Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The controls are slow and unresponsive — let's face it , with the amount of platform beat-'em-ups around you 'd have thought the programmers would 've given a bit more care and attention to this aspect , not to mention the graphics , presentation … the game in general really . |
| 2 | The other clear major factor was that a result of public consultation er and clearly this was an important consideration when members came to choose the route , that seventy percent of those consulted favoured the outer northern route , the blue route . |
| 3 | I mean given the size of China I mean th there 'd be |
| 4 | Would you watch fo women fo , I mean given the |
| 5 | But at last with your help I 've conquered the cut and sew , I could give you all a hug . |
| 6 | I might 've guessed the worst when the scrum fell apart for me like the Red Sea . |
| 7 | Rather , I would like to see developed a Code of Practice binding on doctors which would grow out of the views of all interested parties : doctors , patients , and the public . |
| 8 | He must 've broken the other arm because the next day he had both arms in plaster . |
| 9 | ‘ I got given a crate of this , it 's Château Margaux , by the small , fat and lecherous owner of one third of Singapore . |
| 10 | this geezer from Bedlam yeah got stopped the other day in this car yeah , he was pissed , he was tripping and he was speeding yeah , no M O T , no licence , no tax , no ruddy insurance yeah |
| 11 | I should 've painted the picture |
| 12 | You could 've heard a critic smile ! |
| 13 | You should 've heard the different birds . |
| 14 | All the money we spent on this stuff , ’ she indicated her drink , ’ could 've floated a battleship over the years . ’ |
| 15 | There is no pretence of competition with commercial banks for private sector business , and there is some suggestion that the accounts are maintained in order for the Bank to keep in touch with banking practice , although the degree to which such experience accrues is likely to be limited given the small number of accounts relative to a commercial bank . |
| 16 | It is quite possible clearly that that number could be reduced , during the consultation process on the on the local plan , I think that 's an important point because of the issue of windfall that was mentioned by Mr Davis , and was raised yesterday , reference to historic trends in the city of York do show that erm we have exceeded structure plan targets by substantial amounts , I think the figure is is forty percent or or more , er the County Council could confirm that , slightly difficult calculation to do because I 'm sure you 'll be aware that to our eternal shame , the City Council has not to date adopted a formal local plan , with reference erm to your question on day one er as to whether or not we might calculate contribution of windfalls in the past , we have looked at the nineteen eighty seven residential land availability er study , which was agreed with the house builders , adjacent districts , and of course the County , and in the five year period of that study , by comparison with the sites that we agreed in the study , an additional four hundred and thirty dwellings came forward and were completed on sites that had not been identified in the study , now I 'd I would say very clearly that that level of windfalls erm would not continue in the future and it could not be a reliable basis for erm looking at windfall contributions in the city in the future , clearly the supply of development land in the city is a is a finite resource , er given given the constraints that are current holding , and although some additional windfalls to the two hundred I 'd suggested in my H One may come forward , on the other hand I suspect some of the sites suggested in the draft local plan could fall out of the equation . |
| 17 | The fact that the building is listed limited the opportunities for external alterations , and internal layouts had to respect existing window locations ( Fig 60 ) . |
| 18 | This result might seem puzzling given the conventional characterisation of most Friends in the eighteenth century as quietist ‘ following their habit of attending religiously to their internal impressions ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ For a start , we got posted the very next day . |
| 20 | Within four minutes Simmons had taken his tally to five and an own goal by Smott had given Alborne an insurmountable 8–0 lead . |
| 21 | I would 've picked a good one . ’ |
| 22 | The evidence produced included a transcript in English of Price 's evidence before the City Court of Gôteborg ; and it was not disputed that this evidence was admissible under paragraph 12 of the Schedule 1 . |
| 23 | Reck'n ye could 've fried the eggs on the cylinder heads it 's so bright and clean and polished . |
| 24 | I hear you 've come a long way . " |
| 25 | Maxie Carlo must 've cracked a joke . |
| 26 | Erm got fined a hundred and ninety six pounds and has got to pay me fifty pound compensation . |
| 27 | Other measures announced included a reduction in the rate of income tax and a further immediate increase in the price of petrol . |
| 28 | ALAN Hickman from Derbyshire became worried about the advice he was receiving over his pension transfer when he realised that each expert he consulted recommended a different course of action . |
| 29 | I should think two years , you know , when the restrictions got lifted a bit , so it got better , yeah . |
| 30 | Eric Voegelin has emphasized the fundamental difference between what he calls the ‘ cosmological ’ civilizations , which presupposed the political symbolization of the cosmos typified by Babylonia with its epic of Marduk , and ‘ eschatological ’ civilizations such as the Hebrew — but first exemplified by the Iranian — based on the religion of Zarathustra . |