Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [coord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he shook his head his long hair parted and Rachel saw the gleam of an earring . |
| 2 | ( b ) Persons under 21. ( c ) Undischarged bankrupts. ( d ) Persons convicted of Treason — until sentence completed or pardon granted — Forfeiture Act 1870. ( e ) Members expelled by the House unless pardoned . |
| 3 | ( h ) Persons guilty of treason-until sentence completed or pardon granted . |
| 4 | It 's a feature that might come in handy when building an annual report : the user selects a field and chooses the added ‘ delegate ’ option from the menu , and can then send the spreadsheet to a colleague with the field highlighted and instructions to fill it in . |
| 5 | Wilson later admitted that so far as the shipowners were concerned , " It was blow given and blow returned . |
| 6 | After this he or she might do supplementary work , at higher rates of pay , for private individuals who need their apartment painted or television repaired . |
| 7 | By 1991 , as the recession deepened and unemployment rose , male unemployment grew by 13 per cent and female unemployment by 11 per cent in the first six months ( Employment Gazette , Table 2.1 , various volumes 1986–91 ) . |
| 8 | Although the case collapsed and Docherty admitted telling ‘ a pack of lies ’ in court , it opened up damaging wounds within Manchester United , and created a climate of fear and loathing among leading players that stretches to the present day . |
| 9 | The bones of the arm had for the most part fused but fusion had not yet taken place between the radius and ulna , which would be expected to have occurred by the age of twenty-one . |
| 10 | The annual statements of accounts indicated that the costs of organising and mounting courses were frequently in excess of the combined income from total grant earned and student fee-income . |
| 11 | A vote given or poll demanded by proxy or by the duly authorised corporate representative of a recognised body shall be valid notwithstanding the previous determination of the authority of the person voting or demanding a poll unless notice of the determination was received by the Company at the office or at such other place at which the instrument of proxy was duly deposited before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the vote is given or the poll demanded or ( in the case of a poll taken otherwise than on the same day as the meeting or adjourned meeting ) the time appointed for taking the poll . |
| 12 | A vote given or poll demanded by proxy or by the duly authorised corporate representative of a recognised body shall be valid notwithstanding the previous determination of the authority of the person voting or demanding a poll unless notice of the determination was received by the Company at the office or at such other place at which the instrument of proxy was duly deposited before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the vote is given or the poll demanded or ( in the case of a poll taken otherwise than on the same day as the meeting or adjourned meeting ) the time appointed for taking the poll . |
| 13 | She is resting her garlanded head on the fingertips of a red-gloved hand , inserting the large , crystal-clear dildo with the other , her crimson mouth parted and blue-mascara 'd eyes half-shut in rapturous delight as the devoted Koons goes about his business . |
| 14 | And the wind stopped and seas stopped tossing . |
| 15 | At the decaying gate-lodge the ambulance stopped and Vincent got out . |
| 16 | Now , ’ he waved a fork at me , ‘ if the guy was spending more money than Bonanza expected and Bonanza did n't seem to mind what 's the obvious thing ? ’ |
| 17 | According to preliminary results , the Adzharian regional organization of the Round Table Free Georgia bloc won 48 per cent of votes cast ; the Adzharian Electoral Bloc 19 per cent ; and the Adzharian Organization of the Independent Communist Party of Georgia 18 per cent ; 60 per cent of the electorate voted and elections were to be repeated in 24 of 40 constituencies , with a second round of voting in 11 . |
| 18 | There is no frontage included but prices start at £145,000 for a two bed flat . |
| 19 | When part of the roof collapsed and flames rose half as high again as the manor house , the firefighters drew back and restricted their efforts to keeping the outbuildings of the farm damped down . |
| 20 | One day in May I remember , the sun shone , the wind dropped and larks flew straight up from the fields , singing with astonishment when they felt the warmth in the air . |
| 21 | Unless you have a transformer made or wind one yourself , it is unlikely that you will find a 22V secondary , but a 20V type is quite satisfactory . |
| 22 | Then Handlebar 's cock suddenly jumped into the air , flew the distance that separated it from its rival and came down on the darker bird with its neck arched and talons open . |
| 23 | An expert system , in basic terms , contains three main elements : a knowledge-base ( rules and facts provided by experts ) , an inference engine ( a computer program which manipulates the knowledge-base and applies it to a particular problem ) and a user interface to make the system " user-friendly " and to provide explanations of the reasoning adopted and advice given by the expert system . |
| 24 | Even before Papert 's departure , they foresaw a conflict between the immense amount of long-term research needed and Servan-Schreiber 's desire for quick results . |
| 25 | A large number of vehicles were altered for war purposes and 400 20-ton goods wagons and 40 35-ton trolleys were built , as well as 1,350 general service road vehicles , both horse drawn and motor , 18 pounder gun-carriages and limbers , 50 packing cases for aeroplanes , motor and horse ambulances , 2,550 ambulance stretchers . |
| 26 | When Nigel came back he lay down on his stomach and held out a big stick which the Mayor clutched and Otley and I pushed him from the back until we got him out none the worse for his adventure . |
| 27 | This entails not only familiarity with the instrumentation used and experience in application of the method but also an appreciation of the basics of analysis — calibration , control of contamination , the proper use of blanks , sample preservation etc . |
| 28 | However , the choice of rule based or corpus based methods is still contentious . |
| 29 | A barrage of punches which started with a swinging left hook left Clarkson on one knee and once the action restarted and Hardy picked up the assault , it was clear the fight would come to a quick conclusion . |
| 30 | Yet once the oestrogen is replaced by HRT , most women find their confidence and self-esteem restored and problems with mood-swings , forgetfulness and anxiety considerably alleviated . |