Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the injury ca n't be mended and vets say she 'll have to be put down . |
| 2 | After three weeks ’ hard pounding , both administered and received , the melancholy of the Conservative campaign ‘ A-team ’ suddenly lifted and journalists attending their morning news conference were treated to a double act worthy of The Two Ronnies . |
| 3 | The machine controls caused power to be applied and consequences to occur which resulted in changed readings on the instruments . |
| 4 | A SONOROUS voice from some unseen depth wafts the audience back to the darkest days of the Raj where murky affairs were afoot , when life was cheap , gentlemanly double-dealing was routine and deeds could be done and curses uttered which would pursue a man back to civilisation and England . |
| 5 | Their aim was to ensure that contracts were given and policies enacted which favoured their interests in making profits . |
| 6 | No warning was given and police say they face an impossible task in fighting this kind of terrorism . |
| 7 | It 's a feature that might come in handy when building an annual report : the user selects a field and chooses the added ‘ delegate ’ option from the menu , and can then send the spreadsheet to a colleague with the field highlighted and instructions to fill it in . |
| 8 | However , as shopping still had to be done , schools reached and roads crossed whatever the road width or traffic volume , accident levels continued to rise and living environments to deteriorate . |
| 9 | Drugs were also seized and police say it was part of a long term campaign , codenamed Operation Lucy and targeted on a guns and drug network . |
| 10 | His head was bandaged and wires linked his body with machines . |
| 11 | Purchasing inhibitions are more quickly overcome and buyers declare their purchasing interest sooner than in face to face selling/ buying situations . |
| 12 | With the slump in building work , the market forces reversed and contractors found themselves in a fiercely competitive market with tenders very keenly priced . |
| 13 | Decisions are taken and appointments made which rate , at best , a paragraph in the more serious newspapers . |
| 14 | The reason for this , continued James , is that ‘ the exact combination of ideals realized and ideals disappointed which each decision creates is always a universe without precedent , and for which no adequate previous rule exists ’ . |
| 15 | The new-look Cockerton Band Club , Cockerton , has been completely refurbished and members say it is now one of the top venues in the area . |
| 16 | It 's more than two months since Jim Eggleton was murdered and police say they 're still no closer to solving the case . |