Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [subord] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 9.1.1 The rents ( or any of them or any part of them ) under this Lease are outstanding for [ 14 days ] after becoming due whether formally demanded or not |
| 2 | When people from this background find themselves in the middle of an industrial set-up , it is not easy for them to adjust their values or frames of reference , just as people from an industrial society , used to individual wages and jobs , would feel confused if suddenly thrust into a peasant society . |
| 3 | These large spaces did not rush past but seemed endless because endlessly repeated . |
| 4 | However , these shrubs can become untidy if not clipped hard back each year . |
| 5 | Two contrasting colours such a blue and yellow can look effective when freely mingled , each intensifying the impact of the other . |
| 6 | TOP RIGHT Dobermans are strong individuals and can become dominant unless firmly trained from an early age . |
| 7 | Even standard floorboards can look attractive if carefully prepared , sanded and sealed . |
| 8 | LAMBS ' LIVER , BACON AND ONIONS Not only is lambs ' liver high in iron and a general nutrition booster , but it tastes superb when thinly cut and cooked briefly so it is brown outside and pink inside . |
| 9 | Topsoil , which eventually becomes man-made when constantly cultivated , is of primary importance : some eighty per cent of the vine 's root system , including most of the feeding network , remains in the upper sector of soil . |
| 10 | On two occasions he joined large dinner parties designed to raise money for particular charities and I witnessed him reduced to slumping over the table on folded arms , where he remained comatose until gently removed at the end of the meal . |