Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His words have really come home to me this week . |
| 2 | Ferguson 's side have now managed only their eighth League win in 25 attempts this year . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm surprised the Barnet fans have n't got together to try to get the club taken over and I 'm also surprised that Barry Fry is still there . ’ |
| 4 | Liverpool Bay partners LASMO , Hamilton and Monument have already spent more than £O million on the project and gas has been sold to Powergen , one of the UK 's major power generators . |
| 5 | And while it 's very reassuring that schools have n't changed too much — I do n't think we want everything to change overnight — I think you could say that schools are open to the same criticism as of British industry at the moment , that they are institutions which perhaps are changing too slowly for the demands of the modern world . |
| 6 | Coal reserves have also expanded worldwide , with Britain 's contribution expected to last several hundred years . |
| 7 | It is important to note that most campaigners have been working quietly in communities for years but despite this , attitudes on genital mutilation have not changed very much . |
| 8 | Cuts in the defence industry have already seen more than three thousand people lose their jobs at the Dowty Group and Smiths Industries in Gloucestershire over the alst three years . |
| 9 | But they indulged in some dubious business ethics to obtain it ( see page 33 ) , and inspectors appointed by the Department of Trade and Industry have apparently said as much . |
| 10 | Japan 's ruling and opposition parties have both put forward plans for political reform , which include a shift towards a first-past-the-post electoral system . |
| 11 | The first and most obvious reason is that the public differences between the major parties have indeed got less : there seems little point in attacking on areas of large agreement . |
| 12 | Because of their attachment to Judaism 's holy places , the religious parties have often seemed closer to the Greater Israel policy of the Likud than to Labour , with its belief in exchanging territorial concessions for peace . |
| 13 | Students like yourself have decided how and why it should be written ; the authors have merely put together a series of explanations and answers to the questions that these students have asked . |
| 14 | Traditionally Christmas and snow have always gone together — and even though Safeway ca n't guarantee the weather , it does have a delectable , fully iced Christmas cake which should more than make up for it ! |
| 15 | Although none of these methods have ever proved completely successful , the idea of having wings appealed to the Goblins best of all and the other methods rapidly fell out of favour . |
| 16 | First results from yesterday 's elections in 5 Soviet republics show reformist and separatist candidates have again done well . |
| 17 | Braun and Oral-B have always worked closely with the dental profession to develop the best products for your teeth — this new toothbrush represents a real advance towards keeping your teeth clean and healthy . |
| 18 | Children from working-class homes have now come under two new pressures . |
| 19 | But I do think Tom 's animals have always meant more to him than people . |
| 20 | In addition to playing a leading role in the movement for the restoration of these craft ( he was Honorary Secretary of the Galway Hooker Association for six years ) , he has taken his boat where no Hookers have ever sailed before . |
| 21 | Each project has had problems with builders -buildings have always taken longer than anticipated . |
| 22 | And finally the supporters have not wasted nearly £100,000 of the Club 's money ! |
| 23 | Pakistan have n't complained yet but ICC secretary Colonel John Stephenson has sent a FAX to their Board ‘ asking whether there is any official objection ’ . |
| 24 | There is a Bertone version on the cards and it 's believed both Pininfarina and ItalDesign have also put forward proposals . |
| 25 | Antelopes such as the long-necked gerenuks , the even longer-necked giraffes and pachyderms like the elephants and the black rhinos have all stretched upwards for their sustenance . |
| 26 | The Glasgow club have now won only one of their last 13 league matches and look to be in free fall from the top flight unless they can break up this losing streak . |
| 27 | Perhaps the reason that tail shapes have wrongly received so much attention in the past is that they are the most obviously visible difference between boards . |
| 28 | The Church and pub have always worked together as centres of the community . |
| 29 | The townscapes , the farmscapes and the wildscapes have not changed much , except in small details . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ The problem this season has been that many of the sites have not fished very well at all . |