Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has a curved hemline and can be worn outside or tucked into a skirt or trousers . |
| 2 | The baby would be handed into the care of one of her " other family " , or placed in a basket or drawer to sleep . |
| 3 | There was also " … a considerable quantity of small ore which was got at the beginning of the work and can not be weighed until stamped or broken by an Engine and washed for which purpose they are going to erect one to go be water with all speed and were disstressed for some sycamore wood for the water wheel . " |
| 4 | For example , regular work has to be postponed or cancelled as a result and , because of the knock-on effects , there is never space for team members to take time off in lieu , in order to recuperate from overtime working dealing with highly stressful situations . |
| 5 | It can be full-length too , or shortened to a jacket and there 's a beautifully shaped polo-neck sweater to wear underneath ( Pattern 2 ) . |
| 6 | So , even if bitten or scratched by a cat that had somehow smeared its teeth or claws with infected blood from its sores , the human victim would still not be able to pick up the disease . |
| 7 | A calorimeter is an insulated vessel used for measuring the quantity of energy released or absorbed during a chemical or physical change . |
| 8 | The description ‘ first edition in book form ’ normally means that the work was first published in parts or serialised in a magazine or newspaper . |
| 9 | ( Also , magic mushrooms , which can be eaten or made into an infusion and drunk . ) |
| 10 | Now only a single motif could be seen , worn openly on chest or collar , on hems or in the form of jewellery , on pendants about the neck or emblazoned on a ring or brooch : the double-helix of heredity . |
| 11 | It can either be marked on each item or shown on a ticket or notice referring to the item and in close proximity to it . |
| 12 | On an application for judicial review , the High Court may decide that the Secretary of State has exceeded the powers conferred on him by Parliament , or acted in a way that was irrational or procedurally unfair . |
| 13 | The Act defines three types of offensive weapon : ‘ made ’ ( such as a bayonet ) for killing or wounding ; ‘ adapted ’ ( like a smashed milk bottle ) so that it becomes a weapon ; or ‘ intended ’ ( such as a penknife or empty bottle ) which was not designed or adapted as a weapon but could be used if the need arose . |
| 14 | Most are caused by cuts and lacerations , burns and scalds , accidental poisoning , falls or struck by an object or a person . |
| 15 | Her book , Enchanted Circles ( Conran Octopus , £16.99 ) , shows how fresh or dried flowers , lace ribbons , tiny fake pearls , berries and even candles can be glued onto a stiff card base , or woven into a stiff card base , or woven into a wire or vine garland . |
| 16 | ( 2 ) An instrument shall not be a deed unless — ( a ) it makes it clear on its face that it is intended to be a deed by the person making it , or , as the case may be , by the parties to it ( whether by describing itself as a deed or expressing itself to be executed or signed as a deed or otherwise ) ; and ( b ) it is validly executed as a deed by that person or , as the case may be , one or more of those parties . |
| 17 | A court can give or withhold a consent or authority such as might be given or withheld by a patient or a child 's parent . |
| 18 | Any items appearing in its weekly information Bulletin may be borrowed or obtained as a photocopy as appropriate . |
| 19 | The assertion that ‘ good ’ workers are good and ‘ bad ’ workers bad irrespective of location ( and that that is all that needs to be said ) must be displaced or qualified by a demonstration that organizational form exerts an influence . |
| 20 | When voice or data equipment is moved or changed in a building or campus site , this reduces costs . |
| 21 | The characterizations consisted of being rolled up into a sphere by Willie , or swung by one arm , or aimed at a dartboard while wearing a trick suction device on his head . |
| 22 | It is a poor house Ellen and not clean but it is cheap and furnished after a fashion and best of all lies next to the Casa Guidi which raised my spirits . |
| 23 | He drummed on the window with the flat of white , spectral hands — eyes turned to his left , in the direction of the glass doors , and filled with a fear and horror that paralysed Cardiff . |
| 24 | a fiery fellow ( the salamander was popularly supposed to be able to live in fire ) ; also , a circular iron plate which is heated and placed over a pudding or other dish to brown it ( OED ) . |
| 25 | She had seen to Mrs Goodwin by nine o'clock and stopped for a chat and a bit of buttering-up . |
| 26 | He turned the car into a narrow street and stopped in a yard that could have been the twin of the one at the other hotel . |
| 27 | Lissa 's mouth shaped her distaste , and she put her cup down and realised with a start that Adam was saying something . |
| 28 | On her way back to the surgery , Sophie glanced at her watch and realised with a start that she had left Joanna on her own for nearly two hours . |
| 29 | Their friendship blossomed when they met again at the funeral and developed into a love that was to stretch across forty years of marriage . |
| 30 | And he would have to pose for hours , holding a sword and perched on a trestle or wooden horse while some artist-wallah depicted " The Relief of Krishnapur " ! |