Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Large fish can be expensive to buy , but small fish soon grow if fed and looked after . |
| 2 | LEFT Reconstructions of sites , such as this crannog , can be tourist attractions , but they can also be used as experiments in showing how sites were constructed and how they appear when destroyed and excavated . |
| 3 | The exclusion of parts of the centre " let or constructed or adapted for letting " is fair and reasonable , but quite often an exclusion will relate only to parts of the centre " not let on the same terms as this lease " which could result in the occupying tenants paying part of the service charges for unlet premises . |
| 4 | Stop if required or slow census point which is the ones we use . |
| 5 | Struggle and cough until exhausted or until they find that a little cold drink will relieve . |
| 6 | We read and experimented until we could stride into builders ' suppliers and ask for one-way cistern inlet valves , 1.5 mm triplecore insulated or three-inch steel angle brackets , just as though we had been born knowing all about it , like men ! |
| 7 | She read and read and read while her aunt mended the socks of her husband and brothers or sewed innumerable buttons on their shirts . |
| 8 | Given that planners are cautious in the face of uncertainty , limited budgets and a lack of experience , new ideas rarely flourish and spread until it is seen that ‘ they work ’ . |
| 9 | The senior officer said : ‘ Even as a colonel I feel as cheated and betrayed as you do . ’ |
| 10 | What they looked for often — correctly I think — was a different type of sexuality , perhaps more libertine and less guilt-ridden ; but even that quest , if repeated by enough people , could ( and did ) become as regulated and uniform as learning itself . |
| 11 | 3 Place the nuts , raisins , allspice and half of the sesame seeds in a food processor , whizz until blended and transfer to a bowl . |
| 12 | Place the remaining onion , garlic , toast or tortilla , tomatoes and chillies in the processor , whizz until blended and stir into the nut mixture . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll have those conservatory doors shut and locked before you go . ’ |
| 14 | A 10-man air droppable life-raft is the main rescue element , although in most cases the Dak 's main aim in a rescue is to find the subject , assist if needed while directing surface assets to the scene . |
| 15 | Bring to the boil sprinkling in gravy granules and stir until dissolved and the sauce has thickened . |
| 16 | For instance , among police officers ( below the rank of sergeant ) women earn 93 per cent of men 's hourly earnings , and women who work as registered and enrolled nurses and midwives earn 90 per cent of the hourly rates of men in this occupation . |
| 17 | If one straight arrow follows another , work as given because you will be transferring stitches in two directions before knitting again and the lace carriage can not transfer in two directions on the same movement . |
| 18 | They entered politics because their Baptist fundamentalism has produced certain moral and social positions which they see as threatened and which they wish to preserve or re-establish . |