Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [conj] [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two defenders had scurried back but even so Parker looked destined to score but was then left holding his head in disbelief after pulling his shot badly wide . |
| 2 | It is important , then , to establish what linguists have had to say and are now saying about literacy . |
| 3 | The good ones are those which , for all their rough edges , are found to work and are widely used . |
| 4 | We were looking forward to some exercise of rowing , but typically when we arrived , we found they had prepared a gondola-like craft ( of a kind emperors used to go in ) on which we were meant to sit and be gently punted around while we sedately drank tea . |
| 5 | But if the reality is allowed to stand but is also understood as a metaphor for the experience of all women , then I believe Mary can speak to our condition . |
| 6 | After positioning of a pH electrode and manometric assembly ( see later ) the child was allowed to settle and was then fed appropriately for age with formula or non-acid food such as sandwiches and milk . |
| 7 | The liquor is left to cool and is eventually turned into harmless glass blocks . |