Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [pron] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he won a referendum on 25 April , he said , parliament would be dissolved and its parent body , the Congress of People 's Deputies , abolished completely . |
| 2 | We did have that for a while , and we remember with pride , how the country was rebuilt and our health service was the envy of the world . |
| 3 | How their defences were organised and their life run remains a mystery — in fact the only significant mention of the burhs is to be found in the Burghal Hidage , a tenth-century taxation list . |
| 4 | Last month saw his dreams shattered and his printing business in ruins . |
| 5 | The main gasoline engine can be turned and its valve gear operates . |
| 6 | but they remember which one I did , I think it was that Mothercare one they get grubby with the things and everything and it was a sunny day and I went outside with me bucket and me felt and me scrubbing brush |
| 7 | that 's what I said to mum , you know , that 's why I so wanted to pass me , me test , cos I said to mum erm , see I kept it , I only had six hundred quid redundancy , six hundred and twenty eight pounds , that 's all I had , apart , I had me wages what was owed and me holiday pay , but my , me actual redundancy cheque was only six hundred and twenty eight quid |
| 8 | Looking at herself in the mirror she saw that her eyes were swollen and her face blotchy . |
| 9 | With the threat of war approaching , a Cadet Corps was formed and my Sunday school teacher provided the fifteen shillings necessary for the purchase of a second-hand uniform , which had to be cut down to boy 's size . |
| 10 | A broken-down Land Rover parked by the roadside had its windows broken and its instrument panel smashed . |
| 11 | If so , make a note on your file accordingly , as it is easily overlooked and your buyer client could end up being asked to pay that particular figure twice unless it is taken into account either at exchange of contracts or on completion . |
| 12 | His eyes were closed and his expression blank . |
| 13 | An eighty-year-old aristocrat recorded his devastation when , on his wife 's death , his town house was sold and his Norfolk home passed on to his son . |
| 14 | If the issue number is space-filled then the latest version of the package will be used and its issue number will be returned . |
| 15 | If the issue number is space-filled then the latest version of the package will be used and its issue number will be returned . |
| 16 | If the issue number is space-filled then the latest version of the package will be used and its issue number will be returned . |
| 17 | If the issue number is space_filled then the latest version of the package will be used and its issue number will be returned . |
| 18 | If the issue number is space_filled then the latest version of the module will be used and its issue number will be returned . |
| 19 | ‘ My mother had earned money all her life and brought up three children at the same time seen their noses were wiped and their morals sound . |
| 20 | The assassination attempt on his life had been thwarted and his master plan on the Continent was going exactly to plan . |
| 21 | Luckily , however , the local village operator 's suspicions are raised and her policeman husband comes to the scene , where he arrests Forester just in time to prevent him killing Smithers as well . |
| 22 | With Botham Wanderers already relegated and our position safe , we will adopt this carefree attitude again today so expect to see GOALS ! |
| 23 | Main Street is being repaved and its peeling shiplap-clad buildings refronted with plywood postmodern porches and porticos . |
| 24 | In the second half of the year our service cost percentage has reduced , our sales productivity has increased and our termination rate has significantly reduced . |
| 25 | In cases like this it is time to think carefully about which parts need perhaps to be emphasised and which part need to be toned down . |
| 26 | Hurrying back to the office he found the would-be client gone and his boss apoplectic . |
| 27 | The weakness had passed and her chin rose . |
| 28 | The problem of this critical practice wedded exclusively to a narrow disciplinary framework is that its rigour is based on ‘ reductive formulas ’ , certainties about how the past is to be discovered and what Renaissance culture was . |
| 29 | ‘ Pike the ditcher , with all due respect , My Lady Benedicta , should keep his mouth shut and his neck safe ! |
| 30 | He 'd been beaten and his throat cut . |