Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 6 ) The person to whom an occasional permission is granted shall ensure that the provisions of this Act or any byelaws or regulations made thereunder relating to the conduct of licensed premises are observed in the premises or place in respect of which the permission was granted as if he were the holder of a public house licence , and if he contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence : Provided that it shall be a defence for any person charged with an offence under this subsection if he proves that he used due diligence to prevent the occurrence of the offence . |
| 2 | His piano had a single red rose poignantly lying across the keyboard . |
| 3 | He was forcefully kicked in his stomach , and bent over groaning with the pain . |
| 4 | Terry was standing at the landing window , Rose just retreating down the stairs . |
| 5 | Mrs Shelley Howard , senior biologist of the Severn-Trent Region said the officer cadets had been involved in strenuous exercises which involved repeatedly going under the water . |
| 6 | Ken Corduroy drove round to the Harrisons ' with an ingenious pool-cleaning device , a mechanical object that swam round scrubbing at the walls , he had ordered for them from England . |
| 7 | We treated each other within our little group humanely and normally , and passed over thinking about the others . |
| 8 | Group 3 comprised biopsies from patients previously diagnosed as having coeliac disease who admitted not adhering to a gluten free diet . |
| 9 | This morning Betty — my cleaner — came in bursting with the news that there was a brass plate outside . |
| 10 | They escaped the reaction of state authority , unlike the radicals of 1793–4 , because they did not pose a direct constitutional challenge , were composed of representatives primarily of the provincial , nonconformist middle and business classes and met in a political context judged less threatening by the authorities . |
| 11 | To cap a highly successful conclusion to the season — in which the Berkshire side first out-matched defending champions David Lloyd , Heston and then , in the Grand Finals , beat the top seeds Ilkley — the club No. 1 Gary Drake was named the special Grand Finals ‘ Player-of-the-Tournament ’ by Wimbledon referee Alan Mills , and drove away smiling in a brand new £15,000 Vauxhall Astra convertible . |
| 12 | It seemed to him that Vincent came home spoiling for a fight . |
| 13 | If he played strictly according to the rules , the king had to combine some of the qualities of general , prize fighter , judge and monk . |
| 14 | Edward came back struggling with a load of planks , and I got up to help him . |
| 15 | The mucosa was examined and lesions scored macroscopically according to the presence of petechiae or necrotic mucosa ( Table II ) . |
| 16 | The world No 51 came out fighting in the evening . |
| 17 | Somehow it came out sounding like an accusation . |
| 18 | John House , who had organised the exhibition , came almost leaping down the stairs accompanied by a smallish woman in a pine-green tent-like coat . |
| 19 | I ca n't imagine how I would have survived without good friends who sustained me when I turned up weeping in the middle of the night . |
| 20 | And although scores of people turned up looking for a pet , new waifs were being brought in almost as quickly . |
| 21 | Although covered the radial shields are conspicuous , bar shaped nearly extending to the middle of the disk . |
| 22 | But as the sepoy lunged forward to put an end to the struggle he stumbled , blinded by the dust and plaster from the ceiling , and fetched up choking on the floor beside Fleury . |
| 23 | Among those who had received medical advice , knowledge of postcoital contraceptive methods differed significantly according to the source of that advice ( table ) . |
| 24 | The blaze was started in the early hours and fire investigators and staff spent yesterday sifting through the damage . |
| 25 | THE Royal Family spent yesterday preparing for the Christmas festivities much like any other family . |
| 26 | Lewis spent yesterday basking in the afterglow of a phenomenal performance that stretches his unbeaten record to 22 fights with 19 wins inside the distance . |
| 27 | Module images are produced in pages as in a computer listing , but are ordered and displayed differently according to the media type chosen , and the settings in the configuration file , as described later . |
| 28 | Allen climbed a tree but although he climbed to a high bough and hung there swaying like a squirrel they were in a low-lying bowl of forest and he could see neither the Smoke nor the last rays of the westering sun but only leaves . |
| 29 | She progressed with no aggravation until Phos LM3 when the asthma symptoms began steadily relapsing with no aggravation until Phos LM3 when the asthma symptoms began steadily relapsing and stopping the remedy did not lead to amelioration . |
| 30 | Even the pay of domestic servants varied widely depending on the status of the employer and the sex and duties of the employee . |