Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Drexel successfully pioneered a mezzanine layer of financing between equity and bank debt for medium-sized American companies .
2 ‘ I do not want right done .
3 Christina Muir recalls the shock of seeing badly burned airmen being treated in the Radcliffe when doing her ‘ war-work ’ as a ward maid in the hospital .
4 Keller and Bever ( 1980 ) asked right handed subjects to categorise musical intervals presented monaurally and obtained a significant REA in non-musicians for this task and a non-significant left ear advantage among musicians .
5 Unfortunately no division lists survive for the Commons for the years 1691 – 5 , and there are strong grounds for believing ( as will be discussed later ) that it was precisely in this period when party lines became most blurred .
6 His left Achilles tendon became badly shortened , making it difficult for him to put his foot to the floor , and he had a strong positive supporting reaction in his foot .
7 Using virus vectors , Woo successfully inserted normal mouse genes for phenylalanine hydroxylase into cultured liver cells from the mutant mouse .
8 This barren and featureless area offers no promise of adventure , yet within a mile of the viaduct the unlikely terrain yields the secrets of a score of caves and potholes to those who search and succeed in locating them : some are easy , some are difficult , some are dangerous , and most remain shyly hidden .
9 Although the Whigs repealed the Occasional Conformity and Schism Acts after the Han-overian Succession , they took their time in doing so , and the party became bitterly divided on the issue .
10 Many of New York 's bridges are made using inadequately reinforced concrete .
11 THE SOVIET UNION and Pakistan remain bitterly divided as to how the conflict in Afghanistan should be resolved , despite having agreed on the wording for a United Nations resolution in the hope of avoiding a public row at the General Assembly , diplomats said yesterday .
12 Anyone who bought Harvard 's own shares got effectively locked in , as it would take three months to sell out , on the matched bargain basis a fact not usually explained to the client at the time of sale .
13 They became widely separated as they struggled up the slope .
14 However , this discovery greatly strengthened the hypothesis that there were alpha and beta receptors , and the idea at least became widely accepted .
15 Uncertainties in the minds of Britain 's allies were increased by Jellicoe 's delay in making a report , and the German version of the battle , couched in biased terms , became widely accepted .
16 It became widely accepted that the attackers were predominantly black , although there was little evidence for this belief .
17 The generalized conclusion ( first widely popularized by Martinson ( 1974 ) ) that ‘ nothing works ’ became widely accepted less because of its validity than because it was a message suited to its time , and because the disappointment of the high hopes invested in reform led to an over-reaction against the rehabilitative ideal .
18 However , through the 1950s and early 1960s it became widely accepted by biologists .
19 Thus politics became widely split .
20 The doctrine that mental disease did not have a physical cause became widely established , so much so that a study published in 1915 which reported definite changes in the left cerebral hemispheres of schizophrenic patients was largely ignored until it was rediscovered 70 years later .
21 During the 1950s and early 1960s , retirement at the statutory pensionable age of 60 for men and 65 for women became widely established across occupations and social classes , although least at the highest status-levels .
22 One forgotten hero of the Victorian era was Capt. Hedley Vicars of the 97th Regiment , a gallant and devout officer , whose tireless work for the welfare , both spiritual and physical , of the men under his command became widely known after the publication in 1856 of Catharine Marsh 's biography of him .
23 The ensuing publicity brought in commissions from all areas as Kos 's reputation grew and her work became widely known .
24 In Leeds meanwhile he interested himself in educational ventures and became widely known for public service .
25 It became widely known through the book written against the Jews by Apollonius Molon , one of Cicero 's teachers .
26 After the passage quoted just above concerning the esteem in which Molla Fenari was held and his place in the state , and before passing on to the next event in his life , namely his going on the pilgrimage in 822 ( 8 Dhu " l-Hijja = 26 December 1419 ) , Ibn Hajar writes that Molla Fenari became widely known for his erudition and that he was both pious and abundant in culture and merit " except that he was censured for [ espousing ] the sect of Ibn al- " Arabi and for the fact that he taught the and affirmed it " : he goes on to say that Molla Fenari , on the advice of friends , abjured mention of the subject in Egypt .
27 Development planning first became widely known about in the 1950 's and since then various attempts have been made to help women , specifically , in underdeveloped countries with varying degrees of success .
28 Capt Forgrave 's citation said he ‘ became widely respected by all sides as a courageous , totally honest and highly capable officer . ’
29 In this action Leftwich was well ahead of his time , as Norwegian ice later became widely used for refrigeration during the nineteenth century .
30 Over many years Meccano became widely used by designers to demonstrate ideas useful in mechanical research .
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