Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1 Where the person bringing an action to recover land , or some person through whom he claims , has been in possession of the land , and has while entitled to the land been dispossessed or discontinued his possession , the right of action shall be treated as having accrued on the date of the dispossession or discontinuance . |
| 2 | Once a patient is sedated or anaesthetized he is completely unable to care for himself and he is dependent upon the theatre team to ensure his safety . |
| 3 | And it was just a pity that the material she was given or told us to read , she said was too advanced for us . |
| 4 | Where a summons or other originating process has been served on a defendant by post or insertion in his letter-box under Ord 7 , 4 10(1) ( b ) or 4(a) or r 13(1) ( b ) or ( 4 ) and after judgment has been given or entered it appears to the court that the process did not come to the knowledge of the defendant in time , the court may of its own motion set aside the judgment and may give any direction or make any such order as the court may think just . |
| 5 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 6 | Theodora was faced with the usual dilemma of such contrivances , did one hammer on the outer door ( there seemed to be no bell ) and risk not being heard or did one penetrate to the inner door proper and risk being judged intrusive ? |
| 7 | There are eight shades of Varnish or Cream which can be mixed or applied one on top of another |
| 8 | It is possible to argue that he wrote in the proportion to which each location claimed or received his spans of time and attention — and as he spent more than twice the length of time out on the islands as he did getting there , the greater part of his book addresses the west . |
| 9 | In all my past letters to the News , never ever have I forgotten or denied my roots . |
| 10 | It was untenable for us to continue to support and put energy into a political movement which in no ways respected or reflected our separate identity and struggle as Irish women . |
| 11 | They read and reread , often looking quite abstracted , memorizing passages silently , their eyes far off ; and when ideas eluded or baffled them they would turn to one another for help , each sister seeming to draw strength and comfort from the other 's closeness . |
| 12 | Had he been caught or had he panicked he could well have been in very serious trouble : the charming young tearaway could have become a court case . |
| 13 | Every time I get caught or arrested I get asthma . |
| 14 | His occasional outbursts of anger shocked those around him , but he felt an uncontrollable flame of fury whenever he saw a child being bullied or mistreated which blinded him to all else . |
| 15 | He caught males and either shortened or lengthened their tails . |
| 16 | The architect who advertises for a pupil ( 'talent no consideration' but a premium of £100 required ) might be Dickens 's fictitious Mr Pecksniff , who has never himself designed or built anything real , and trains his pupils on similar lines , ‘ constructing in the air a vast quantity of Castles , Houses of Parliament , and other Public Buildings ’ , a divorce between the idea and the actuality noted by Joe Gargery in the expressive phrase , ‘ drawd too architectooralooral ’ . |
| 17 | For this ‘ crime ’ , many of them were fined or had their goods confiscated , and others were imprisoned . |
| 18 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 19 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 20 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 21 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 22 | Yes , and he had n't even earned that had he ? |
| 23 | He not only designed and tested his own planes but , for a time , held most of the air speed records as well as the land speed record . |
| 24 | Patrick Motors ' interest in car design goes back to the '30s when the company designed and built its own ‘ Patrick Specials ’ . |
| 25 | Here they wrote up their interviews and observations , edited them , created artwork and designed and printed their pages . |
| 26 | One factoring company , Union Discount Commercial Finance ( UDCF ) , reorganised and relaunched its activities last year after running into problems with some of its clients . |
| 27 | This was reorganised and changed its title in the following year , and again in May 1918 : like its British counterparts it drew its manpower from a variety of sources — the universities , the army and the professions — as well as from diplomacy . |
| 28 | My pouch-seat automatically deepened and clutched me like an egg . |
| 29 | His dark good looks had about them something raffish , sinister almost , which at once attracted and frightened her . |
| 30 | In creating an atmosphere in which delegation is expected and welcomed you need to show that you will accept the mistakes that others make on your behalf . |