Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , using animal models , prostacyclin applied locally has been shown to inhibit thrombus formation in response to ADP in the hamster cheek pouch microcirculation ( Higgs et al , 1977 ) , and given systemically prostacyclin inhibited thrombus formation induced electrically in rabbit carotid artery ( Ubatuba et al , 1979 ) . |
| 2 | The hut she now lived in had been well built by a woodman more than three years ago . |
| 3 | The texture of his voice was unfamiliar , and his face , when Eochaid glanced up , was drained with some sort of force which Eochaid suddenly saw was consuming anger . |
| 4 | What she found hardest to forgive was not that Luke had betrayed her . |
| 5 | Donald Harris wants the law changed so compensated is automatic . |
| 6 | The Police Federation now wants the law changed so bail is automatically refused if the police fear there 's risk of a further offence being committed . |
| 7 | Dot tried not to mind being left on her own in the basement . |
| 8 | She broke off , caught unawares having been about to reveal that her sister had told her . |
| 9 | All the information listed overleaf has been supplied by the shoe manufacturers . |
| 10 | Most of the evidence and experience reported here has been derived from the 16% of the world population living in Europe and North America . |
| 11 | ‘ But if you examine the shot range involved there has been no demonstration of exceptional marksmanship . ’ |
| 12 | In the period that I mentioned there have been substantial further job losses in the coal industry and some further job losses in the steel industry . |
| 13 | A third , who seemed prematurely to have been celebrating Sunderland 's success , planted a spontaneous kiss on his cheek . |
| 14 | What I 'd suddenly recalled was a picture hanging over the altar in the caravan ; this in turn had reminded me of one of the statues over the south porch of the Cathedral . |
| 15 | The Duke of York is thought to be away on naval duties and the Duchess of York , believed not to have been invited , was in Birkenhead touring flats for young people with learning difficulties . |
| 16 | As their mother seemed already to have been in hospital for most of their lives , Alexander and Victoria saw no change and since the family followed the form of their class and delegated the day-to-day care of their children entirely to the nanny , the absence of their mother hardly affected their lives . |
| 17 | Consequently , sociological positivism can be criticized for giving the impression of setting out to demonstrate scientifically the truth of an approach which seemed already to have been assumed in the way the terms were defined . |
| 18 | Most of the food seemed already to have been disseminated , and a safety cut-out had switched off the stasis field when she opened the hatch . |
| 19 | But no sound came from inside the house ant the lights , he 'd already checked were all off He eased the door right open so it would n't swing and slam . |
| 20 | But he had gone out of the front door , banging it , leaving his shoes on the table which she 'd always believed was bad luck . |
| 21 | It was as she 'd always imagined being shot , a crash between her eyes . |
| 22 | A POLICE officer who grabbed a car thief and hung on as he drove off has been commended for his bravery by Durham chief constable Frank Taylor . |
| 23 | Rovers Defender , Dave Higgins punched the ball out ; he was sent off for deliberate hand ball as Jim Magilton slammed home United 's second . |
| 24 | The fact that Liz had also said Ross was kind , overwhelmingly generous , and one of the sexiest men she 'd ever met was not something that Laura wanted to think about at the moment . |
| 25 | We wondered what to do next , because the only other thing I 'd ever done was box . |
| 26 | I would never have been able to respect myself if all I 'd ever done was take from my father . ’ |
| 27 | Up until now the only badger I 'd ever seen was dead on the side of the road . |
| 28 | A farm-boy who came up to help was sent back to the farmhouse to cancel the fire-brigade call . |
| 29 | Maybe what she 'd really heard was the voice of her own conscience . |
| 30 | When push came to shove , all he 'd really done was make a pass at her — it was n't the first she 'd had to deal with , and probably would n't be the last . |