Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guerrilla bands overran the principal military barracks in the Tehran area and the arms it contained appear to have ended up in hands of varying political allegiance . |
| 2 | ‘ You want to get mixed up with them ? ’ asked Camille . |
| 3 | ‘ Imagine gettin' knocked down by a tram in the middle of Lime Street wearin' them things . |
| 4 | Imagine getting turned on by a biker ! |
| 5 | ‘ My future is in Australia and I hope to get fixed up before the start of their new season next March , ’ said the 21-year-old Hull KR centre who is listed at a club record £180,000 . |
| 6 | Diana Dors was never really thought of as a great actress … indeed she once described her film career as ’ a lot of make believe held up by 37 inch bra cups ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ This , ’ Woods was saying several minutes later , ‘ I suspect has taken over from Hell as the most famous bunker in the world . ’ |
| 8 | PLAYER : It costs little to watch , and little more if you happen to get caught up in the action , if that 's your taste and times being what they are . |
| 9 | Why is it that lately I always seem to get caught up in … ? ’ |
| 10 | The only people who seem to get put through to him are little girls who want ponies for Christmas and wives who want their husbands dead . ’ |
| 11 | We 're chasing up two other people who were at that party , and who both seem to have gone out for the day . |
| 12 | Creatures often seem to have gone out of their way to find him and display themselves to him . |
| 13 | Right we seem to have gone back to subject four there do n't we , eh where are we now ? |
| 14 | Demons of unbelief , demons responsible for masturbation , demons responsible for unhappiness and depression , demons that control our cities — all these and many more seem to have popped up with alarming regularity in recent years . |
| 15 | The main topic of conversation was not which England players are playing their last Test , but which is the most useless advertisement around the ground , now that Durox Supablocs of blessed memory seem to have faded back into the mists of uncertainty from whence they came . |
| 16 | So far , the tabloids only seem to have picked up on the claim that couples using brain machines together have better sex . |
| 17 | So far , the tabloids only seem to have picked up on the claim that couples using brain machines together have better sex . |
| 18 | They seem to have signed up to the work directive from which the measure comes . |
| 19 | SUMMERCHILD : I mean , since we seem to have got on to household appliances in general … |
| 20 | In general , DATEC courses seem to have got off to a reasonable start in the art colleges . |
| 21 | ‘ We seem to have got off on a wrong footing tonight , Mr Calder , ’ she said carefully . |
| 22 | It is not the student returning but a flood of visitors — a lady coming to teach Hungarian to students about to visit Budapest , a social worker sorting out a student with severe memory loss whose phone is about to be cut off , a personnel officer from the Civic Offices to recruit potential employees from students on the scheme and one or two others who just seem to have wandered in off the streets . |
| 23 | Charles and Elizabeth seem to have come up with an intelligent expedient : they would give the boy two Christian names — the first Frome Titford ever to enjoy this luxury — and he could be called ‘ William Charles ’ after his uncle/godfather and father respectively , though they would actually use the name ‘ Charles ’ in everyday conversation . |
| 24 | Another work you often seem to have come back to is Il trovatore . |
| 25 | Oh I had a huge list of names really you know of erm you know we had quite big meetings where people seem to have come out of their parties their sort of sectarianism really you know which er the left is notorious for if you like if you want to use cliches . |
| 26 | They seem to have taken over from the large black dogs with glowing red eyes to be found in most local folklore collections . |
| 27 | Certainly I know , somebody I know who works with North Yorkshire , they seem to have divided up into the old and the young . |
| 28 | None of the earlier owners seem to have held on to the property for very long , for in 1647 , it was acquired by the Earl of Pembroke , then shortly afterwards , it was sold to Lord Pawlet , who is reported to have entertained General Fairfax at Chiswick House , on a number of occasions . |
| 29 | That 's why I 'm in school , because I know there might be a day when I get f—ing fed up with this shit . |
| 30 | We keep getting caught out of position so maybe its the tactics at fault ? |