Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having lost one job he was interviewed at the Feltham Ordnance Factory , but was rejected as useless , ‘ having fallen asleep while waiting to be given instructions ’ . |
| 2 | By 1916 Kisling , who had served in the French Foreign Legion , was discharged wounded and working at his studio , No. 3 Rue Joseph Bara , and Modigliani often worked there with him . |
| 3 | I do n't want to be roasted alive and eaten by the Gruncher . ’ |
| 4 | Parts of the opponent are frozen solid and turn into ice , causing terrible wounds or killing him outright . |
| 5 | On July 4 , 400 people were reported killed or wounded after a massive explosion aimed at police headquarters in the northern oil city of Kirkuk . |
| 6 | Hundreds of people were reported killed and wounded in a weekend of artillery and air attacks and clashes between Bosnia 's three ethnic groups on the eve of possible EC diplomatic recognition . |
| 7 | As spring came , with the supreme optimism of Nature , the shattered trees pushed out a new leaf here and there , but soon these too dropped sick and wilting in the poisonous atmosphere . |
| 8 | In the morning Oliver , who had come late and slept on the couch , started a conversation which suggested he was wavering about leaving the flat . |
| 9 | A rights issue has the advantage of preserving shareholders ' pre-emption rights in respect of a new issue of the offeror 's shares , whereas this is not possible with a cash underwritten alternative unless accompanied by an open offer and clawback ( see below ) . |
| 10 | Many time we have set up a tank containing large and heavy items as part of the decor , only to find that the undergravel filter has either collapsed flat or broken in half . |
| 11 | Hewson , a former professor of economics at the University of New South Wales , with only three years ' experience in the federal parliament , was generally considered competent but lacking in charisma . |
| 12 | Note however , that you must ensure they are installed OPEN and SHARED on re-boot ; refer to Section 1.5.1 , SYSTARTUP.COM , for details . |
| 13 | His wife was rescued uninjured but suffering from shock , and rescuers later recovered a human leg with a flipper attached . |
| 14 | WEAR AND TEAR — These risks are considered uninsurable and relate to the cost of carrying out maintenance work generally . |
| 15 | ‘ To all those who have felt upset and disturbed by my stupid actions , may I say I am sorry . ’ |
| 16 | Bradenham hams should be presented uncrumbed or coated in white breadcrumbs . |
| 17 | While Leapor may have felt embarrassed and withdrawn following her return from Edgcote , she was well known , even admired , for her writing in the area of her home . |
| 18 | He has guarded fiercely against the band 's tapes being made public but listening to them years on , it is difficult to understand his uneasiness and it seems a loss to fans . |
| 19 | This meeting recognises the need for urgency and therefore invites the CLE to make a full report of the result of the independent review in consultation with the CRE by 31st December 1992 , such report to be made public and put before the Bar Council meeting in January 1993 . |
| 20 | Such formidable economic successes gave the German people a new confidence and allowed the expansion of social services , with a major pensions reform in 1957 , when old age pensions were made universal and tied to the cost of living . |
| 21 | It would be even better if that model were made explicit and tested for validity against a more complete analysis of the firm 's competitive position — the manager may , after all , be wrong . |
| 22 | In each case the aims of the unit would be made explicit and discussed with pupils . |
| 23 | Uppark will first be made weatherproof and opened to the public for six days in November before restoration work begins . |
| 24 | Bay Laurus nobilis , can be grown large or clipped to size as can many of the conifers , particularly junipers and thuja , all of which cope well with drought . |
| 25 | He also allowed that the used-car business had failed to keep him in the style to which he had grown accustomed and rose to the prospect of a lucrative drug deal like a shark to a bucket of entrails . |
| 26 | But her face was not full but fallen , the pale skin stretched over slight bones , the eyes grown enormous and calm like grey glass . |
| 27 | The garden is made beautiful and abounds with life ; humans are created specifically to ‘ take care of it ’ ( Gen. 2:15 ) . |
| 28 | New entrants to the upper class were made civilised and imbued with an ethos which extolled administrative and professional qualities rather than inventiveness or entrepreneurship . |
| 29 | Cost comparisons showed that a subsea project to handle 50,000 barrels of oil a day might cost £21 million to develop by conventional means but could be built onshore and towed to the location for £17 million . |
| 30 | On one occasion Liz had felt miserable while thinking about her ex-boyfriend , but she had spoken to her sister-in-law and soon felt much better . |