Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately my original Precision got ripped off in a place called Redondo Beach . |
| 2 | One retired to Beirut after going bankrupt , one got mixed up in a betting scandal , and the third was convicted of tax-dodging . |
| 3 | ‘ We 're prepared to accept that you just got caught up in a drug bust . |
| 4 | In another incident , workers became caught up in a forest of 50 metre-deep piles supporting a fourstorey office block in Park Lane . |
| 5 | It was absolutely great and confirmed to everybody in the band that what I was doing was viable , and I got picked up by an agent right away — the same night , in fact . ’ |
| 6 | Bradshaw himself got picked off by a thirty-footer and lost his board . |
| 7 | A ROW has broken out over an exhibition of photography by lesbians . |
| 8 | The scenario for the training exercise ; a fire has broken out under a container carrying spent nuclear fuel by rail from Oldbury power station to Sellafield for reprocessing . |
| 9 | As thousands of refugees prepare for winter , our reporter Kim Barnes has flown in with a plane-load of desperately-needed warm clothing , to see at first hand the work being done to help . |
| 10 | Peter Daley of Waste Management International has pointed out in a lecture to Britain 's Royal Academy of Engineering that landfills , at the present rate of waste generation in Europe , use about two square metres of land per person per century . |
| 11 | His mother says it 's not the first time a window has fallen out of a school coach , and she 's calling for action to make the buses safe . |
| 12 | SOONER than anyone expected , the mayoral contest in New York has shaken down into a re-run of the 1989 race between David Dinkins , now the incumbent , and Rudolph Giuliani , his Republican rival . |
| 13 | Raisins were first included in American cookies only six years ago , but the idea has caught on with a vengeance . |
| 14 | Four main conclusions were drawn : first , war was a senseless act , which could never be a rational tool of state policy ; secondly , the 1914–18 war had been the result of leaders becoming caught up in a set of processes that no one could control ; thirdly , the causes of the war lay in misunderstandings between leaders and in the lack of democratic accountability within the states involved ; and fourthly , the underlying tensions which had provided the rationale for the conflict could be removed by the spread of statehood and democracy . |
| 15 | Sun Microsystems Inc worshipper Integrix Inc has come up with a keyboard called the S5+ that incorporates the functionality of Sun 's new Type 5 but can also be used with all Suns , Sun compatibles and PCs . |
| 16 | The research , entirely funded by a charity , Quest for a Test for Cancer , has come up with a way of determining exactly how much stain the DNA has taken up . |
| 17 | In recent times it was feared that Venice was sinking , but modern engineering has come up with a way of pumping water from the mainland to boost the underground water base on which the city rests . |
| 18 | Daniel Galvin in London has come up with a treatment that takes only thirty minutes and rather than causing a dramatic change , it softly camouflages grey hair with a subtle , natural-looking colour . |
| 19 | To try to climb out of the hole it is in , Grumman has come up with a plan to turn its F-14 fighter into a ground-attack aircraft . |
| 20 | The London based group Centrepoint has come up with a plan to bring together the people needed to get more homes . |
| 21 | Almost two years later , the committee has come up with a document , which could be adopted early this month . |
| 22 | Never one to avoid controversy , millionaire screenwriter Joe Eszterhas has come up with a scenario even more controversial than the lesbian ice-pick outrage of Basic Instinct . |
| 23 | After long deliberations , the UIAA 's Alpinism Committee has come up with a draft code of practice which , while largely common sense , has the welcome bonus of strong presumption in favour of conservation . |
| 24 | Labour M P's and environment groups are saying tonight that Environment Secretary , Chris Patten has come up with a load of waffle in his three hundred and fifty point plan to rid Britain of pollution ; from Westminster , Des Fahey : |
| 25 | While many managers are increasingly concerned at recording unmet need , both how to do it and whether they should at all , he was confident Dorset has come up with a method which makes it a positive experience for staff and service users and , hopefully , avoids potential legal pitfalls . |
| 26 | The atmosphere moves from hard bop to cajun crunch and , for once , Billy boy has come up with a record that justifies all the praise that has been heaped on his shoulders . |
| 27 | , The UN Secretariat has come up with a figure of $165 billion a year for saving the world 's environment . |
| 28 | Uniplex has come up with a standalone electronic mail system called sensibly enough Uniplex Mail , based on the widely used e-mail component of its Business Software and supporting anywhere from four users to hundreds of servers , it says . |
| 29 | Now rugby union has come up with a rival … |
| 30 | One firm has come up with a number of ways to find letterbombs , before they find their target . |