Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think so , ’ she said , straightening in her seat and looking around like someone who 'd fallen asleep on a long journey and awoken in an unfamiliar place . |
| 2 | Kurt , 25 , says : ‘ I 've fallen asleep in a live show quite a few times . |
| 3 | One moment she was sobbing her heart out , then , lulled by the bearlike warmth of his chest and the comforting shelter of his great arms and shoulders , she had fallen asleep like a child . |
| 4 | Last week 's launch was delayed due to a ‘ legal technicality ’ , said a DoH spokesman . |
| 5 | The implementation of privatization legislation was delayed due to a decision on Nov. 6 by the Czech Minister for Privatization , Tomas Jezek , who said that too little time had been allowed for compiling the list of companies suitable for privatization . |
| 6 | This doubt had been in my mind for some time but the research was undertaken due to a number of reasons . |
| 7 | It was presented ‘ for outstanding care for his father , who was paralysed due to a stroke . ’ |
| 8 | For instance , Colchicum autumnale ( naked ladies or meadow saffron ) , bulbs of which are available now , will flower if placed dry on a sunny windowsill . |
| 9 | During the First World War a box of matches cost 1d and a matchbox grip 4d : a price just substantial enough to warrant a ‘ Thank you ’ when given free to a pub or grocer 's store customer , and just substantial enough to make money for a stationer or the many charities which sold them . |
| 10 | A shallow and wide window is not the best proportioned , and is often placed high on a wall . |
| 11 | If you enjoy walking , this could be heaven there are over 80 kms of marked paths to keep you occupied and walks are arranged weekly with an English speaking guide , both easy and strenuous . |
| 12 | In return for paying a small weekly contribution the contributor and his dependants acquired a presumption that they would be treated free without a means test though this was never a legal right . |
| 13 | The commission 's decision to allocate £1 million of its budget for hospital and community health services to support developments in primary care illustrates the imaginative approach now being adopted by managers who have broken free of a mind set concentrating on acute hospital services and have started to use their resources to respond to need and not demand . |
| 14 | And she had broken free with a scandalized exclamation : ‘ Damien ! |
| 15 | The campaign relies on a provision in the Water Resources Act 1991 , under which company directors are deemed guilty of an offence if their company causes pollution with their " consent or connivance " or if it is " attributable to any neglect " on their part . |
| 16 | The SDP were likely to be a far greater danger to us , as disgruntled ex-Conservative voters who would never have voted Labour in a million years turned to a cosy middle party . |
| 17 | The planned launch of the German Atmos satellite — which should have gone up in 1995 — may be cancelled due to a funding shortfall of around £300-400 million . |
| 18 | Others include a handbill in Manitoba saying that the game-hunting season has been cancelled due to an animal shortage . |
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| 23 | From the Canadian Arctic Porsild ( 1951 ) records catkins forming on Salix richardsonii , one of the dwarf willows , during an unseasonable warm spell in April ; the catkins were frozen solid during a subsequent three-week spell of intense cold , but resumed flowering immediately afterwards and set seed in June . |
| 24 | What acts may be considered usual for a firm of solicitors will change with the times . |
| 25 | In short children across , across the globe are facing pressures and conditions that are no longer considered acceptable to an international community that sees so much suffering around the world . |
| 26 | The CPSU could have been considered analogous to a liberal democratic party in some limited respects . |
| 27 | From here included tours take you to Rocamadour with its chateau perched high on a cliff summit and then to the powerful fortress of Castelnau-Breonoux which houses rich furnishings and tapestries . |
| 28 | That was n't too pleasant , since he had apparently come direct from a City-wide garlic and limburger cheese sandwich-consumption championship . |
| 29 | Finally , one must look for some representation in accounts of the personal style deemed appropriate in an encounter in a given type of situation . |
| 30 | In either case , each is considered indivisible as an artistic creation . |