Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [vb past] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve Lewis , who won a Welsh Schools cap from Albertillery GS at scrum-half and went on to gain an Oxford Blue in 1973 and play for Ebbw Vale and Bath , was approached and took on the job last summer . |
| 2 | The basic differences between them in respect of their value to architectural study is that Ostia was occupied and developed over a much longer period , from the fourth century B.C. to the third century A.D. , and that it was not a provincial city but the port of Rome and , as such , became more important , as is evidenced by its buildings . |
| 3 | Mr Farrell , of Ross-on-Wye , Hereford and Worcester , showed them where he saw the car parked and pointed out a skid mark on the hard shoulder . |
| 4 | But protestors objected and set up the Heart of Cheshire Action Group to fight the plans . |
| 5 | And Piers saw himself being seen and put on a clever sort of don't-mind-us smile . |
| 6 | Ian Whelpton technical manager to Clynol , who manufacture perms , believes it should only be permed when twisted and wound around a rod . |
| 7 | As the influence of Christianity spread , the new religion gradually embraced and took over the festivals , giving them new names and meanings . |
| 8 | The frogs are collected and cooked over a fire until the poisonous , milky skin secretions appear ; these are then scraped on to the weapons . |
| 9 | Dimly she was aware that de Raimes was being carried by two men , that she was being prodded and pushed down a flight of stairs . |
| 10 | At Whitehall the petition was unloaded and carried on the shoulders of eight officers into the Commons . |
| 11 | A purse net positioned and staked over an inconspicuous bolt-hole . |
| 12 | A man has appeared in court charged with attempting to murder a couple who were kidnapped and pushed over a cliff in a burning car . |
| 13 | A couple who were kidnapped and pushed off a cliff in a burning car have asked a court to give them the pick-up truck in which they were abducted . |
| 14 | Racialized and ethnic discourses and encounters are also inevitably suffused with elements of sexual and class difference and therefore fractured and criss-crossed around a number of axes and identities . |
| 15 | Kibbles filled and raised up the shafts had to be landed and tipped into hoppers . |
| 16 | Each girlfriend is blindfolded and led down the line , burying her nose in the chest of each man — who must keep quiet — and taking a sniff . |
| 17 | ‘ We have a small headquarters [ just Mr D'Silva and a finance director ] and management responsibility is decentralised and pushed down the line . ’ |
| 18 | It is no longer adequate just to produce a plan of a church : all walls and elevations need to be examined closely , since most churches are built , developed and extended over a long period . |
| 19 | There are many tests of children 's language which have been developed and marketed over a number of years . |
| 20 | The writer has not thought or planned out the ideas or points to be made ; the clue of " was was " and doubt about " contend " and " content " point to the speed with which it was written . |
| 21 | The railways also produced or speeded up the development of some of the early resort towns such as Skegness , Mablethorpe , Bournemouth , Swanage and Weston-super-Mare , and certainly allowed minor villages such as Cromer to become lesser resorts and ports such as Grimsby to be developed into major exporting centres . |
| 22 | When she demanded whether there were any suspicious circumstances he refused to be drawn and took over the questioning : ‘ Why did n't you say Ayling was here on Friday ? ’ |
| 23 | The Director paused and watched the scene below for a few thoughtful seconds , as a squad of house servants bagged and carried out the human remains , and began stripping off the blood-soaked canvas cover from the padded squares underneath , removing it for cleaning . |
| 24 | Loss or damage to personal effects and baggage taken , sent in advance or purchased on holiday ( including clothing and personal effects worn or carried on the person , trunks , suitcases and like receptacles ) . |
| 25 | He cinched his towel around his hips , then bent and scooped up the jewellery as if it were junk . |
| 26 | We were astonished to see a piste ( dirt road ) being blasted and dug up the valley . |
| 27 | The cans banged and rattled over a fuzzy soundtrack already overlaid with calls to Vassilis to move his head or Kostas to provide a cigarette . |
| 28 | He turned his head and spat , then buckled and retched up a thin stream of vomit . |
| 29 | He turned to go but Talbot stopped him as a seaman entered and handed over a sheet of paper . |
| 30 | The clerk stretched and sucked in the clear morning air . |