Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [prep] [adv] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 And equivalent results have come from at least some studies using the conditioned suppression procedure ( e.g. Baker and Mercier ( 1982b ) , who compared intervals of 1 day and 5 days ; Hall and Minor ( 1984 ) , who compared 1 day and 8 days ; but see also Crowell and Anderson ( 1972 ) ) .
2 Similar remarks can be made for at least some examples of metaphor .
3 The heavy labour not only fought the flab around his waist but cured him of the insomnia he had suffered from for so many years .
4 We also desperately need to install a safe and economical heating system — this has been talked about for too many years .
5 And even when they reached home and she and John were at last alone together , she could not forgo the homecoming she had dreamed of for so many weeks .
6 And the lump sugar business , called for in so many recipes , is often exasperating because it is unexplained .
7 This sudden and violent less of the abbey , its Abbot and three of its Brethren is perhaps the cause of the locally reported transmutations and the essence of the profoundly poignant atmosphere commented upon by so many visitors so the site — that overwhelming peace , tinged with a hint of sadness .
8 It 's black with green , blue and red jewels and it can be teamed with with so many things .
9 The omission is likely to be spotted by at least some members . ’
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