Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supt Phil Staples said : ‘ We would however advise motorists that the police will be operating with tow-away trucks and vehicles parked where they cause an obstruction to pedestrians and other road users will be impounded . ’ |
| 2 | She was unaware that anyone had approached until she felt a touch on one of the vertebra of her spine . |
| 3 | But nothing will really be solved until we have a government with the moral courage to ban driving entirely . |
| 4 | Divisions are always artificial and often misleading , but the material can be more easily considered if we make a distinction between nobility and townsmen . |
| 5 | There was a kind of tension that perhaps could have been alleviated if they had a couple more people with them , ’ he says . |
| 6 | Merry Widows were added because I wanted a live-bearer that was n't the standard Guppy , Molly or Swordtail . |
| 7 | Rent increases of 100 per cent were common throughout the town and one landlord had already been evicted because he signed a lease but failed to meet payments on his rent which increased seven-fold . |
| 8 | And yes , a district general manager should 've resigned because he had an interest in the decision to go for the Trust status . |
| 9 | The desperate crew of six — including three women — were only rescued after they lit a fire on the open deck and were spotted by a Norwegian ship . |
| 10 | Maria 's heart clenched as she slanted a look at his grim countenance . |
| 11 | A MAN sparked off a full scale alert last night after he refused to be rescued as he drifted a mile and a half off shore in the North Sea in only a five foot toy dinghy . |
| 12 | A MAN sparked off a full-scale alert last night after he refused to be rescued as he drifted a mile and a half off shore in the North Sea in only a five foot toy dinghy . |
| 13 | I never before worked with such complete belief in and admiration for any man or any government and one 's faith in democracy is apt to be shattered when one sees a man like S.B. defeated by falsehood and misrepresentation . |
| 14 | Seacat Scotland 's plans were disclosed when it sent an information pack on the jobs to Barbara Fonte Garcia , of Dalbeattie , Dumfries and Galloway . |
| 15 | Check that you are covered for the tank and any furnishings , such as carpets , which could be ruined if you have a disaster . |
| 16 | Yes you 're actually e sitting outside the original house , as it was built cos we had a room put on for the the back here originally . |
| 17 | There is a road along the glen to its head and , although the sight and sound of motor cars in places of quiet beauty is always a disturbing distraction , the road in Glen Nevis must be accepted because it gives an opportunity to inactive or disabled visitors to see the natural wonders and splendours of this spectacular defile between high mountain ranges . |
| 18 | Hickery Holler , so named because he hiccups a lot and hollers when he wants feeding , was born to first time mother , Menga in captivity at the park . |
| 19 | The model is so named because it describes a mechanism designed to compel managers to act in the shareholders ' interests which depends on vesting owner-like rights in the shareholders , as mentioned , to appoint , monitor , and replace the most senior tier of management and to make certain other fundamental decisions . |
| 20 | ‘ I got done because they wanted a scapegoat . |
| 21 | There is much of the poetry of Shelley and of Spenser , for example , written since they knew a woman , which has no mention of woman , and yet is full of love and fit to awaken and to satisfy love … . |
| 22 | Jason , 21 , has not been seen since he got a lift to a pub on December 8 from the home he shared with his girlfriend in Box , Wiltshire . |
| 23 | A TEENAGE girl was strangled after she left a family christening party early to watch TV , police revealed yesterday . |
| 24 | I see them down to their dinner and I have the pots done before I take a bite |
| 25 | A recruit … finds that there is a lot of unromantic and possibly boring work to be done before he gets a chance to use his military training . |
| 26 | The duration of a partner 's liability is the subject of s17 of the Partnership Act : ( 1 ) A person who is admitted as a partner into an existing firm does not thereby become liable to the creditors of the firm for anything done before he became a partner . |
| 27 | Both turned as they heard a door opening . |
| 28 | Cos it was good to have them when you were pushed when you had a lot of of work to do . |
| 29 | Towards the end of September Patil 's position was weakened when he suffered a stroke , and in early October his predicament worsened when Advani 's Rath Yatra [ see above ] incited serious communal rioting in Karnataka which resulted in up to 50 deaths . |
| 30 | He was taken to Ayr Hospital on Wednesday night after being injured as he investigated a shoplifting incident at Auchinleck , where he is stationed . |