Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His coat and waistcoat swiftly followed it and his fingers ripped away the neckcloth about his throat , heedless of the ruin they effected . |
| 2 | Impromptu discussion groups formed whenever a man sat outside his house . |
| 3 | A study done by Edwin Colbert and his colleagues showed that a tiny 50 gramme ( 1.76 oz ) alligator heated up 1 °C every minute and a half from the Sun , while a large alligator some 260 times bigger took seven and a half minutes . |
| 4 | ‘ One coin given away with every four gallons of petrol . |
| 5 | According to the values listed above for the product of the reaction in our example for case 2 should be NiO(s) and not CO(g) . |
| 6 | For example , the samples of handwriting given above are written cursively ( or ‘ joined-up ’ ) . |
| 7 | The most important galleries situated here are the Royal Hibernian Gallagher Academy and the John Taylor Gallery . |
| 8 | Moscow sets terms for unity debate Following are extracts from an address to members of the European Parliament given yesterday by the Soviet Foreign Minister , Mr Eduard Shevardnadze . |
| 9 | The citing of these two varieties will illustrate the basic characteristics of the cheeses of this type — uncut curds treated very gently and never pressed , the whey being allowed to drain naturally . |
| 10 | So what happens with any acid and any metal with a mes a metal and an acid you 're going to get a salt and hydrogen given off . |
| 11 | ‘ Then how come when we pulled her from her suit I found a folder full of Alex Bannen 's notes stashed away inside the sleeve ? ’ |
| 12 | By this time the festival of Christmas had arrived , and both papal and royal courts joined together to celebrate in St Peter 's basilica . |
| 13 | However , in 1239 the city succumbed to Tartar invasion and much of the Byzantine architecture was destroyed while church building developed further in areas which suffered less from barbarian attacks . |
| 14 | For the TB given here , . |
| 15 | The background tells more than the people or the happenings : the water-sprinkler on the lawn ; the hateful birds with their ‘ strident and spiteful noises ’ and ‘ those banal exchanges from tree to tree , mockings and bickerings and sudden solo trillings ’ ; the cook with a napkin fastened round her head as if it were a Stilton cheese … . |
| 16 | But , as Tylor noticed , while some cultures prescribed very strong avoidance behaviour between sons and parents-in-law , others were more concerned to keep daughters and parents-in-law from each others ' throats . |
| 17 | In accordance with the main theme of this book the accounts given here are drawn from the school sector ( primary and secondary ) and concentrate on activities that were conducted at the level of the whole institution ( although , in practice , the whole of the school may not have become involved ) . |
| 18 | It seems to me that Bethe ( writing in 1954 ) did not give due credit to Ulam for switching ideas onto an entirely new track ; judging from accounts given elsewhere ( eg The Advisors , H. F. York , San Francisco , 1976 ) Ulam rather than Teller should be called ‘ The Father of the H-Bomb ’ . |
| 19 | The example sentence given above would be divided into feet as follows : |
| 20 | So she 's had summer holiday plans fallen through . |
| 21 | I think he 's going to the dentist or something , and he 's a bit frightened so he thinks , he thinks of that . |
| 22 | The tailgate of this lorry was cut away and two 4ft long barbed prongs welded on to it . |
| 23 | a record of the activities undertaken along with any results and conclusions ; |
| 24 | Sporting endeavours have been a major feature of the activities undertaken so far ( see Update ) . |
| 25 | Planning activities undertaken centrally |
| 26 | His long-suffering wife Elsie knew that her man had a mistress tucked away somewhere . |
| 27 | He opened the back of the watch case , and Bathsheba , who happened to be looking , saw that there was a curl of hair hidden inside . |
| 28 | Charles Brown , professor of microbiology at Heriot-Watt University received about £30 000 from Speywood last year to develop a method of producing protein A continuously . |
| 29 | Now , would n't necessarily suggesting that the existing settlement would have to sustain all of the addition given only what it 's got at the moment . |
| 30 | Her features were well-shaped even so early , and the jaw placed finely on the white neck with its blue flush of springing hair . |