Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you rubbed on petroleum jelly or applied any necessary plasters ? |
| 2 | The petition must state : ( i ) the amount of the debt ( in sterling , converted from any foreign currency at the official exchange rate at the date of issue of the petition , by analogy with r 6.111 ) , the consideration for it ( or , if there is no consideration , the way in which it arises ) and the fact that it is owed to the petitioner ; ( ii ) when the debt was incurred or became due ; ( iii ) if the debt includes interest or any other charge accruing from time to time , the amount or rate of the charge ( separately identified ) and the grounds upon which it is claimed to form part of the debt provided that , in the case of a petition based upon a statutory demand , only the interest claimed in the demand is included ; ( iv ) that the debt is unsecured , and either that the debt is for a liquidated sum payable immediately and the debtor appears to be unable to pay it , or that the debt is for a liquidated sum payable at some certain future specified time and the debtor appears to have no reasonable prospect of being able to pay it . |
| 3 | The slave masters ran around , punishing anyone who slowed down or became disobedient . |
| 4 | Gastric ulcers and mental illnesses were healed ( or became asymptomatic ) but everyone suffered from an unceasing discomfort that polluted sleep and was nameless . ’ |
| 5 | As the seams of coal and iron were exhausted , or became unprofitable to work , mining and smelting diminished . |
| 6 | The net result with HM was that staff spent a lot of time asking and cajoling him , but he did not respond or became disturbed , and staff eventually did much of the activity themselves . |
| 7 | Large numbers were forced into tenancy or became agricultural labourers . |
| 8 | The industry used local resources ; charcoal and other articles were made from wood ; iron and silver ores were processed and fashioned ; and flax , hemp and wool were spun and woven into clothing , the Italian Chimney sweeps came to symbolize the migration at its most miserable , but other persons repaired watches or became itinerant vendors of fabric , haberdashery , and other items . |
| 9 | These families may be described as a traditional élite ; in the twentieth century they either found new sources of wealth and influence or became local notables . |
| 10 | Parts of the labour movement , however , remained or became hostile to the war . |
| 11 | But erm , the , so although he , he , the point I 'm making is although it was who says he mentioned symbolism , or became aware of it , it 's er , it does n't conflict with the point th that , that we were making earlier , that the only person who can interpret their dreams is the dreamer ultimately . |
| 12 | One fifth of Logan 's ( Un ) votes at Stage Xl went away from UUUC to UPNI or became non-transferable . |
| 13 | Torture was used as a matter of course and some suspects died or became insane as a result of the methods employed . |
| 14 | The threats to children to silence colleagues who , far braver than he had ever been , asked the uncomfortable question , or asked any question at all . |
| 15 | The end labelled probe was mixed with 20µg of protein extract which had been preincubated with 5µg poly ( d ( I-C ) ) and single stranded or doubled stranded competitor DNA . |
| 16 | But there is no evidence that they either intended or effected systematic and long-term destruction . |
| 17 | Tasks of this kind may need extensive practice by children with defective vision , since using their vision for learning may present difficulties in terms of blurring and distortion or a reduced or interrupted visual field . |
| 18 | This , I should stress , was a successful conversation — and the example could of course be extended , to include the times when we talked simultaneously , or interrupted each other , or gave multiple answers to the same question , as well as the times when there was unintelligibility , resulting from two of the four participants talking with their mouth full — but I leave all these to your imagination . |
| 19 | Erm at which meeting I also contacted or attacked four other people , one a solicitor , erm one running a sort of a a training centre , and two running businesses , one in sort of sales and marketing , and one in production . |
| 20 | When asked by the judge if she ever drank or got aggressive . |
| 21 | Oh , I suppose I could have written off and got a new length of rubber , or got old Cameron in the ironmonger 's shop to find me something , but it would never feel right again . |
| 22 | ‘ Apart from the damage it would do to the ground I knew it would have to be ridden every day and then if it bolted or got stuck in the mud it would be my responsibility . ’ |
| 23 | I will let you into a secret , I know where they get them from , or got three of them anyway . |
| 24 | He said the incidents where cars had windows smashed but nothing was taken could have meant the would-be thieves were disturbed or got scared . |
| 25 | I wonder how many of you battled on for much longer than the allocated time or got demoralised and gave up ? |
| 26 | Do n't worry about the cards , I 'll say I lost them or got mugged . |
| 27 | About 10 foreigners were among the victims of political violence in 1989 , with the result that foreign aid workers , archaeologists and tourists increasingly withdrew from or avoided rural areas . |
| 28 | To heighten comprehension , our information was presented using personal pronouns in deliberately short sentences that explained or avoided technical terms ; awareness could be further enhanced by issuing the information sheets ( customised for specific operations ) during the initial outpatient consultation , which would give patients more time to assimilate the facts . |
| 29 | By suggesting that the ‘ fun-loving ’ woman lodger shunned or avoided sexual intercourse with the landlord begins to suggest that the ‘ normal ’ occurrence is for women lodgers in such situations to allow sexual intercourse to take place . |
| 30 | Thirdly , actual payment and receipt of funds might be delayed , frustrated or made impossible by external and internal events . |