Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The long association of the priest with the ordeal , which took place after the accused had communicated or taken part in the eucharist , must have blurred the distinction between earthly and supernatural justice . |
| 2 | Although not defined under the Road Traffic Act it is considered that having regard to the spirit of the legislation that the definition used in other Acts would apply viz : Includes any place to which the public have access whether on payment or otherwise , e.g. fields where the public can park for a race meeting or traction engine rally , footpaths or bridleways ( unless the Act states otherwise : see section 22A ( 5 ) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 ) , or anywhere where the public could be at risk from mechanically propelled vehicles . |
| 3 | It was in the nature of a goodwill invitation , nothing more , none of us realising that he was the one man in Punta Arenas who had some idea of why an old wooden-walled East Indiaman , built like a frigate , should have been reconditioned and brought south by the Argentine Navy during the war . |
| 4 | When matters of race are located and called attention to in American literature , critical response has tended to be on the order of a humanistic nostrum — or a dismissal mandated by the label ‘ political ’ . |
| 5 | In a new departure , EPLF gunboats attacked and set fire to a Polish freighter off the Eritrean Red Sea coast on Jan. 3 ; they seized the 30-strong crew and fired rockets to drive off a second Polish freighter which attempted to come to their aid . |
| 6 | The Karen National Union on Jan. 8 and 14 reportedly attacked and set fire to three oil tanker trucks belonging to a Thai logging company working in Karen State , killing one of the drivers . |
| 7 | Just after the end of the Falklands conflict , my second husband died , suddenly and unexpectedly , almost forty years to the day after he had been wounded and taken prisoner at Tobruk while serving with the Royal Durban Light Infantry in the ill-fated 2nd South African Division . |
| 8 | Looking beneath the carriage , I noticed that there was a machine needle caught and laying flat across the magnets . |
| 9 | As it is no longer in focus the drill serves to reinforce what has already been drilled and ensures automaticity of control . |
| 10 | Andy Slater had organised and taken part in the race , but with its rapid growth it was getting out of hand and he decided to back out . |
| 11 | Later in the night she would discover the scars , the knife wound across his shoulder-blades where he 'd been slashed in a Belfast bar , and the bullet wound above his right knee that had never healed properly , a legacy from when he was on border patrol and one of his own men had panicked and opened fire on him . |
| 12 | Soon after police arrived to carry out the order , violence spread , as students smashed and set fire to Mr Kamba 's Mercedes car , and police responded with tear gas and baton charges . |
| 13 | For example , if the person is severely incapacitated and has difficulty in mobilising , it can be important to know whether , when at home , it is necessary to go upstairs to the toilet . |
| 14 | This was the first English Bible printed in Roman type and with verse divisions , which are among the reasons why it was enormously popular and , for the next fifty years , the most commonly owned and read version in England . |
| 15 | ‘ I can either trust you and allow you to take charge of the whole business , or I can decide you 're not to be trusted and take charge of things myself . |
| 16 | An army spokesman quoted by Agence France-Presse news agency said that soldiers had been attacked while pitching camp at Kaguitt . |
| 17 | The only difference is that whereas in the cases seen previously ( 59 ) — ( 84 ) , perception is represented as giving rise to true knowledge , in ( 85 ) — ( 87 ) above it is depicted as giving rise to a false impression . |
| 18 | By August 1991 the European Commission was reported as forecasting growth for the year at a discouraging 1.5 per cent . |
| 19 | Firstly , it is worth noting that if the Lorenz equations ( Section 24.2 ) are considered as modelling convection in a loop ( Figs. 17.4 , 17.5 ) , then the chaotic solutions of the equations do not correspond to turbulent flow in the loop . |
| 20 | State pensions are considered as earned income for tax purposes ; but there is a special age allowance when one member of a couple is over 65 , ( higher if you are over 80 ) so you wo n't be taxed if the state pension is your only income . |
| 21 | By a respondent 's notice the bank notified its intention of contending that the judge 's decision should be affirmed on the additional ground that he should in any event have exercised his discretion under rule 12.12 and set aside the registrar 's order on the ground that it was not a proper case for service of the originating application out of the jurisdiction ; and in particular because ( i ) the bank had at all relevant times no presence in , and/or sufficient connection with , England and Wales ; and/or ( ii ) the judge should have applied and/or had regard to the provisions of R.S.C. , Ord. 11 and , had he done so , should have concluded that the claims raised did not fall within the ambit of the order and that leave to serve out should thus be refused . |
| 22 | I do n't how many of you have seen or heard reference to the recent Which report about estates and managing that . |
| 23 | A child then might have seen or heard talk of acceptable violence because that was what war was . |
| 24 | The Department of the Environment purports to have knowledge enough at its fingertips to enable a standard spending assessment to be made that takes account of all sorts of individual circumstances in each local authority area . |
| 25 | The study by Butler and his associates is the most important in this area because they found not only that health visiting favoured no one class but also when a more sensitive analysis of the data was made that took account of over-crowding , house amenities , parental education , as well as father 's occupation , they found that the lower socio-economic groups received more health visiting . |
| 26 | I knew he was dead because he had already been stabbed and had blood on his neck . ’ |
| 27 | The cottage , their belongings , were their joint life , adorned and gave reality to it just as the bushes and flowers they had planted in the garden staked out their territory of trust . |
| 28 | She had also met and won approval from leading Dissenters such as George Dyer , Joseph Priestley , John Disney , and William Frend [ qq.v . ] . |
| 29 | One yellowed programme of the Palace of Varieties era still in existence , will be framed and have pride of place in the foyer , if Michael Barnes has his way . |
| 30 | By promoting the exchange of ideas and experiences , the lessons learned and technologies applied can be adapted by LASMO engineers to be reapplied and to add value to new ventures . |