Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 In that too , they were alike : both of them had thoughts and feelings that few people gave them credit for or even suspected .
2 ‘ The car was very well looked after and meticulously maintained .
3 Has it been looked after and well maintained ?
4 In the 1990's , we may well be heading towards the classless society so sought after and well documented of politicians , yet the Royal Berkshire Club , built within the existing framework of a society which demands ever higher standards in its leisure facilities , remains a class act in its own right .
5 But why is it that Northern towns , like anywhere else , have their monumental civic buildings , public libraries and baths , named after and often founded by the old city fathers , local entrepreneurs , the class enemy ?
6 A recognised body shall not have as a director or solicitor or registered foreign lawyer while he is a patient as defined by section 94 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or while he is a person as to whom powers have been exercised under section 98 ( emergency powers ) of that Act and no voting rights shall be exercised in respect of any shares registered in the name of or beneficially owned by such a solicitor or registered foreign lawyer .
7 Both aircraft acknowledged simultaneously , but because the DC-10 was much closer to London Radar 's VHF receiver mast its call totally drowned out the Concorde 's call , and seconds later the Concorde , climbing without clearance , flew through the flight path of and narrowly missed , a Twin Otter .
8 ‘ The same lamb you put a rope round the neck of and then chased into the German minefield ? ’
9 For them the library essentially is the college and contains it ; it is not a question of libraries being placed in departments , but of departments being regarded as essential facets of and often included within , the library .
10 But unions were in fact composed of and certainly led by such men , though the bourgeois mythology saw them as mobs of the stupid and misled , instigated by agitators who could not otherwise have earned a comfortable living .
11 Willis deeply respected Richard , whom he privately thought of and sometimes called aloud , the Skipper .
12 All our sketches are much approved of and highly complimented by our friends .
13 For an object to exist in an ontological sense is to exist in its own right and not merely as an object of thought , but it is not to exist independently of the conditions under which it may be thought of and identifyingly referred to as that particular object and no other .
14 ( 4 ) Consider individuals who are doing work that they should not be ; and consider what work each member of the firm is capable of if properly trained and supervised .
15 As an old woman , many years later , she asked her son to take her to the sea , which she had heard of but never seen .
16 The other guy , this Davis character , I had heard of but never seen in action , a Broadway boy with one film in the can .
17 ‘ I 'm zapping through old classics from de Sade and Fanny Hill right through to William Burroughs and Henry Miller — all the dirty books one has heard of but never read .
18 Before independence , Zimbabwe competed for and successfully gathered what had been Zambia 's crown of regional leadership against South AFrica .
19 Since they are going to bc not just living room but bedroom , dining room , and very often office as well , this means that every inch of space has to be dual-purpose if not multi-functional , and every activity has to be properly catered for and duly compartmented .
20 Christer Pettersson , who was sentenced for and then acquitted of the murder in February 1986 of the Prime Minister , Olof Palme , was on May 2 , 1990 , awarded 300,000 kronor in damages for the 10 months he had spent in custody .
21 There are , of course , moments like ‘ Shoot Up Hill ’ that make you wish the NHS paid for and hygienically destroyed ‘ Been there — done that — got it out of my system in the studio ’ bouts of maudlin croaking .
22 The students came from different races in Burma — a few Burmans , more Karens , a Chin or two , a Kachin and several Anglo-Burmans and one Indian ; so living , learning and worshipping together called for and indeed produced a spirit of racial understanding and unity .
23 Well , what about Michael went on his arms during and absolutely wrecked his arm !
24 Faye patted her growing belly as if already determined to shield her own child from the pain of something like a divorce .
25 Lady Francesca stared at the flowers as if already bored by the conversation .
26 The boats thus grew from no clear design — but emerged organically , with asymmetrical spars , as if barely freed from the forms of the forest .
27 They gave off a pungent , horsey smell , as if freshly cut .
28 The stone gleamed as if freshly washed whilst every window was glazed , some with pure glass , others , despite the poor light , even displaying brave heraldic emblems in a variety of hues .
29 They look violent , as if just made .
30 My dogs were straining against the sledge now and yelping as if badly hurt .
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