Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , it is virtually impossible to determine exactly how much Grampian produced whisky is exported because much of it is blended and/or bottled elsewhere . |
| 2 | What they did not foresee was that people got the impression they were going to be crushed or trampled underfoot and , though the 30,000 portions of pie were eaten , many people opted to stay away . |
| 3 | ‘ I went to the afterguard and said our boats are not optimised or going as fast as I would like and asked for recommendations , ’ said Koch . |
| 4 | Or who 's responsible for erm received or going out . |
| 5 | Passes were spilled or knocked on , and kicks flew straight into touch as both sides failed to inject any pace , or play to any sort of pattern . |
| 6 | All are overloaded or broken down . |
| 7 | Nothing that has been painted or varnished recently should be allowed in , nor should cosmetics , cleaning materials or any of the other items mentioned in Table 3 . |
| 8 | On occasion there were more serious charges where preliminary hearings were held and the case either dismissed or passed on for trial at a higher court . |
| 9 | Four senior officials in the Foreign Affairs and Interior ministries were dismissed or resigned over their role in granting him entry . |
| 10 | IF HISTORY is anything to go by , the legal action being brought in Britain by 3,000 patients against Wyeth ( a subsidiary of American Home Products ) and Switzerland 's Hoffmann-La Roche will either be dismissed or settled out of court for a pittance . |
| 11 | Becoming a member and shareholder on an issue by a private company ( or a closely-held public company whose shares are not listed or dealt in on the U.S.M. ) is subject to the same legal requirements of agreement plus entry on the register but in practice both will be achieved with less formality and , in the case of private companies , without the issue of allotment letters . |
| 12 | All goods supplied by the Seller shall be in accordance with ( i ) the current edition of the relevant Product Description Leaflet as published from time to time by the Seller ( copies of which are available from the Seller upon request ) and ( ii ) those further specifications or descriptions ( if any ) expressly listed or set out on the face of the Order . |
| 13 | My intervention , such as it was , became well known and earned me the enmity of two or three people whose awards had been either altered or struck out . |
| 14 | In the case of the exclusive language of traditional hymns , it is better that congregations be helped to respect and accept such hymns as coming from a former age than that they be either inappropriately altered or abandoned altogether . |
| 15 | When any diagram becomes inaccurate it must be altered or thrown away . |
| 16 | Suffices of S are equations that will be evaluated in any given case to give a packing density , followed by r to indicate bucket size , so that the correct synonym percentage can be calculated or looked up . |
| 17 | I keep hearing of people being sacked or getting out . |
| 18 | She only had about fifty pence left from the money she had borrowed from her stepfather the day before , but she hoped that the young Italian barman , who fancied her , had not yet been sacked or moved on and would give her a margarita , free . |
| 19 | Because neither has examined or thought out their views , or the reasons why they hold them , there is serious misunderstanding when attitudes and behaviour clash . |
| 20 | Most of the access points from surface to interior are quite small and easily guarded or blocked up . |
| 21 | Statements about the state of the world , or some part of it , can be justified or established as true in a direct way by an unprejudiced observer 's use of his senses . |
| 22 | All to be humped or carried on one 's back |
| 23 | In this case the solvent has to be evaporated or boiled off at a low temperature . |
| 24 | The court may order the whole or part of any pleading to be amended or struck out on the ground that ( a ) it discloses no reasonable cause of action or defence , or ( b ) it is scandalous , frivolous or vexatious , or ( c ) it may prejudice , embarrass or delay the fair trial , or ( d ) it is otherwise an abuse of the process of the court . |
| 25 | It may not be adjusted or working correctly or as it is operated by water temperature , it may be air locked . |
| 26 | About a week after the egg has been laid , the cap at the top is broken or chewed off . |
| 27 | During intercourse , check that the condom has n't broken or slipped off . |
| 28 | Sub-contracting works fine most of the time but if you want something done urgently and the typesetter is broken or tied up on a job for its owner then guess who 's work is going to have to wait . |
| 29 | But this indeterminacy should not , and ultimately can not , be hidden or brought together under a single overarching account . |
| 30 | Athelstan remembered Foreman 's words — how the lady who had visited his shop had bought a poison which could not be traced or smelt yet would stop the heart . |