Example sentences of "[coord] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people feel restricted in their choices or limited to their present station in life , because their birthcharts declare that they are unlikely to better themselves . |
| 2 | The term ‘ Information ’ does not include any information which ( i ) is generally available to and known by the public ( other than as a result of its disclosure by you or your Representatives ) , ( ii ) was available to you on a non-confidential basis from a source other than KPMG Peat Marwick , the management and employees of the Company , or the Vendors or their professional advisers , or ( iii ) has been independently acquired or developed by you without breaching any of your obligations under this Agreement . |
| 3 | Placement support which at the least minimised the chances that the ex-patient would be evicted from his home or sacked from his job the first time a problem occurred would seem essential . |
| 4 | They pooled the information they had gleaned or guessed from their several interrogations , and then began in again . |
| 5 | Objects of all kinds occupied every inch of space and the walls were so thickly hung with pictures that smaller drawings lay flat or propped against their neighbours . |
| 6 | Great powers seek to guarantee their position by establishing a ‘ buffer ’ or ‘ barrier ’ of smaller powers friendly or aligned to themselves … but hegemony is not a one way relationship . |
| 7 | it round the kitchen floor or spat on it , |
| 8 | Unsure if she felt relieved or irritated by his high-handed orders , she mutinously followed his easy stride and wide , supple shoulders downstairs . |
| 9 | But I think I knew about her and her mother long before I looked them both in the face , or heard about their existence ; knew that the half-understood adult conversations around me , the quarrels about " her " , the litany of " she " , " she " , " she " from behind closed doors made the figure in the New Look coat , hurrying away , wearing the clothes my mother wanted to wear , angry with me yet nervously inviting me to follow , caught finally in the revolving door . |
| 10 | Whatever you may have read or heard about their relationship still can not prepare you for her own account . |
| 11 | ‘ And you 've never seen or heard of her since ? ’ |
| 12 | Not that she 'd seen or heard from him again since his phone call from Italy on Sunday . |
| 13 | Shelley had n't seen Miguel or heard from him since their meeting at Casa Madrid . |
| 14 | I wondered if you might have seen either of them or heard from them over the past few days . ’ |
| 15 | If you have a special request please advise your Travel Agent at the time of booking and ensure this is either correctly noted by the Agent on our computerised Reservations system or given to our Telephone Reservations department as appropriate . |
| 16 | Accordingly , banks will continue to determine whether the bill was signed or authenticated by someone stating the he was the ‘ carrier , ’ the ‘ owner , ’ the ‘ master ’ of the vessel , or the agent of any of the above . |
| 17 | They will make judgements as to the quality of the work , basing their opinion upon what is actually published , and the author 's reputation may be made or broken by what the critics say . |
| 18 | Perceptions are constructed or formed from whatever would normally otherwise have been inhibited ( such as the low-level random discharges from the retina ) . |
| 19 | As noone has posted or commented on it I will in case some of you did nt hear it . |
| 20 | Despite this report , the condition is still rarely diagnosed and is not mentioned in standard medical textbooks or taught in our local medical schools . |
| 21 | In the first place , half of the non-union green-field site companies did not have a formal system whereby management informed or consulted with their employees . |
| 22 | Sometimes , when she was startled or frightened on my fist or as I approached her , it was painful to think that I might be responsible for her fear . |
| 23 | Nor was she at all put off or frightened by his intensity , when he flew into a temper if a drawing went badly . |
| 24 | We pray for those who are angry or bitter because they feel unwanted or marginalised in our society . |
| 25 | Before this week , Parmer had never been dropped or substituted in his club career . |
| 26 | This came across in the interview because although the managers were under a lot of pressure they did not appear to be panicked or stressed by it . |
| 27 | Jim , seated , or perched on his chair , could not settle , but got up and stumbled about , laughing helplessly , or sat and laid his head on the table and laughed , sounding as if he wept , then in an excess of happiness and gratitude , banged his two fists on either side of his head , which banging turned into a little sharp jubilant rhythm . |
| 28 | Many of the records — ‘ pinched ’ from or discarded by his musical family — were scratched and worn , but it was Music with a capital ‘ M ’ and the first time I heard the Chopin first piano concerto , we nearly had a fight because I insisted on playing it right through four times . |
| 29 | It was hard to decide if he was laughing at her or impressed by her performance . |
| 30 | Clumsily , like a fallen horse righting itself , I scrambled to my feet , gathered up the bananas , marshmallows , umbrella , thermos , handbag , and other possessions which had fallen or rolled around me and , waving reassuringly , I walked briskly away ( ignoring a warm stream which was beginning to flow from an enormous hole in one knee of my tights ) . |