Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The partnership was successfully liquidated over a period of years and it was left to John Baring to rebuild the business in the form of a limited company . |
| 2 | In that final year , the income from the sale of lace , vegetables , fat and lard , pigs , horses , hay and firewood together brought in a total of only £74 . |
| 3 | Victor , sensing that there would be little sleep but much talking and soul-searching that night , thoughtfully brought up a tray of coffee and a bottle of cognac . |
| 4 | These avenues have not only taken up a lot of the time and energy of the present generation of activists but they have also reduced the reliance on the politics of the street demonstration by presenting alternative means of expression and action . |
| 5 | Kimon 's attack on Skyros was done on orders from the oracle of Apollo at Delphi ; and Kimon perhaps put up a thank-offering in the sanctuary there ( see Plut . |
| 6 | When she stood up to leave , Colin suddenly put out a hand to her . |
| 7 | And though she was certain she 'd only sent out a couple of hundred invitations , it felt as though there must be at least ten times as many of the little darlings present . |
| 8 | As we have already pointed out a number of times , the predicative position is the surface structure which marks assignment of the property of the adjective to the entity of the subject ; but it goes without saying that the subject of a sentence can not be merely a relation between two parts of itself ; therefore an adjective which is specialized to qualify the relation between entity and description is automatically excluded from predicative position for that reason . |
| 9 | A radio ham called Tony and an ambulance driver who had just picked up a man with bandaged fingers who was suffering from exposure . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've just picked up a message on the Miletti family line , dottore . |
| 11 | Marshall ( 1985 ) had already carried out a range of sensitivity tests , and had found , for example , that varying the discount rate from 0 to 30 per cent only shifted the break-even market share at time N = 1 from 50 to 70 per cent . |
| 12 | ‘ In fact , it was about the only game in which I 've not picked up a knock since the start of the season . |
| 13 | It was not because the rating system was bad , but because of the way in which the rating system was being carried out , attacking certain areas of domestic property , and , because the English had not carried out a revaluation since 1973 , Scotland got out of line . |
| 14 | But the red-beard had already let out a roar of fury , and launched himself forward . |
| 15 | Men do prefer blondes , she thought , and unconsciously pushed back a strand of her own urchin-cut black hair . |
| 16 | I think I 've just sewn up a deal on a new account . ’ |
| 17 | People who spend much of their time in this type of activity will probably have already built up a reputation in the area . |
| 18 | The Hyde Housing Association , responsible for the site , had already drawn up a list of people ‘ with strong connections with Medstead — basically those who had been resident in the village for over five years , or former residents who had moved away and wished to return , ’ said Mr. Winter . |
| 19 | Newcomers shine McHale has already drawn up a list of possible transfer targets . |
| 20 | He has already laid down a marker by setting the fastest time in history during pre-season testing at the oval track in Phoenix , Arizona , where the next round of the Indycar series will be held on 4 April . |
| 21 | Coffin turned his back to the pier , Peter and Nona had already disappeared down a flight of steps , and walked towards the road , where a line of police vehicles was drawn up . |
| 22 | Well it 's just brought out a budget to paper over a few cracks and make it look good because they knew that , they 've got no more chances this is it in n it ? |
| 23 | ( 4 ) Rigby Electronics ( Harvard OTC ) " They 've just brought out a device for checking whether a credit card belongs to a particular person or not . |
| 24 | But Cooke has not ruled out a return for the wing legend , who scored a record 35 tries for England . |
| 25 | Manager Ted Pearce has not ruled out a merger with the reformed Shots who have been drawing crowds of more than 2,000 to the Recreation Ground after their blistering start in the Diadora League Division Three . |
| 26 | 22 Something 's just gone down a hole in the skirting board . |
| 27 | The policeman on duty was a different one but he seemed to have already struck up a friendship with Fenella . |
| 28 | But Leavitt had already signed up a group of Masai from another district . |
| 29 | The French prime minister has just thrown down a gauntlet to America on agricultural trade : he wants to rewrite the deal recently struck by America and the EC on farm exports ( see page 92 ) . |
| 30 | On the following day Jack still seemed to be sleep-walking his way around the course and I was not surprised when he visited the water a couple of times and eventually handed in a score of two over par . |