Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [subord] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sitting-room was long , and looked as if a child had been let loose with buckets of primary colours . |
| 2 | They had apparently felt as if a burden had been lifted from them and why tempt fate by attempting to get her back ? |
| 3 | A probe by the Garda Commissioner was called for after a garda told Dublin 's District Court : ‘ Summonses keep disappearing in connection with these charges . |
| 4 | The same law and the same rules of construction apply both to clauses in agreements entered into before a dispute has arisen and subsequent agreements to refer entered into after a dispute has arisen . |
| 5 | The same law and the same rules of construction apply both to clauses in agreements entered into before a dispute has arisen and subsequent agreements to refer entered into after a dispute has arisen . |
| 6 | The reality of such choice depended on whether a reader cared who owned the papers . |
| 7 | In many cases the actual amount of information given in the recalls was minimal , limited to whether a subject had to wait at the junction and whether there was other traffic around at the time . |
| 8 | The rain ceased as if a tap had been turned off . |