Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] form a " in BNC.

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1 Oil had leaked in and formed a rainbow sheen on the surface .
2 It 's just a question of finding the right people to bring in and form a fashion-design group .
3 Another door , covering the bars of the fire , could be let down and formed a useful ledge .
4 In the 1950s and 60s he took over or formed a number of firms — Sun Resta Ltd , Multi Resta Ltd , Sleepy Valley Ltd etc , and one , Multi Spring Ltd in Mitcham Surrey , which according to its headed note paper are ‘ contractors to HM Government ’ .
5 The small group halted as Springfield and the other ran up and formed a loose throng around them .
6 The raw recruits leapt up and formed a queue to wash in basins half full of freezing water , changed only after every third man .
7 This tourniquet is released before the needle is withdrawn from the vein to prevent the back-pressure which has built up from causing the blood to spurt out and form a bruise .
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