Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had either fallen or been pushed on to a spike on the plough ; the level of her blood alcohol gave some credence to the idea that she had fallen . |
| 2 | Since Saddam Hussein marched into Kuwait , more that nine hundred Briton , most of the women , have either escaped or been flown out of the Gulf . |
| 3 | For this month 's design , as with all projects where the solution has n't come as quick as a flash of inspiration , I assembled in front of me everything that I had found interesting or been working on over the past few months . |
| 4 | Yet in a former Durham pit village , although all had either been made redundant or been forced out of work by ill-health , a group of miners were so sustained by the community network of neighbours and relatives that giving up work seemed a positive blessing . |
| 5 | From here the oils diffuse into the bloodstream or are taken up by the lymph and interstitial fluid ( a liquid surrounding all body cells ) to other parts of the body . |
| 6 | Plans cater for both an immediate accident and the long-term care of individuals who survive or are caught up in the disaster — including the rescuers . |
| 7 | Those who do no have the time to go to a La Scala performance or are visiting out of season , must make do with going to the theatre museum ; this normally , but not always , includes a trip to the auditorium . |
| 8 | When they quit licensed dealers or are shunted out at around the age of thirty upwards , just when they start to crave job security , they are forced into a hostile world . |
| 9 | As the right hon. Gentleman knows , a number of countries around the world are in recession , are heading towards recession or are coming out of recession . |
| 10 | In some localities blastoids like this one break easily out of the enclosing matrix , or are weathered out in considerable numbers . |
| 11 | Rabbits can either be bolted with loose ferrets or be dug out with the assistance of line ferrets , the line being used to indicate the precise location of the quarry . |
| 12 | The units studied are carefully structured so that individual work , pair work and group work can easily lead into , or be developed out of , whole class discussions . |
| 13 | The patient needs space to move or be moved around in , and the home is organized accordingly . |
| 14 | This stock could be thinly spread over the entire population , or be given over in its entirety to a number of friendly societies ( a new role for the friendly societies is proposed below ) . |
| 15 | Where there does exist a genuine public expression of concern about the way the police operate this can not just be dismissed as a matter of misunderstanding or be written off as the foolish ramblings of that police ‘ folk devil ’ the ‘ loony left ’ , who would dismantle the system for their own political ends . |
| 16 | For a start , this will mean cars wo n't have to be driven into concrete blocks at 30mph , or be written off in seatbelt anchorage tests , saving the cost of at least two expensive prototypes . |
| 17 | Morals began to lose their meaning and people said anything that came into their heads , the sort of thing that used to appear in books as a row of stars or be written down on slips of paper and handed to judges in court . |
| 18 | Tables can be used as desks ; end tables can be used for dining ; chairs can fold up and be hung from large colourful hooks , or be stacked up into a tiny space ; armchairs can become spare single beds ; well thought-out storage will take care of clothing , books , files and china . |
| 19 | We have not yet concluded whether that work should be in the form suggested by Mr. Robert McNamara or be carried out in other ways . |
| 20 | They admitted using Ecstasy and were ordered to leave immediately or be handed over to police . |
| 21 | Boyz N the Hood The neighbourhood in question is South Central Los Angeles , a curious half-ghetto half-Brookside with Uzis , where Tre ( Cuba Gooding Jr ) and Ricky ( Morris Chestnut ) stand at a crossroads : will they make it to college and become middle class or be gunned down in the crossfire between rival gangs ? |
| 22 | There was little danger that his pictures ( which were valued at hundreds of pounds ) would devalue the currency or be torn out of their frames and passed off as real banknotes : his jury acquitted after retiring for only ten minutes . |
| 23 | Otherwise , it may be easier for the patient to come out of the back door and walk or be wheeled out through a side gate , if it is all on a level . |
| 24 | Each character must make an I test ( with a +10 bonus if the character specifically says he 's bracing himself ) or be forced down to the bottom of the stairwell . |
| 25 | Blasts from weapons went astray or were turned back to their sources so that the warlock seemed to be using his/her assailants as puppets to fight themselves . |
| 26 | As unemployment began to escalate it may also have been true that those who were the first to be made redundant or were turned down for work were those who were least efficient . |
| 27 | The US Secretary of State James Baker met subsequently with Shevardnadze and welcomed the proposed cuts at a joint press conference , although he had earlier expressed doubts as to whether the cuts were in fact new or were made up in part by other previously announced withdrawals . |
| 28 | As we neared Arran the clouds became denser , and in turn cast deep shadows over the Firth and the Arran coast , or were lit up with a glow of intensely bright sunlight ; while the glory of Arran , its mountain-peaks , were lost amid the clouds that enshrouded them . |
| 29 | Conglomeration meant that media companies diversified or were bought up by larger corporations whose media interests were only a part of their whole activity . |
| 30 | Now we 've actually found seventy thousand pounds worth of savings we have n't made anybody redundant and we 've actually quite clearly taken in that seventy thousand pounds within our overall budget past decisions has had to be taken and they 've been taken as I said earlier hopefully when the financial climate gets better we perhaps we 'll be able to other things all or were revert back to things that we we do wish to do because the the financial restraints on us . |