Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In consequence , the unprotected soil , depleted of binding organic matter , was rapidly eroded by wind especially and desert dunes encroached . |
| 2 | Other people have been jumping in and getting print left right and centre |
| 3 | There were outbuildings and stables , all of them run down and needing money spent ; or the bulldozer , Kevin decided . |
| 4 | In general , empiricism is based on direct experience only and ignores statements based on anything other than experience . |
| 5 | The company , it seems , has no stomach to fight religious wars any longer and has meetings scheduled with Unix System Labs this week , and the Open Software Foundation next , at which some kind of rapprochment is likely — though not an SVR4 kernel development — with product announcements set for the end of the month . |
| 6 | She watched when the sun dipped away and let darkness come with its moon riding high and silver . |
| 7 | He , more than any other ornithologist , knew what to look for and would be able , with the help of a few hand-picked collectors , to assemble a substantial collection in a fraction of the time it would take should he stay home and await specimens sent by less reliable amateurs . |
| 8 | It is not primarily intended as a program in which to create bitmaps , but rather to touch up and enhance images acquired from other sources , which includes a quite powerful scanning facility . |
| 9 | The work is aimed at developing a method of cleaning up and recirculating water used to irrigate plants in glasshouses to minimise the need for fresh supplies . |
| 10 | I came home later and found Kelly shaken . |
| 11 | It appears common practice within the health service to place specialist day care for dementia sufferers centrally and have people transported in . |
| 12 | He used to disappear periodically and come back covered in glory and bruises , often taking us ashore to celebrate England 's victory on the field . |
| 13 | Moin soon played across Lewis and was taken by Hick at second slip , and then Mallender came back and had Waqar caught by the same fieldsman . |
| 14 | This was characteristic of Gresley , who ensured that he and his design team were fully informed on the latest developments abroad and adopted ideas pioneered elsewhere if they were proved relevant to his needs . |
| 15 | Lee was fiddling with the bag , opening it again and knocking grain caught in the folds of the sack on to the floor . |