opportunity embarked on research to explore further its nature and consequences . |
| 15 | And as pulled the peg the spring went out and the ball went like that ! |
| 16 | You can pull it up by its roots , but if cut an inch or so above ground level it usually resprouts to give a second crop . |
| 17 | but though bent a bit |
| 18 | Both may be escapist , but when pressed the most frequent response is ‘ Yes , but the farm/business would put my family at risk ’ . |
| 19 | When the dark-blues did turn up the fun started but as expected the Cambridge crew were carrying far more weight . |
| 20 | Because as recognized a century ago by Ravenstein ( 1885 , 1889 ) most movement takes place over shorter distances , migration 's role in population change becomes more important as the spatial scale of analysis descends . |
| 21 | If , six months later , it is placed in the same box and given an injection of saline , it displays the identical behaviour as when given the drug . |
| 22 | Specially cut sails are not essential , as when reefed the sail is shaped by the bearing system . |
| 23 | In it he described how , if chicks are trained on the passive avoidance task and immediately afterwards given a mild electric shock across their heads , they seem to forget the association of taste and bead , for when offered a bead later they peck at it enthusiastically once more . |