Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [coord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I mean , how was I to know you were n't a sex-mad pervert who 'd broken in and hideously raped you before coming after me ? ’ |
| 2 | He saw her safely checked in and then left her , his last words calculated to wound . |
| 3 | The materials were broken down and thoroughly mixed and were then led into a " back " where the slurry remained for several weeks while the water was gradually drained off . |
| 4 | Since that time the trees which had once enthicketed the hut had been lopped down and now the pyramidal vernal tent stood isolated among a company of stumps , like stepping-stones from the forest to Kitty 's lair . |
| 5 | Right , we , we , we did actually draw , or we not draw , we , we adopted a constitution during the year and the officers that are erm elected are the Chair , the Secretary and the Treasurer , erm and other , together with other such officers , yeah to determine by general meeting , erm , so it 's really only those three , er and we have sometimes had Advice Chair if there 's only been one Chairman have n't we , one Chair person erm so I think people need to say if they do n't wish to carry on the jobs they 're doing and if anybody wishes to nominate anyone in a particular post then slip at the bottom of the minutes could be filled in and either brought to meeting or sent back to the Secretary . |
| 6 | Printed on it you 'll see a space for the date of birth already filled in and also a space for the date of death , not yet filled in . |
| 7 | But McLean told the jury that she had joined in and also stamped on Mrs McMullen 's stomach and throat . |
| 8 | So these guys undergo these horrifying initiation rituals to prove you know that they want to join the club band and i if they pass the initiation test then they 're joined in and then they 're given a wife . |
| 9 | The amendment was accepted and then the complete resolution was voted on and unanimously accepted . |
| 10 | Reports and assumptions such as this continued , off and on , throughout the year and reached a climax in December 1951 in a memorandum from the acting Assistant Secretary of State ( Allison ) to Acheson which reported that from various sources and for various reasons , not least the fact that some 200,000 Chinese communist troops in Kwangsi Province were prepared to move on Indo-China as ‘ volunteers ’ , a large-scale attack against French Union and Vietnamese forces in Tonkin must be expected on or about 28 December . |
| 11 | Some need a flue to carry away exhaust gases , but balanced-flue appliances can be easily installed on or close to any exterior wall . |
| 12 | And George says she 's come in and like they ban her from going out . |
| 13 | He sent the clerk hurrying into the back room to get a dark grey suit which had just come in and then said : ‘ Going to New York ? |
| 14 | Even though scale requirements have come down and thus open up new possibilities in small markets , the gains will not be great until the assembly plants are backed by world-class support structures . |
| 15 | and now the er , they 're not paying back , and the houses have come down and so what people are doing , or some people that have bought these houses , they 're just giving the keys back and repossessing the house |
| 16 | I see a set of conclusions that achieve almost everything that was demanded at that time and I am grateful to everybody concerned who 's actually sat down and actually really thought about what we 're trying to do and everybody has made some compromise here and I shall certainly support this amendment and I shall make the compromise because the one thing in here that I thought was necessary that is n't there is the statement that there will be a head of centre and having actually worked in a project , head of sorry , head of project and having actually worked in a situation where I was a joint manager erm in the long run I think people will see the the wisdom of of a single head of project . |
| 17 | They waited until she had sat down and then Grimwood hauled a chair closer to her , seated himself . |
| 18 | Colour the remaining fondant a pale cream colour ( use a tiny amount of diluted yellow food colouring ) and knead in a tiny amount of brown until almost mixed in but still a bit ‘ muddy ’ . |
| 19 | It was as if an angry giant had come along and just clipped off the trees , " said Eva . |
| 20 | I have been very lucky ; the right opportunities have come along and yet every time you take them you are looking forward immediately to the next challenge . |
| 21 | Even before the film had wound on , he 'd looked down and away , so that I could see only his forehead and his grey hair ; and within two seconds , he 'd walked towards the grandstand and out of my line of vision . |
| 22 | But erm , er , they drop you off wherever you want to be dropped off and then pick you up I mean I I come down on occasions and I just stand outside their gate . |
| 23 | The lid of Pandora 's box could be wrenched off or tightly sat upon . |
| 24 | The building was boarded up and effectively left to decay . |
| 25 | The Maxwell Houses , as they became known , were labelled as a ’ blot on the landscape ’ after they were boarded up and then simply abandoned . |
| 26 | All the houses were boarded up and so were the few shops . |
| 27 | But they soon fade into the background , leaving behind only thematic reminiscences which are picked up and swiftly developed in a manner suitable to the changing dramatic context . |
| 28 | He 's there , still curled up and still secured by the tape , but he must have wriggled his way through to here while you were down in the cellar ; he 's knocked over a table with the phone on it and he 's just turning the phone the right way up as you enter the lounge and see him . |
| 29 | The speed of them and everything you know , you you 'd think the film was speeded up but apparently it 's not . |
| 30 | Right , well see how things go , what I would do is enquire in about a week whether that letter has come back and then we can arrange to see you . |