Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning soldiers were spat on as they walked off their planes and the Death Valley sized rift that ensued still causes tensions among many . |
| 2 | Apparently industrialised nations and their politicians torture themselves into believing that if Third World countries are turned into amphitheatres of food and agricultural research , lustily cheered on and abetted by Western ‘ gurus ’ , everything will be hunky-dory . |
| 3 | To Henry , the idea of being cheered on as you croaked , by Elinor , Mr and Mrs Is-the-Mitsubishi-Scratched-Yet , his mother , her mother , Maisie and anyone else with a few hours to spare was almost completely repulsive . |
| 4 | The last one standing would be cheered on until he too dropped . |
| 5 | It is impregnated with glue , and fabric can be ironed on when dampened . |
| 6 | There are some transitional arrangements to cope with designs which had been registered on or after 12th January 1988 but prior to the more rigorous standards now applicable ( that is , prior to 1st August 1989 ) and which would fail to be registrable subsequently . |
| 7 | Lotions or creams smoothed on while the skin is still damp will seal in extra moisture . |
| 8 | He might have pressed on but the sight of a group of hassling crows on a chalk slope below attracted him . |
| 9 | Both will be available for Fir Park tomorrow night and that is the value of a strong pool as well as a points cushion that can be leaned on but not to the stage of deflation . |
| 10 | Even though time has marched on and Danes and Vikings have invaded it , Catholic , Anglican and Methodist religion have influenced it , nothing has really changed its basic aura and raison d'etre . |
| 11 | I mean , twenty years ago when the volume of work was n't so high as it now , then erm every police officer was doing that , but because time has marched on and problems have become more an more , erm we we tend to have left the traditional way of policing behind . |
| 12 | The cows I could see grazed on and on , and I was trying to remember if I had ever seen an ox grazing instead of working . |
| 13 | These sections make it compulsory to have the company 's name painted on or affixed to the business premises and mentioned on all business documents and negotiable instruments . |
| 14 | The statue of Moloch in Carthage had large outstretched hands for children to be placed on before they tumbled to a blazing fire below , where they would be ‘ purified ’ and blessed by that god . |
| 15 | From the restrictions placed on and was to emerge the familiar Phillips curve : . |
| 16 | The catalysed fusion process outlined above was explained and formulated on or prior to 4/7/86 ( April ) |
| 17 | Now if you did a pi squared on that it might come out significant , I do n't know . |
| 18 | For some strange , probably mildly salacious , reason , it is the ‘ breeches ’ that popular interest has fastened on though , etymologically , there are other words of equal interest . |
| 19 | These will be fastened on and above them a platform . |
| 20 | But he added : ‘ The players who 've enjoyed the biggest success abroad have been those who 've blended in and learned the language . ’ |
| 21 | Whether the costs savings are very considerable is hard to say but there have undoubtedly been some sayings ; what is clear , however , is that costs have been whittled down and that this has had a widespread effect on the production of newspapers in Britain . |
| 22 | Their little brother had fallen in and was being carried fast downstream by the current . |
| 23 | By the year 1316 , at the death of Thomas de Woldham , the roof of the Palace had fallen in and the Manor House was in need of repair , for in his will Thomas de Woldham left all his timber at Halling to the repair of the roof of the Palace and also the repair of the hall of the Manor House . |
| 24 | Huy noticed the dessicated corpse of a shrew which must have fallen in when the stuff was first poured over Neferukhebit . |
| 25 | Driving very slowly over the narrow bridges spanning the fast flowing streams which stemmed from the River Ouse , he noticed that a massive flock of coots had flown in while he had been away . |
| 26 | It was not really practical to operate it from his airstrip at Sutton Bridge , where the ‘ Me 108 ’ and Stearman were based , although the Corsair could easily be flown in and out on an occasional basis . |
| 27 | They are heavily fortified for fear of terrorist attack — and on occasions troops can be flown in and out by helicopter to avoid further risk of confrontation in the lower floors . |
| 28 | The candidate must not be hidden in or by the crowd ; at the same time he must not appear too remote . |
| 29 | Ross Lyndon-James of Ramtron says : ‘ All other memory devices have either inflexible static memories , or require information to be shuffled in and out of the chip . ’ |
| 30 | Thornton was eventually smoothed down and persuaded to stay on condition that the paper find a Chairman at once — a reputable businessman whose name could be used instead of his . |