Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okland was interviewed in one of the papers on why Frank was included and mentioned the strong Turkey game and also spoke about Frank not playing in Leeds : ’ Frank not playing is strange . |
| 2 | This sudden fame impressed and disturbed the whole school , including the teachers , who called Charlie ‘ Girlie ’ . |
| 3 | From Semer Water I crossed the road and followed the track above the river Bain through summer meadows , by stiles , some of which were gated and had the rubber soles from wellington boots for hinges . |
| 4 | The relationship between central and local government has deteriorated partly because a series of Conservative Administrations have continually attacked and deprived the local authorities of resources , and subsequently because of the poll tax . |
| 5 | Whereas before , in 1906 , Picasso had simplified and reinterpreted the human form in a more empirical fashion under the influence of archaic sculpture , now he explains it rationally in terms of simple self-contained planes differentiated by the use of a consistent light source . |
| 6 | She never looked like being caught and beat the favourite Hencliff Ben by five and three quarter lengths . |
| 7 | Members of the legal profession are highly educated and have the good fortune to have a firm and unambiguous language at their service . |
| 8 | Before this , the judges themselves , and especially the Master of the Rolls , whose responsibility it was seen to be , considered and made the necessary recommendations to the Department on the staffing and other administrative arrangements of the courts . |
| 9 | The air-gargoyles gently sucked and puffed the aromatic smoke into strange curlicues as if sketching the features of potential daemons which might lurk outside the hull . |
| 10 | For 400 years after this the Romans enslaved , organised and civilised the enormous area of their known world , which encircled the Mediterranean and stretched from Spain in the west to the Black Sea in the east , from Britain in the north to Egypt in the south . |
| 11 | Detectives are working on the theory that he could have arrived home to find his flat in Bisley Court , Darlington , being ransacked and paid the ultimate price . |
| 12 | The Commissioners still believed that the Act applied and referred the statutory declaration , a certificate and counter-statement setting out their views on the taxpayer 's statutory declaration , to a tribunal which would decide whether there was a prima facie case for proceeding . |
| 13 | Working in the enclosed , whitened space which is integral to the piece , Bargh laboriously applied and reapplied the loaded pigment , sanding the surface between each layer . |
| 14 | By 1200 its dominance extended over most of Europe when the Western church from Rome had met and joined the Greek centre from Constantinople . |
| 15 | Encourage each trainee to cite an instance of maladaptive behaviour they have met and ask the whole group to discuss the way in which the child acquired it . |
| 16 | Cuthred is said to have fought bravely against Aethelbald ( ASC A , s.a. 741 ) and in his twelfth year , which the Chronicle gives as 752 ( ASC A , s.a 752 ) but which may need to be corrected to 751 , to have defeated and put the Mercian king to flight at the battle of Beorhford . |
| 17 | This pushed most regions further from their original RAWP targets than the full model would have done and increased the relative shift of resources to the south east . |
| 18 | But Robinson , eternally vigilant over his love and his interest , had seen and noted the direct force of the man 's design on Mary . |
| 19 | According to Pugh , Penn had seen and admired the veterinary schools in France , and had read Clark 's treatise with approval . |
| 20 | In 1972 , it was expanded and renamed the National Institute of Arthritis , Metabolism , and Digestive Diseases . |
| 21 | In actually physically up dating anything , I would suggest that at this point that Simon does n't do of them until after the next meeting when we have got all the other 's together as well because again they may attach things , just that you 've got your information and know what 's been decided and do the whole lot after the next meeting . |
| 22 | Bermuda became extremely vexed in 1973 , when the local Black Power movement ambushed and killed the then Governor , Sir Richard Sharples , and his aide-de-camp in the gardens after dinner . |
| 23 | He argues that ‘ the failure of both disputes revealed and reproduced the regional nature of management-labour relations in the industry ’ ( p. 35 ) , because ‘ miners ’ interpretations of the two disputes , and of the underlying arguments , are understood as embedded in the nature of collective social relations at work … the constitution of workplace relations has varied between coalfields and … variations in management and labour strategies have been central to this process ' ( p. 36 ) . |
| 24 | Thus , ‘ in their simplest form partnerships have involved a local authority leasing land on ground rental terms to a private developer who has designed , financed , built and managed the completed project , any community benefits passing to the local authority ’ . |
| 25 | The money raised by the medieval trustees responsible for the upkeep of the bridge was surplus to requirements , and enabled the bridge to become a landowner , in which capacity it has helped the poor of the town and built and maintained the old grammar school . |
| 26 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 27 | But later on , when the hairs that began sprouting in the heat of the bandage become fully grown and replace the old hairs , a startling white patch will appear . |
| 28 | Sadly , as soon as Col Sgt Oram left the area the local soldiers shot and killed the Bosnian deputy prime minister , who was under the protection of other UN troops . |
| 29 | A new phrasing is now adopted and displaces the original motion , which is lost for ever . |
| 30 | But at least one Chief Inspector has noticed and appreciated the high trust placed upon him . |