Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women who have maintained and/or developed an extensive network of personal relationships in middle age are held to be most favourably placed in coping with the problems of old age . |
| 2 | The frames can be painted , papered or covered in with the walls or painted a contrasting colour or white . |
| 3 | That 's another thing you see that that that today you had a a tin ladle and it ever the ladle sort of leaked or developed a hole in ti you did n't discard it and throw it away , you used to go and buy what was called a , which was two little tin washers with a little bit of , I ca n't remember if it was f a fabric or or rubber , two pieces and you put one on one side and one the other and then a little screw and bolt went through , nut and bolt went through it and tightened it up and that stopped your leak , and that ladle then lasted a lot more a lot longer time . |
| 4 | An even better test is whether , after two years , the successful candidate is promoted again or given a larger international role . |
| 5 | It was not scheduled or given an elaborate countdown and fanfare . |
| 6 | For instance , twice as many subjects in Wales were referred to a specialist or given an abdominal examination than in Humberside and Yorkshire , and half as many were prescribed tablets . |
| 7 | He might begin with between one and four different sizes of tesserae — separated into heaps or placed a partitioned box — and would make more than he intended to use ( manufacture continuing as the pavement was laid ) . |
| 8 | Dawn has never bent or broken a feather in two and a half years . |
| 9 | Because the internal fabric and walls of the flats always remained cold , it meant that when any warm moist air was produced when people breathed or boiled a kettle , the steam condensed on the cold surfaces which was the ideal breeding conditions for the fungus . |
| 10 | As times when you have been very busy and may have missed or delayed a meal , your blood glucose levels can fall . |
| 11 | She has never hurled a grenade or primed a bomb in her life . |
| 12 | Had letters published in a newspaper , or written an article or even a book . |
| 13 | The readers who wrote to us could have read a book , heard a story , or seen a film , and then forgotten about it . |
| 14 | I know that such experiences are often said to be the result of the individuals concerned having read a book or article or seen a film or television programme about the particular place and then having forgotten that they have done so . |
| 15 | Especially if you 've paid or done a lot to get in — whether it 's the snooker hall or the Garrick . ’ |
| 16 | ( 9 ) A listed company may have given or made a prior undertaking or statement not to issue further shares in certain circumstances without the approval of shareholders in general meeting ( see para 17.6 below ) . |
| 17 | During the last 13 years we have cut , simplified or abolished a whole range of direct taxes . |
| 18 | Would his lungs bake , and his eyes poach , and his skin crisp to crackling before he had even fallen or slid a hundred metres ? |
| 19 | In both the reported cases the patients stated that they had inhaled or ingested a foreign body . |
| 20 | Say absolutely nothing when you 've lost or drawn a game , tell them how brilliant the team is when you 've won . ’ |
| 21 | How many times have you bought something that has let you down ( and not complained ) or worn a garment for just one season simply because it was the latest gimmick ? |
| 22 | It is not only the child of a broken marriage who feels this , but even when , sadly , one parent has died or spent a considerable amount of time in hospital . |
| 23 | For example Charlesworth et al , 1984 , by analysis of 1979/80 survey data on 255 elderly people and their 157 carers in north-west England , found that 22 per cent of the carers felt their caring role had either exacerbated or caused a health problem for them ; 38 per cent had experienced some restriction in relation to work , and 44 per cent some restriction on their leisure time . |
| 24 | In the extraordinary procedure , however , the magistrate either dealt with the case himself or appointed a deputy ( iudex pedaneus ) . |
| 25 | When she came to an intersection , she had ignored it or taken a new direction without bothering to think about it . |
| 26 | A school leaver in 1976 , he had never owned a camera or taken a picture . |
| 27 | Has the next generation of unemployed white youth followed in the footsteps of their elder brothers or taken a new route ? |
| 28 | Sealed units must have destroyed at lot of the or taken a chunk out of the market . |
| 29 | His damp hair was slicked back as if he 'd recently been for a swim or taken a shower . |
| 30 | Where there is a slight risk in the event of a swing , a pilot may be said to have made a simple error of judgement or taken an unnecessary risk . |