Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We called it shacking [ feeding on the corn that had been shacked or shaken out of the ear during harvest ] . |
| 2 | The extreme elaboration of the proceedings is intended to emphasize that , in contrast to the kind of marriage which can be entered into or broken off on the spur of the moment , this is a contract which is intended to endure . |
| 3 | Before this , however , potential rivals had been either ignored or treated ruthlessly by the BUF . |
| 4 | Is it really necessary for you to have no claim if you are indeed made redundant or treated unjustly at the time when the contract finishes ? |
| 5 | But much of what they buy ends up being returned or hidden away at the back of a drawer . |
| 6 | The thirties was the decade when smart hostesses took to serving a great many dishes iced or frozen simply for the originality of the idea . |
| 7 | The next version , in line 6 , is the most unequivocally Creole , though typical of a " mesolectal " style because of the presence of is , which would be a or omitted altogether in the basilect . |
| 8 | Nominated care district judges can : ( a ) transfer cases up to the High Court following transfer from the family proceedings court ; ( b ) consider " appeals " against a justices ' clerk 's refusal to transfer a case ; ( c ) make emergency protection orders in proceedings issued in the county court or transferred up from the family proceedings court ; ( d ) give directions and make uncontested public law orders ; ( e ) make some public law orders in contested cases , eg education supervision orders . |
| 9 | Now it 's not immediately obvious from that time series that there 's a structural break , right , textile consumption has n't fallen dramatically , right , or risen dramatically over the post war period , oh sorry du during the er the war period . |
| 10 | Pulled from the river with her nightdress apparently wound around her head , she provided Magritte with an image which haunted his art and inspired the long and diverse series of compositions in which the head is concealed by a veil or an apple , metamorphosed into a plank of wood , or shown only from the back view . |
| 11 | For him the laws of settlement hardly prevented the " idle poor " from wandering and a stricter enforcement of vagrancy laws would " compel the poor to starve or beg at home ; for there it will be impossible for them to steal or rob without being presently hanged or transported out of the way " . |
| 12 | PERSONAL POSSESSIONS — items lost or damaged anywhere in the world ; |
| 13 | Another fundamental question resurfaced : was the MacQuillan killing a personal matter or linked entirely to the man 's business or political activities ? |
| 14 | They may have been open-fronted , the borders of the open seam being either fastened together or pinned back at the breast , again with brooches and pins . |
| 15 | Yet villagers continued to flock in searching for work , lured by often misplaced hopes , discontented with their inability to secure a decent standard of living in the rural areas , or driven out by the impossibility of securing any living at all . |
| 16 | If the card is lost or stolen anywhere in the world , we can usually replace it within one business day . |
| 17 | Try to plan to seat at least six comfortably , and also have some really occasional chairs that can be stashed away in a cupboard somewhere or brought in from the hall or a bedroom . |
| 18 | For this reason , when games theorists talk about the Iterated or Repeated Prisoner 's Dilemma game , they always assume that the end of the game is unpredictable , or known only to the banker . |
| 19 | Such items do appear — carried off by survivors , or fished out of the sea by the lifeboats . |
| 20 | The first is if you are physically pushed or thrown out of the area . |
| 21 | All at once in the ante-rooms of the palace were sources of people who had not been seen or allowed anywhere near the place in recent years . |
| 22 | These were created or taken over by the state at various times since the first examples under the 1906–14 Liberal Government , but the largest group of Nationalization Acts covering coal , road and rail services , gas , electricity and iron and steel came under the 1945 — 51 Labour Government . |
| 23 | If you get pregnant accidentally-on-purpose , your boyfriend may feel deceived , or left out of the decision . |
| 24 | The Commander is best left separate from the tank so that he can be painted up as an individual model and put in or left out of the hatch as desired . |
| 25 | Should they not be picked up , the paddlers made for a second rendezvous ( phase five ) further offshore or headed back to the beach to lie up for the following night , when the submarine would come to a different rendezvous . |
| 26 | But how can difficulties be assisted or cleared out of the way if , when attending the lecture , you know nothing of the topic discussed ? |
| 27 | Or blown out of the sky . |
| 28 | We found the most significant factor affecting the health of purchasing authorities was the outcome of subregional weighted capitation , in which inertia was overcome only where districts had gained or lost significantly under the formula . |
| 29 | This in turn led to the arm and gun junction boxes being redesigned horizontally next to each other rather than grouped centrally at the front . |
| 30 | NOW that the worst of winter is about to set in , there 's no better way to while away those long , dark evenings than curled up by the fire with a good book . |