Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [v-ing] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were much prized for cutting as well as for bedding , and by 1917 they were listing the immaculate white ‘ Purity ’ , to be sown for flowering in pots at Easter . |
| 2 | We are committed to legislating as soon as possible on a new scheme to protect hedgerows and to notify the intention to grub up . |
| 3 | In part it was done by exploiting as fully as possible many small miscellaneous sources of income , such as fines on recusants and the revenue of vacant episcopal sees ; in part by careful and economic management — the household expenses were kept rigidly down in an age of inflation and the building of royal palaces was brought to an end ; in part by rewarding courtiers and officials from wardships and monopolies . |
| 4 | Arrobo is used for sweetening as well as for giving body . |
| 5 | Everything the school does should be geared to providing most effectively and efficiently for pupil learning — be it the structures and systems used to run the school , the deployment of staff , or the use of its other resources . |
| 6 | Henreid is reduced to standing elegantly about while Bogart and Bergman cast anguished glances at one another . |
| 7 | Well , i i if I , the , on one of the comments I 'd make is that it 's the only time I 've ever known the accounting profession to do businessmen a favour by forcing them to face up to what the costs of the consequences of their actions are and this has as James said led to looking quite carefully and I think it 's difficult to quantify the cost at the moment for a variety of reasons . |
| 8 | We compromised on borrowing the Land Rover for positioning , followed by walking as far as their enthusiasm took them . |
| 9 | " I 'm perfectly willing to discuss the pathology of cholera with Dr Dunstaple , " said Dr McNab in a mild and gloomy manner , " but I doubt if there 's anything to be gained by doing so publicly and in front of those who may tomorrow become our patients . " |
| 10 | Unlike Myc , Max is a stable protein that is expressed in resting as well as in growing cells ( T.D.L. , D. Hancock and G.I.E. , unpublished results ) . |