Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [conj] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Companies Act should be amended so that directors ' service contracts do not exceed three years without shareholders ' approval . |
| 2 | Current theories about source relationships , and details of the stage history of The Fairy Queen that are inferable from them , rest upon printed evidence which has been taken at face value — accepted even when Purcell 's autograph contradicts it . |
| 3 | Arrangements for the ceremony at St Columbus Church of Scotland and celebrations afterwards at The Grand Hotel were made easier because Paul 's brother , William , lives on the island . |
| 4 | He was injured again when Quinn 's boot made accidental contact with his face . |
| 5 | He was injured again when Quinn 's boot made accidental contact with his face . |
| 6 | Those books where so little , finally , was spelt out that Léonie 's imagination took hold , she pressed down , down , on the pillows so carefully arranged underneath her , till the wave of warm sweetness toppled , fell , receded , and she lay back curled up eyes closed almost in pain . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , and no doubt too slowly , illusions of grandeur were slowly given up and Britain 's incapacity to live with the superpowers was to a degree accepted . |
| 8 | Stefano Tani has already pointed out that Calvino 's idea of observation , within his wider poetic of ‘ seeing ’ , is a different matter from the ‘ impassive and indifferent , basically blind , gaze that we have inherited from the nouveau roman ’ . |
| 9 | Martin Hardie , in English Coloured Books ( 1906 ) has pointed out that Ackermann 's Microcosm of London ( 1810 ) contains 104 plates and that a thousand copies were printed , thus involving , for this work alone , the meticulous hand-colouring of 104,000 separate plates . |
| 10 | There were things the men never spoke of to Angie ; and she had known instinctively that Eric 's job was something she and he would never openly discuss . |
| 11 | Crawford immediately brought in as Cuka 's replacement his Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em screen wife Michele Dotrice . |
| 12 | in the National Health Service clinician budgeting has been introduced so that doctors ' responsibility for clinical practice will be matched by the responsibility for management and financial consequences of their decisions ; |
| 13 | ‘ Are you satisfied now that Elise 's death was an accident ? ’ |
| 14 | Three no trumps then gets passed out and West 's opening lead is the ten of hearts . |
| 15 | Thomas Sherer seems to have worked conscientiously as Fox 's deputy , but he could not of course carry out his own functions as Examiner and these had to be performed by deputies , described as ‘ men of small credit ’ and ‘ young men unsworn ’ . |
| 16 | She says : ‘ People think I 'm brave and on the outside I am brave that 's the message I 've put across since Donald 's funeral . |
| 17 | SKIPPER Richard Gough was sent off as Scotland 's World Cup hopes were hammered by a late Swiss surge at the Wankdorf Stadium last night . |
| 18 | A land where 17 per cent tax is put on fuel and dressed up as Britain 's contribution to ‘ green ’ objectives , where a national lottery is about to yield a 12 per cent rake-off for the Exchequer , where charities are booming , blessed with a Budget tax bonus of £30 million a year and where a job in future may actually mean ‘ community service ’ . |
| 19 | Hong Kong officials were quoted as saying that none of the deportees , the first to be sent back since Patten 's arrival , had offered resistance . |
| 20 | Then her breath was lost completely when Guy 's mouth left her throat and closed hotly over the tender peak cupped in his hand . |
| 21 | When women go out to work they do ‘ women 's work ’ which continues to be paid less than men 's work , despite the legislation , and most women are still subservient to men in their work . |
| 22 | The law is now being changed so that tenants ' fitting out work will not be included in calculating the developer 's self-supply charge . |
| 23 | They range variously from Fokine 's Pierrot in Le Carnaval who only wants ‘ one kiss ’ and his puppet Petrushka who wants to be free to Ashton 's Alain mentioned above and MacMillan 's Bratfisch in Mayerling . |
| 24 | A murder inquiry was launched yesterday after Denise 's body was discovered at about 11.30am after staff had arrived to find the pub locked up . |