Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Rodger has only just come back from three weeks ' rehabilitation at Lilleshall . |
| 2 | Research is being carried out through 16 months ' fieldwork , using the standard anthropological techniques of participant observation and intensive interviewing , in four sample fishing communities in the Gothenburg area , and in the offices of fishermen 's organisations and government bureaux in Gothenburg . |
| 3 | The Legal Aid Board , which administers legal aid , proposes to stop paying for work carried out by unaccredited solicitors ' representatives after 1st October 1994 . |
| 4 | A review of compliance should be carried out in two years ' time . |
| 5 | I liked to find my own stories — and I was just beginning to place the best of them in national papers when I was whisked off for two years ' National Service . |
| 6 | In time , beach reconnaissance would become a scientific study of landing areas and their immediate hinterland — the littoral across which Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott 's men would lead raiders and the van of invasions , guiding the landing craft crews with marker canoes and other devices that in part at least made up for these flotillas ' limited experience of coastal navigation . |
| 7 | If he had been pensioned off then , he would have missed out on all Rovers ' glory days of promotion , Wembley and Europe . |
| 8 | Land nearby had been bought up for 300 workers ' houses . |
| 9 | You may decide to ponder on why sometimes you are the centre of attention and why at others you are an outsider , or how alliances are formed , or why a group works well in one situation and becomes bogged down in other circumstances ' ? |
| 10 | The hearty Sydneysider Whitney , 33 on Feb 24 , was called up after 80 minutes ' play , and never looked back after disposing of Srikkanth with his third ball : the remaining wickets tumbled as India 's batting fell apart . |
| 11 | Thirdly , oil exporters ’ petro-dollar surpluses were invested mainly in industrial nations ' financial markets . |
| 12 | Does the Secretary of State accept that the tourist industry in the island as a whole was affected adversely by British Airways ' decision to stop the London-Dublin link ? |
| 13 | These responses are based specifically upon native speakers ' intuitions about what constitutes a well-formed , coherent narrative . |
| 14 | Liverpool went out in disgrace , Mike Marsh becoming their third player to be sent off in four Cup-Winners ' Cup ties this season as Spartak Moscow won a cold war at Anfield that also produced five bookings . |
| 15 | At each visit blood pressure was recorded twice after five minutes ' lying down , a radial pulse being measured between readings , and blood pressure and radial pulse were recorded after two minutes ' standing . |
| 16 | Governments acquiesce in the House allotting the 20 Fridays mentioned above for Private Members ' motions ( 10 days ) and Bills ( 10 days ) . |
| 17 | Unsecured creditors should agree to accept a down payment of around 35p in the pound for money due to them , and to take the balance in redeemable convertible preference shares in Prior Harwin , to be paid off in four years ' time . |
| 18 | The union was also left virtually bankrupt , having paid out in five weeks ' strike pay nearly two years ' worth of subscriptions . |