Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 If I drive the line through , preventing them from laughing , then the final laugh will be both laughs joined together , and some more — from relief . ’
2 Paceman Karl Peers , recovered from injury , bagged 3–33 and Darren Peters picked up 2–28 to steer the Hall to a home tie , probably against Styal , in the zone final on Sunday week .
3 She sits curled up on the couch in the sitting room of her house high above the ocean in Malibu , and gets just slightly dewy-eyed as she talks about her family and the early days .
4 She sits curled up in the corner of the sofa with her feet tucked under her and her half-written letter to her cousin waiting in her lap .
5 There is another style of political sociology , much influenced by Marxism , which has emphasized just as strongly the nature of the state as a system of domination ; namely , the elite theory of Pareto and Mosca .
6 The discussion in the preceding section has emphasized how insights from the corporate-strategy literature may help in arriving at a sensible assessment of individual project cash flows , and that models need to be based upon theories about market success .
7 The project has emphasized how important the carnyx was to its makers .
8 The Terminator game , which costs £40 , has jumped straight into the Top Ten best-selling list .
9 And Smith , who has jumped much higher than his rival this summer , responded : ‘ They 'll be making a big mistake if they do n't pick me . ’
10 our estimate for price elasticity is four and one to nought point eight minus one is one point eight , notice though that its ratio has jumped considerably or has doubled and the dummy variable itself is very significant the T ratio ten the coefficient on that dummy variable tells us the effect of the war on textile consumption , right so on average textile consumption rose by point two er see what the units of measurement are we do n't actually have units of er ah so we 'll
11 It is quite evident that in some areas farming has become a distinctly precarious occupation but , in exchanging the effects of the EC 's Common Agricultural Policy for the need to produce results in a rugby field , Hare may find that he has jumped out of the frying pan into the fire .
12 ‘ I can only imagine someone has jumped out on her and dragged her away for some reason .
13 You can count on the fingers of one hand the times Mr Kinnock has jumped in among the public .
14 Wharton 's manager Mickey Duff declined the chance to fight Italian Vicenzo Nardiello for the vacant European title , so Smith has jumped in to take his chance .
15 ‘ With some very good marketing campaigns in the US , Europe and Japan , the awareness of Tencel has jumped quite high .
16 Debt has jumped fivefold .
17 Erm , he has stripped away from these true selves everything that we normally think of as institute of , of a self .
18 If you have time and can take a couple of days over the job , wait until the water has drained away , and fill the hole again .
19 Leave it for an hour , until the bulk of the whey has drained off , and transfer the curd , still in its cloth , to the mould .
20 The UN Fund for Population Activities ( UNFPA ) has revised upwards its projections of the growth of the world 's population over the next century .
21 … And at times in retrospect you wish you had taken a certain stat , because it turns out that the whole thing has boiled up , completely beyond what you know it to be , but it 's become political and the authority is being attacked and the chiefs ca n't defend it and say , ‘ OK .
22 At constant pressure , the boiling point remains constant until all the liquid has boiled away .
23 Hoffa is played by Jack Nicholson , an actor who , like Brando and Hoffman , has boiled down his performances to mannerism and make-up but carries the part nonetheless .
24 An ancient city which has plunged right into the midst of the twentieth century , Bangkok is a fascinating mixture of ancient and modern values — noisy markets right next to the high walls of turreted royal palaces , serene gardens overlooked by modern hotels and the notorious Phatphong Road for discos , massage parlours and outrageous floorshows .
25 The British government has delayed indefinitely the preparation of a register of contaminated land , much of it on inner-city sites with a history of industrial use , because of the effect it would have on land values .
26 Darren Pearce 's Sapphire 1.8 LX has racked up a remarkable 112,000 miles in four years without missing a beat — and without regular servicing
27 But rather than fade quietly from view , Colin Angus has racked up a hit album , ‘ Boss Drum ’ , hit singles and , with ‘ Ebeneezer Goode ’ , orchestrated a good old-fashioned tabloid fuss into the bargain .
28 SERC , for example , has been following his advice assiduously — the Sussex fullerene chemistry group has received just £24045 from that source .
29 Mrs Kelsall has received over 400 letters asking for help since she began the project , and they are still arriving .
30 The Portree Planning Office has received over 50 objections to this development ( many from mountaineers no doubt ) and the matter is now being dealt with by Highland Region HQ in Inverness .
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