Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children like to show off new clothes and new toys for that matter , and may enjoy the opportunity of talking with an adult about colour , patterns , when or where bought or made , and so on . |
| 2 | Bake in a preheated 200°C/ 400°F/Gas 6 oven for 45 minutes , or until browned and bubbling on top . |
| 3 | Bake for 20–25 minutes or until risen and golden . |
| 4 | Cells were treated with chemicals for 30min at 37 °C or as stated and then incubated for the indicated times before isolation of total RNA . |
| 5 | The perchlorate ion can occur as isolated , undistorted ions , or as distorted but essentially unattached ions , loosely attached through one or two oxygen atoms to one or two metal ions , or it may take part in hydrogen bonding to water molecules in hydrated salts . |
| 6 | Their apparent naturalism , which perturbed early audiences who thought of opera either as foreign and artificial or as translated and doubly artificial , is more truly a clever new stylisation of conventional operatic procedures like recitative , aria , rhyming couplets , verse forms , linguistic conceits , and so forth . |
| 7 | Egbert Rose woke up to grey skies over Broadstairs , cheered up as he realised he was on holiday , and than remembered that he was not . |
| 8 | The 11-year-old hound was spotted at last , less than four miles from home , and although frightened and hungry , was picked up safe and well . |
| 9 | Foliage plants , such as purple-leaved cannas and the conifer-shaped burning bush , will add height to the bedding , and if used as ‘ dot ’ plants , also act as focal points for the overall design . |
| 10 | This is the ‘ inorganic mineral ’ theory of the Glasgow chemist Graham Cairns-Smith , first proposed 20 years ago and since developed and elaborated in three books , the latest of which , Seven Clues to the Origin of Life , treats the origin of life as a mystery needing a Sherlock Holmes solution . |
| 11 | Here he learned from one of the officers captured in the High Bridge action and since released that Prince Charles was preparing to block the passage of the royal army at the Corrieyairack Pass , through which it would have to pass to reach Fort Augustus . |
| 12 | However , none of them has been found in an archaeological context and they have aroused considerable suspicion : they could be relatively modern copies loosely based on Italic originals ; they could be genuine prehistoric imports ; or they could be perfectly genuine figures brought to Britain relatively recently as curios and since discarded or lost . |
| 13 | This in its turn was so successful that , within four months of its introduction in 1949 , the available places for the next four years had been booked , so that no new applications could be considered for admissions before 1953 ! 1949 also saw the introduction of Rugby football in place of Association , " to make better use of the space " , a decision then and since deplored and regretted by the Old Stopfordians ' Football Club . |
| 14 | On the bedside table was a Gideon Bible , and beside it an entry form which , if and when completed and dispatched , would entitle the fortunate applicant to inclusion in a free draw for a ticket to one of the following summer 's golfing championships . |
| 15 | Of more concern is the way Barnes has failed to silence his critics with his feet since his poor display and when asked if he will win his 69th cap next week , Taylor said simply : ‘ I want to give it some thought . ’ |
| 16 | On one occasion during field-work a father who needed to be present while his young son was being questioned at the station instructed his child to ‘ Tell these f'ing black bastards nothin' ’ , and when told that that was a lovely way to bring up his son replied , ‘ Aye , and I 'll keep bringing him up that way ’ ( FN 11/7/87 , p. 9 ) . |
| 17 | He regards PR as a crucial issue and when told that one of its main criticisms is that it produces indecisive government , he came out with that wonderfully ironic comment — ‘ like the weak old government in Switzerland and in Germany and nearly the whole of Europe ’ . |
| 18 | Ballesteros explained that at a meeting of top players at Wentworth last year he had pushed the idea of more match-play golf and when told that American captain Tom Watson was also planning on the same lines he said : ‘ He copied me . ’ |
| 19 | This consists of workers who can be brought in and discharged as and when required or , more usually , without the need to enter into negotiations with trade unions , without being given more than the statutory minimum notice of dismissal , or without being paid more than the statutory minimum redundancy compensation [ see Chapter 7 ] . |
| 20 | Tutors are appointed as and when required and this makes it possible to set up new classes without too much preamble . |
| 21 | Joe is as tough as his background and as opinionated and uncompromising as you would expect . |
| 22 | In what follows the reader is made to identify with Bill as murderer , and as haunted and hunted man , dying finally by accidental hanging in sight of a vengeful crowd on Jacob 's Island . |
| 23 | They will not attack , but if disturbed or cornered they will defend themselves . |
| 24 | No one starts out by trying to do a bad job but if neglected and not respected potential will be stifled and performance falter . |
| 25 | If you sit down you might get chosen but if chosen but if you 're shuffling around , that 's it . |
| 26 | But when asked whether those strides had been adequate , Mr Heseltine says : ‘ We have not set our sights on achieving the standards of the world 's best . |
| 27 | Steve Chen broke cover at Supercomputing ‘ 92 a couple of weeks ago to give a progress report , but when asked when his company would produce a machine , said only ‘ my answer is very simple , soon , I hope very soon . ’ |