Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] [conj] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now I had forgotten Vauban and was surreptitiously staring at the two seated figures . |
| 2 | In terms of licensing blocks of the sea bed for exploratory drilling for oil , certain areas of Cardigan Bay should be considered inviolable and be completely excluded from any licensing procedure to exploit mineral resources . |
| 3 | We have done this and are now putting more emphasis on expanded sales to the private sector home market and specific overseas markets , as our recently published results show . |
| 4 | Younger folk had grown impatient and were now signalling frantically a hundred yards ahead . |
| 5 | Yasmin said she 'd had enough and was now looking for full-time modelling work . |
| 6 | Verbivore focuses on writing as a form of communication : it posits a society in which writing has become outmoded and is then rediscovered , prompting a renewal of discursive modes peculiar to the novel . |
| 7 | The majority of these women have remained unemployed and are now working for the opposition movement in a variety of ways . |
| 8 | When Vladislav moved to the castle , the tower was left incomplete and was subsequently used for the storage of gunpowder . |
| 9 | Add the wine and clam soup and boil quickly until the sauce has stopped foaming and is well reduced . |