Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would be featured and then a live player with a piano or what have you erm would produce the music which went with the action on , on the screen . |
| 2 | Everybody remembers where they were when JFK was shot and now a new round of ‘ Who Really Killed the President ’ books are coming out soon to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the assassination . |
| 3 | However , it allows only about one third of patients to be diagnosed and therefore a negative result has little value . |
| 4 | We might , for example , find that in a particular residential area there are unexpectedly large numbers of households with ‘ lodgers ’ and so we might want to add this as a specific category in the household composition ; or we might find that on an attitude question views are rather more extreme than we had anticipated and so a new response category could be usefully put in to save us noting responses under ‘ Others , specify … ’ in many cases . |
| 5 | In mid-afternoon they left Dunbar Castle , well mounted and quite a sizeable company — for Moray and the Steward had managed to extract a group of their horsed men from the débâcle and ridden directly here . |
| 6 | Through the Service , an initial supply of sheets is discreetly provided and thereafter a fresh supply is brought on a regular basis to each home , and the used sheets are taken away to be laundered . |
| 7 | For example , it is unfortunately true that many people experience a burglary at their home ; this usually means things being stolen and so a significant loss occurs . |
| 8 | It is still long-bodied , with a cylindrical shape on fairly short legs , but it is well muscled and potentially a good beef animal . |
| 9 | Drinks in the social club followed and then a guided tour of Royston CSD was given . |
| 10 | And it is it seems to me quite within the realms of possibility that erm highway erm criteria will change and the need for upgrading of the roads would be reviewed and perhaps a different system erm of er judging them er would produce a different set of or a different improvement regime . |
| 11 | A year passed and then a big house in Oxford Street came along . |
| 12 | Over 500 objections were sent and now a public enquiry will follow , but not called by the Secretary of State as heretofore . |
| 13 | From inside the hut behind him came the sudden sound of gongs and drums being beaten and immediately a bare-breasted woman appeared in the doorway at the top of the stepped log , holding aloft a tall earthenware jar . |
| 14 | This is a strictly private company in that the issue of a prospectus is prohibited and even a single individual may act as the ‘ founder of the company ’ . |
| 15 | By the time mum takes the book away the corners are chewed and maybe a dribble-stained page or two has a tiny tear . |
| 16 | ‘ We know from our playing experience what can be achieved and how a successful club is run on and off the field , ’ he says . |