Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to be as patient as I could and I think David 's mother has realised for quite a long time that I was quite a good daughter-in-law to her ( although I was n't a daughter-in-law at that time ) but as a girl friend , I could understand her finding it obnoxious that her son brought some strange person into the house . |
| 2 | Hours of wrangling over the protocol of such matters was squandered during both the preparation and the course of the pair 's ceaseless round of state visits to ever more obscure countries . |
| 3 | It is only with such a system that uneconomic jobs or work types can be identified and stopped for either the fee basis to be renegotiated or the amount of work done reassessed . |
| 4 | So much detail is now accumulating on so wide a range of taxonomic groups that a mini-theory can be erected for virtually every one of them . |
| 5 | Since the advent of phylloxera , when it became necessary to graft all European vines on to American rootstock , literally hundreds of rootstock varieties have been developed for virtually every permutation of vinestock and growing conditions . |
| 6 | Further analysis showed no differences in results between schools in which the projects were taught for only the minimum time compared with those that taught it for longer . |
| 7 | The activity was sustained for quite a long time by pupils who , according to their label , have difficulty sustaining anything . |
| 8 | Again , there was a slight hiccup when the entire Leyland Class 155 fleet were withdrawn for almost a year with door troubles ; they opened while the train was running . |
| 9 | A thousand feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be — especially with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand . |
| 10 | Just 1,000 feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be , especially one with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand ! |
| 11 | The funding for the survey 's marine programme was slashed from $24 million to $13 million a year — money intended for both the Atlantic and the Pacific sections . |
| 12 | Printed by Imprimeries Réunies , Lausanne , the books are intended for both the general public and scholars . |
| 13 | Although we thought at first that this was a saw intended for only a serious builder , we discovered that it also earned its keep doing fairly mundane cutting jobs that would normally be done by hand . |
| 14 | Cheshire is actually sold when it is one to two months old , but it can be matured for over a year . |
| 15 | The sensitivity , specificity , and efficiency of the sweat spot test were calculated for both the sweat spot test score and the percentage number of abnormal subareas , and receiver operating characteristic curves were drawn for both parameters . |
| 16 | Although it was begun in the sixteenth-century the building was not actually completed for over a hundred years , the upper floor being added in the seventeenth-century . |
| 17 | As Ascension Day is always on a weekday , the passers-by on their way to work are able to enjoy the singing which , as the church itself is on very high ground , can be heard for quite a distance . |
| 18 | The effect that evening was that it hurt , especially as my supper was delayed for over an hour by blocked jets . |
| 19 | Erm , I think the scheme has been delayed for quite a long , well , I mean obviously it 's important to get this scheme off the ground and when people , and I 've had lots of phone calls and discussions about this , and when people have spoken to me I said , it 's important to bear in mind two things . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , Mr Porter ! ’ ( 1937 ) , with Will Hay the stationmaster of Buggleskelly , is regarded as both the popular and critical pick of the genre , and has been favourably compared with the work of the Marx Brothers . |
| 21 | Enjoying a fantastic location in Kos town , you 'll find the Hotel Catherine set just back from the lively , bustling harbour , right in the centre of town and ideally placed for both the beach and nightlife . |
| 22 | I have … often been worried that we are imposing more and more on a system of collective ministerial decision-taking that was designed for quite a different era . |
| 23 | The Maria is a small , friendly hotel , ideally located for both the nightlife and the beach . |
| 24 | You could then include a breeding pond ( occupied for only a fortnight or so each year ) . |
| 25 | Both women died instantly but Mark , who was trapped for almost an hour in the wreckage , was taken to Wexham Park Hospital , Slough , Berks , with severe chest and leg injuries . |
| 26 | Of those who voted , virtually all voted for either the Conservative or Labour parties ; 3 . |
| 27 | She had sat for maybe an hour , in an almost trancelike state , then she heard a rustling and approaching footsteps . |
| 28 | So far 1991 looks to be as busy as last year with two or three performances booked for almost every weekend . |
| 29 | She was glancing through a newssheet that she had looked through already a dozen times and that in any case told nothing particularly interesting . |
| 30 | Bramble was forty-five and had not been thus addressed for almost a quarter of a century . |