Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , you must have heard about or seen the horsemen hiding in the trees . |
| 2 | Her chin was distinctly pointed , her mouth clenched as if withholding a cry , Vincent saw the pallor of her face , its sad lines , her eyes inward-looking , and felt that his soul was in correspondence with her . |
| 3 | The Leith Chamber of Commerce was instituted in 1840 and in 1852 the Directors petitioned for and obtained a Charter of Incorporation on their representation ‘ That the town of Leith is the principal seaport in the East of Scotland and it would tend much to the encouragement and promotion of the trade and manufacture already extensively established and carried on there , if the Petitioners were incorporated as a Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers , with the powers and privileges usually conferred on such bodies ’ . |
| 4 | Mayor Kropacek said : ‘ We must thank the Thun-Hohenstein family for having looked after and honoured the picture of the Annunciation for nearly half a century and for having now returned it , newly restored , to the church of the Holy Cross . |
| 5 | And if we lived in the country then it would n't be me coming home every night whacked out and wanting to be looked after and having a squawking infant instead . |
| 6 | The question was not whether the judge had made a wrong decision but whether he had inquired into and decided a matter which he had no right to consider . |
| 7 | There the work was carried out until the L & B Railway had amalgamated with and leased a number of small lines , notably the Birmingham and Manchester , Liverpool and Manchester , and the South Staffordshire Railways . |
| 8 | But again there need be no problem in the marriage if the partner is equally committed to and supports the career climb . |
| 9 | On the same day , the House voted on whether to adopt an administration-backed bill in place of that sponsored by Ways and Means with Rostenkowski warning : ‘ If we accept the President 's substitute , we accept his dominance of our house for the months ahead . |
| 10 | Nomination on the basis of so-conceived merit is objected to as non-democratic ; election on the basis of popular franchise is objected to as duplicating the House of Commons and as giving to the House of Lords a much more convincing title to oppose the Commons . |
| 11 | Crucial to the financial stability is the fact that Highlander is recognised as a non profit-making organisation , and as such it has successfully applied for and sustained a tax-exempt status from the Federal revenue agency . |
| 12 | In the case of solicitors , as well as the usual provisions common to most businesses , specific restrictions may , for example , be desired : ( 1 ) in relation to the operation of bank accounts ( more particularly drawings and transfers from client and trust accounts ) ; ( 2 ) to prohibit a partner from carrying on investment business at any time when the firm has not applied for and obtained an Investment Business certificate from the Law Society ; and ( 3 ) in relation to professional undertakings made in the name of the firm , perhaps by requiring the consent of another partner ( if not all partners ) or notice to the other partners . |
| 13 | Certain contracts are excepted and are therefore not cancellable under the Regulations ( even if made during or following an unsolicited visit or an excursion ) , namely any contract : |
| 14 | Like a miniature expression of the whole , the tomb is defended on all sides by its own set of machicolated walls , built as if to keep the Angel of Death at bay ; they represent perhaps the most elaborate set of defences ever raised to protect a corpse . |
| 15 | It was second nature to him now to note the time by the illuminated dial of his electric bedside clock before he had switched on his lamp , a second after he had felt for and silenced the raucous insistence of the telephone . |
| 16 | Once ashore , the attacking force made for and took the remains of the Fao oil-export complex . |
| 17 | Steve , with the instinct that marks him out as a real mountaineer , not just a climber , had searched for and seen an abseil that avoided the First Brittle Ice Traverse , It took us past the Pocket Hanging Glacier seracs , where the ropes twisted into corkscrews and jammed tight . |
| 18 | Then made as if to leave the room . |
| 19 | Her hand made as if to tear the wad of paper , then halted . |
| 20 | It has been on trial at nine branches and no decision has been made about whether to extend the service . |
| 21 | Metaphor lay coiled in the name sunflower , which not only turned towards but resembled the sun , the source of light . |
| 22 | Jane had also done up and let the cottage at a low rent . |
| 23 | This Agreement and its Schedule ( which is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement ) constitute the entire agreement between the Publisher and the Programme for the writing of the Program , and supersede all earlier communications on that subject . |
| 24 | This Agreement and its Schedule ( which is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement ) constitute the entire agreement between the Publisher and the Programme for the writing of the Program , and supersede all earlier communications on that subject . |
| 25 | My principal reason was a very subjective one : I had , as an undergraduate , met with and remained a firm friend of one of the leading Ibos , Sir Louis Mbanefo , who had been knighted by the British government when he became the Chief Justice of Eastern Nigeria . |
| 26 | All historical financial information provided in the Memorandum has been prepared from and using the same accounting policies as the financial records of the Group . |
| 27 | That the financial parameters adopted can be related to or inform the levels of payments for services that will support alternative arrangements for some individuals assessed as requiring residential care services . |
| 28 | turns , there , gets the header , Notts go in front , it was brilliantly made by and had the easiest of jobs and what a comeback it is , because Notts trailed by two in twenty minutes and now they lead three two against the side second in the first division table , who 've been run ragged in the second half , by a storming Notts comeback , brilliant , header . |
| 29 | Its part is written in the treble clef but by a curious quirk of transposition gives the actual notes sounded if the bass clef is thought of as displacing the treble . |
| 30 | The multiple choice format can , in this case , be thought of as demanding a similar sort of thinking to that required when checking an answer obtained by measurement or calculation to see if it is sensible . |