Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been told you 're unhurt , but I see you 've picked up plenty of gore . |
| 2 | Eh now then listen to this , yesterday I 'd er some beefburgers had er must 've dropped out me box when I were getting me things out of the c freezer and there were this er six beefburgers and two ch chicken breasts |
| 3 | Should 've sorted out I mean I ca n't go up , I ca n't go up and give him any more help cos I 'm working tonight and tomorrow night . |
| 4 | The UN Fund for Population Activities ( UNFPA ) has revised upwards its projections of the growth of the world 's population over the next century . |
| 5 | Hoffa is played by Jack Nicholson , an actor who , like Brando and Hoffman , has boiled down his performances to mannerism and make-up but carries the part nonetheless . |
| 6 | Suppose it is 12 noon on a Monday by GMT ; at this moment , to the traveller who has travelled eastwards it will be midnight at the end of Monday , but to the westward traveller it will be midnight at the beginning of Monday . |
| 7 | For mother-of-two Margaret has taught both her daughters as much about sex as she knows . |
| 8 | As Johnson-Laird has pointed out we customarily understand and use words in context whose meanings we do not know in any exact sense : |
| 9 | As his biographer has pointed out it was to be a long time ‘ before he had an equal in the study of archaeology on a scientific basis or as an illustrator of archaeological relics ’ ( Jessup 1975 , p. 109 ) . |
| 10 | JUST A sample of the full frontal lobe assault that Japan has hidden up its kimono . |
| 11 | And why is it whenever you choose to roll out the seventy foot or more of polythene , which has humped up your overdraft considerably , a perfect tranquil morning is spoilt by a freak hurricane , sheet with a dozen or more pairs of hands held fast disappears over Stickford way and at that moment , more people drive up the Bank than would normally pass in a week . |
| 12 | There have been times when the Church has persecuted even its own people who have held differing views . |
| 13 | And the main news again , an Old Bailey judge has explained why he 's stopped the prosecution of the three detectives accused in the Birmingham Six case . |
| 14 | ‘ I hope Carole has explained how everything works ? ’ |
| 15 | Right now there were quite there were a few people who gave me their books There were a few people who who gave me their books but I mean Erm this was the first homework I 'd given you actually that er that I 'd you know given so I would like to see an improvement in this performance please . |
| 16 | A man who has given away his greatest secret can not afford further pretence . |
| 17 | A MILLIONAIRE has given away his dead wife 's jewels to 73 young women . |
| 18 | A daughter who has given up her career will undoubtedly feel the loss of her previous role in the working world . |
| 19 | Spokesman Peter Titterton cheekily suggested that Princess Di should drive one now she has given up her Mercedes . |
| 20 | Cindy Gallop has given up her career in theatre marketing and gone into advertising . |
| 21 | Despite Saddam 's co-operation on the nuclear issue , there is no sign that Iraq has given up its policy of testing the West 's determination to enforce the UN 's ceasefire terms . |
| 22 | It reigned almost without limit in primitive times when property was still very scanty , and it already shows itself in the nursery almost before property has given up its primal , anal form … . |
| 23 | The best way of preventing scale , however , is to replace the cylinder with an indirect one where the same water is circulated round and round the ‘ primary ’ circuit ( the one which passes through the boiler ) which , once it has given up its chemical salts , is in effect softened so that no more will be deposited . |
| 24 | Plaatjes , who has given up his South African citizenship but can not compete for the United States until he has completed his five-year residential period next year , is the second-fastest man in the race behind Yakov Tolstikov , but his recent form is better than that of the Siberian runner . |
| 25 | He has a pregnant wife yet has given up his job as a physio because it started to interfere with his rugby preparation . |
| 26 | In the fourth chronicle , out this month , The Tale Of The Body Thief ( Chatto & Windus £14.99 ) , our old fanged-friend , Lestat , has given up his previous rock star persona and yearns again for human life . |
| 27 | Viv Richards has given up his lifelong pledge not to set foot in South Africa . |
| 28 | The themes centred around the lone legionnaire who has given up his past for the Legion , yet still longs for his former life and forgotten loves , his home and his happiness . |
| 29 | If anybody has given up his right to vote , in the misguided intention of not paying his taxes , he will get no sympathy from the public — and more fool he , for listening to the Labour Members of Parliament who urged people not to pay their community charge . |
| 30 | A milkman who was temporarily blinded when superglue was squirted into his eyes , has given up his job . |