Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fifa , Italia '90 and the English FA are all agreed that the hooligan element among English fans could be better contained if England played their opening games on an island . |
| 2 | This kind of maladaptive feature would be hard to explain if we had been designed by an all-wise creator , but is to be expected if structures change their functions in the course of evolution . |
| 3 | Sometimes it is difficult to tell whether a ceiling is badly cracked because people cover them up with ceiling paper or tiles . |
| 4 | The SOC government had been set to release some 400 political detainees and POWs on Jan. 3 but the move had been cancelled after Fresard denounced it as " a pure propaganda piece " . |
| 5 | Financial disaster was temporarily averted when Barnato put his money in and replaced Bentley as chairman in 1926 . |
| 6 | Whilst I was wondering just what I might buy with it , the problem was solved when Mum bought me a grey shirt . |
| 7 | A man as highly educated as Augustine changed his mind about them in the course of his life . |
| 8 | This theory holds that , although human society originated as Freud described it in Totem and Taboo , subsequent social evolution led to repetitions and expansion of that primal trauma which , although on a smaller scale than the original one , nevertheless share something of its traumatic nature and crucial consequences — particularly for the subsequent evolution of the superego . |
| 9 | First , the curt instruction to make a mayonnaise ‘ a la main ’ , though this proved much easier than expected when Eric started us off with three egg yolks and a healthy dollop of strong French mustard ( tip of the year for this amateur chef ) before adding the first drop of oil . |
| 10 | DURING my introduction I said that some Regions are better placed than others to increase their growth rate . |
| 11 | Already ‘ wish lists ’ have been made where staff indicate what they want to see from agency status and these suggestions have been acted on . |
| 12 | Part of the problem with encouraging girls to take ‘ useful ’ subjects is that we do not know whether it makes any difference to the kinds of jobs they eventually do ; and whether , indeed , these jobs would still be highly rated if women did them . |
| 13 | However , the success of recent policy initiatives can only be fully met if farmers find it their own interests to plant up pieces of land in such a way as to achieve both timber production and environmental improvement . |
| 14 | At press time Sun was still chipping away at the price of the Tsunami Classic , so named because Sun expects it to become the standard by which all others are judged . |
| 15 | Cos he used to go shooting there and and they went in there and they should n't of done because Michael told them I 'd taken meadows back and he sa , he said when Tony told them , they , they 'd been there shooting he said well they 're , they 're out of bounds ! |
| 16 | But it 's been done because people wanted it to happen , not because it 's been imposed upon them . ’ |
| 17 | Wishart was waiting for him , sitting behind his long , polished table almost as if he had not moved since Corbett saw him last . |
| 18 | For a minute or two all conversation was silenced while Kalchu bounced him on his lap and muttered softly through his screaming . |
| 19 | The film director said a threat was made after Mia discovered he was having an affair with her adopted daughter . |
| 20 | Balcha only accepted after Tafari suggested he should bring with him as many men as he pleased . |
| 21 | It still has to be decided whether IBM sells it or how to avoid confusing users because of IBM 's ties to Apple . |
| 22 | Coral polyps are each only a few millimetres across but working together in colonies , they have produced the greatest animal constructions the world had seen before man began his labours . |
| 23 | In what was presented as action to protect its foreign exchange reserves ( which had fallen to $5,600 million according to government sources ) the government on July 5 , 1989 , informed the " Paris Club " group of creditors that it was temporarily deferring payment of $812,000,000 in interest which had been due on June 30 and July 3 . |
| 24 | There was a crunch , and the truck jerked as Jekub hit it . |
| 25 | JACK KEARNEY , 70 , who was shot when Loyalists murdered his nephew in a butcher 's shop in Moy , Co Tyrone , three months ago , died yesterday in a Belfast hospital . |
| 26 | Billy brayed with laughter at something Sooty had said as Yanto joined them . |
| 27 | Hooper is taking nothing for granted as Souness contemplates his line-up for the vital clash , his latest worry being Michael Thomas ' ankle injury which makes him doubtful with Steve McManaman . |
| 28 | Hooper is taking nothing for granted as Souness contemplates his line-up for the vital clash , his latest worry being Michael Thomas ' ankle injury which makes him doubtful with Steve McManaman . |
| 29 | Adis Advic was injured when shrapnel damaged his spine . |
| 30 | Jinny was paralysed until Keith prodded her and she choked out the first words . |