Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The user probably has limited expertise and he may be working under various stress conditions . |
| 2 | The carelessness of the creators ( for not noticing the mess their employees were making ) and of the people who looked after the food meant animals , plants and insects were accidentally given Herakleophorbia so they grew . |
| 3 | By now I think mum and dad had gone home but they 'd rang Ian and he 'd come straight to the hospital and sat with me . |
| 4 | If you 've been prescribed suppositories and you 're not sure how to use them or are too embarrassed to ask , the pharmacist will have explanatory leaflets . |
| 5 | We had been given books and we soon began learning . |
| 6 | ‘ I take risks , but they 're calculated risks and I would n't take them if I did n't think they had a good chance of succeeding . |
| 7 | I 've finally forgiven Jeff and I 'm delighted at the engagement . ’ |
| 8 | The simultaneous withdrawal of the state from regulative intervention in labour matters clearly advantaged employers and it is hard to deny that all this amounted to class legislation . |
| 9 | They are strays , having been carried here by the glacier that once occupied Crummackdale as it retreated at the end of the Ice Age , scouring the ground as it departed and bringing down the boulders from their place of origin higher in the valley . |
| 10 | So far no party has really impressed Jim but he will vote for the Tories on April 9 , more to keep Labour out than the Conservatives in . |
| 11 | For most months I have included titles that I think are worth ‘ having a go ’ with , although they may not figure in the first rank . |
| 12 | [ He says ] moreover that the testator 's intention , which is particularly important in trusts , supports this opinion , and that the testator would not , after this preamble , have added objects if he had wanted only cash to be paid . |
| 13 | But the British collection should stay in the Tate , which is a suitable building , and the modern stuff should be moved to a specially designed emporium where it should feel at home . |
| 14 | As she stared into her bemused eyes , he slowly smiled , and in that moment she would have committed murder if he 'd asked her to . |
| 15 | Her heart had failed and she had n't regained consciousness since she was carried from the drawing room . |
| 16 | The girl had not regained consciousness and she had a very high fever . |
| 17 | Australian DJ Brian White told his listeners that a drunken journalist had approached Kylie after she had been presented with an award and asked her if she felt ashamed to have won it in a room full of so many talented people . |
| 18 | In your case you may be able to say that your spouse has committed adultery and you find it intolerable to live with her ; or that you have lived apart for two years and you consent to the divorce . |
| 19 | All you have to do is look for your own number er if you if you have hopefully you 've kept a record of the assignments where you 've earned bonus and you can claim it as soon as that number is published . |
| 20 | I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the carefully targeted aid that she has given to Zambia in recent years . |
| 21 | Blanket speed limits applied to all vehicles must be set at such a low figure as to ensure reasonable safety with the most badly designed vehicle when it is in the worst acceptable state of maintenance . |
| 22 | Bath had a good long look at the videos and soon saw that little variations of this move could break opposition defences just as easily as the blasting back-row scrum moves with which Australia had devastated England when they so mistakenly toured Australia last year . |
| 23 | He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night . |
| 24 | They have to be constantly on the move , seeking the fruit and insects on which they live , but their babies , usually twins , are particularly large and have to be carried piggy-back until they are quite old . |
| 25 | The NGA was , at one point , fined £150,000 ; some time later it was fined £375,000 and it had its entire assets of £11 m seized . |
| 26 | We 'd have mixed appetites if you 'd given it any thought . |
| 27 | I 've always owned bitches and I 've always had them done . |
| 28 | As Miranda was halfway down the dark and narrow stairwell , she realised who it was who had so disarmed Madame that she had not scolded Marie-Angèle ( for not being downstairs to hand , to run the message up to Mlle Everard ) , or waited to reproach Miranda herself for allowing visitors to call without appointments and cause all this trouble to her hostess in the Hotel Davenant . |
| 29 | You remember they did the changeover five or six years ago now , and the schools were mi er were getting mix er er they were mixed sexes and they were Archbishop Holgate 's was going to be two sexes and so was Queen Anne 's . |
| 30 | Yesterday one of the thieves , Steven Craig , of Hewley Avenue , Tang Hall , York , was fined £150 after he admitted stealing one of the cameras , an Olympus worth £180 . |