Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [vb pp] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police investigating the accident in which Leslie Crowther was critically injured have ruled out a mechanical failure as a possible cause . |
| 2 | The war just ended had shown up the divisions between the pro-French and the pro-English factions within Bordeaux . |
| 3 | The kind of boat fishing at sea that I 've always done has had quite a few fathoms below the boat , but here the water was clear and only a few feet deep , we were certainly less than one hundred yards offshore . |
| 4 | A government communiqué was also reported to have ruled out the possibility of FARC and ELN delegates being allowed to sit in the new Constituent Assembly to be elected in December . |
| 5 | We also hope to have started up the ‘ community club ’ by the time of the JFIT conference . |
| 6 | Polisario also claimed to have shot down a Moroccan Mirage F-1 fighter and to have succeeded in occupying a 25-km section of the Moroccan wall . |
| 7 | His meeting with Peters also seems to have sparked off the long voyaging section of ‘ Death by Water ’ in the Waste Land manuscripts , which would be united with the fate of the ancient Phoenician sailor , Phlebas , and details of which would find their way into ‘ Marina ’ and ‘ The Dry Salvages ’ . |
| 8 | The crew of the Type 21 frigate HMS Avenger also claims to have shot down an Exocet with one . |
| 9 | Indeed , on the evidence of surviving specimens ( the numbers of which are surprising given the delicacy of the material ) the glass worker is often seen to have embraced both a painterly and sculptural flair for colour , form and detail highlighting his creativity and sophistication . |
| 10 | Shirai 's voice here seems to have taken on a new dimension , a darker tonal colour , a new expressiveness that is constantly compelling with the emphasis on the drama . |