Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stopped for petrol I suppose . |
| 2 | I understand that if a bookshop were not registered for VAT it would still be charged VAT by its suppliers but would not be able to reclaim either through Customs & Excise or by passing the charge on to its customers and therefore would face very heavy pressure on margins . |
| 3 | Furthermore , gradation could equally lead to heavier sentences than might otherwise have been given for conduct which comes within the higher categories , although this could be regulated by appeal courts and sentencing guidelines . |
| 4 | no , I do n't know where that tool is I was given for Christmas its gone |
| 5 | He prayed that she would be forgiven for being herself and following her nature . |
| 6 | This industrial wood accounts for 20 per cent of Nigeria 's wood consumption while the other 80 per cent is consumed as fuelwood which is mainly derived from the more northerly savanna zones . |
| 7 | At the time that the present series of transplant patients were referred for surgery our transplant centre was one of a fairly small number seeking suitable donor organs , not just in Britain but in continental Europe . |
| 8 | He persuaded the government to allow a group of students to be sent to the USA in 1872 , but they were recalled for fear they might become ‘ too gay ( morally loose ) or western ’ ( Wang 1928 : 44 ) , a comment which would not be out of place in more recent times . |
| 9 | So if you are pressed for time it is better during your first year in a language area to give more time to direct contact with people than to spend hours at your desk typing . |
| 10 | Contrastingly , it is not a defence to a civil claim where legislative standards are regarded as minimum which should , in some circumstances , be exceeded by the reasonably prudent producer . |
| 11 | In England and Wales in 1989 , of the 89,316 defendants committed for trial who pleaded guilty 52 per cent . |
| 12 | But again , it had always got to be from the Co-op , because it had come through mum you see , really and er sh I say she is eighty-two . |
| 13 | Workers on the sites prolonged their tasks indefinitely ; building materials vanished ; workmen claimed for overtime which had neither been worked nor authorised ; and non-existent workers were kept on the payroll by the workers . |
| 14 | Planned tutorials or lectures can be programmed for material which might provide a basis for development . |
| 15 | This was a peripatetic Diogenes of the masses though , and fined for obstruction he had to constantly seek new pitches : ‘ His barrel was sandwiched between a fasting girl and a flea circus . |
| 16 | When he had departed for Benghazi he had left Lord Jellicoe in charge at Kabrit , and on 20 May Jellicoe wrote to MEHQ asking for an order to be issued to the Commando to release the men . |
| 17 | If they remain chronically incapacitated for work they can now claim invalidity benefit at a higher rate . |
| 18 | When mixed with gin they produced less satisfactory results , introducing intrusive flavours into the gin/tonic marriage . |
| 19 | What is more , although the quantity for the day looks relatively modest in dry state , once it is mixed with milk you will find that it provides two good and satisfying servings . |
| 20 | Yet their mash consisted simply of a partly baked bread mixed with water which was allowed to ferment . |
| 21 | Gerard says that pounded and mixed with vinegar it was used by the Germans as a sauce for fish and with " such like meates as we do mustard " . |
| 22 | The wind whipped their faces ; halfway up Athelstan stopped and , stooping , picked up the thick sand mixed with gravel which carpeted every step . |
| 23 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 24 | Most editors have become disillusioned with material which comes to them from PR sources . |
| 25 | Once a replicator has come into existence it is capable of generating an indefinitely large set of copies of itself . |
| 26 | Since the war , each time the Conservative Party has come into power it has extolled the virtues of the market . |
| 27 | But if it were to go up and up and up the blood would become absolutely saturated with sugar which would do us no good at all . |
| 28 | Similarly , there are pieces of metalwork decorated with enamel which are found in the Lark valley in Cambridgeshire ( Brown 1981a ; Scull 1985 ) . |
| 29 | Isabel stared into muddy brown eyes , frozen with terror herself . |
| 30 | This time they were overburdened with luggage which was far too heavy for even the lenient Gulf Air to overlook . |