Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [vb -s] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Free sparring accustoms beginners to being attacked and teaches them how to handle certain situations using the techniques they have been taught up to that stage . |
| 2 | Pat shares some of the problems she has solved and tips she has been given before answering the questions raised at this month 's meeting . |
| 3 | This is updated as the system works through the files to be offlined and copies them onto the media item . |
| 4 | I do however point out that the passage in question does not in terms refer to any admissions policy which the school or local authority has adopted nor does it indicate any fixed way in which an appeal committee should approach the importance of such admissions policy . |
| 5 | Michael and Kim seen that says she 's crying . |
| 6 | Michael and Kim seen that says she 's crying . |
| 7 | In terms of drugs , yes , I mean is that , do you actually know of of erm is it is it what you 've actually seen that makes you |
| 8 | I leave at 7.30am and by 8am have checked Skipper over and given him a small handful of feed in his manger ( which seems to keep him happy when other horses are fed and means I do n't have to wait an hour for him to digest a full feed ) . |
| 9 | The prison governor tells them they are about to be shot and offers them the choice of dying like men or wearing blindfolds . |
| 10 | For this system to work , the click must be so short that its echo is heard before the next click is made and drowns it . |
| 11 | CROOKED tycoon Robert Maxwell 's widow wishes she could help the pensioners her husband robbed but says she has no spare money . |
| 12 | The original wall survives at the base to a greater degree than we had realised and gives us a substantial footing . |
| 13 | This brings a feeling of emptiness that can never be filled and leaves us with a hunger for more . |
| 14 | When an old woman on the mountain curtseys to Marco , when a priest takes the boys to the cave where loyalists have gathered and shows them a portrait of the historic Ivor , the story rises to a climax , but not to the final climax . |
| 15 | This function does pixel counts of the rectangle allotted to the reference card and the smaller rectangle where it is actually supposed to be placed and subtracts them . |
| 16 | But insiders close to Blundell confirmed the deal was agreed and says he is almost certain to return after one year out of competitive Formula One racing , during which he won the Le Mans 24-Hours classic alongside fellow Briton Derek Warwick . |
| 17 | I do not suppose that the ultimate mental component of the universe is some spooky , all-embracing mind that is more real than flesh-and-blood people , nor that we should treat the state or community as a real person with a distinct interest or point of view or even welfare of its own , nor that we can ask the range of questions about a state 's principles — for example whether it accepted them freely or was misled or misunderstands them — that we can ask about aspects of a real person 's moral life . |
| 18 | Do any of you know what the law is called that gives you your rights when you buy |
| 19 | The male pheasant-tailed jacana takes over once the eggs are laid and broods them , leaving the hen free to lay again in other nests in her territory . |
| 20 | Timing is of the essence , which is why so many youthful romances go awry ; she is just getting somewhere with her career but he has already arrived and wants her to be there for him , or vice versa . |
| 21 | It is very much appreciated and gives us a competitive advantage . |
| 22 | Is current expenditure well spent and does it produce services of an appropriate quality ? |
| 23 | If the stick becomes obstructed that tells you that there is a diversion and you must dig at that point to determine the new direction . |
| 24 | This consists of fortnightly meetings within each department of the hotel which offer all staff a chance to discuss the way their hotel is run and allows them an opportunity to make suggestions for ways to improve the service they provide . |
| 25 | ‘ Dana is very sorry for all the trouble she has caused and wants me to forgive her . ’ |
| 26 | What sets this theme apart is the way Britten harps on it once it has emerged and uses it , in a number of variants , to build up the pressure on Grimes until he starts to break under the strain . |
| 27 | " It 's getting started that bothers me . |
| 28 | Now he has been promoted and says he needs more time . |
| 29 | He certainly engages in speculation as to what might have happened but treats it as such , continually emphasising that multiple interpretations of the data are possible , that there are many important matters to which he has not had access and that only limited and tentative conclusions may be drawn . |
| 30 | But it 's how these three were killed that bothers me . ’ |