Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [noun] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 When he was out with a group of other kids , playing kick-the-can or soldiers , he would often sneak away , so that they would never find him , or think he had fallen down a hole or into a burn or a loch .
2 Images , feelings and emotions are drained down the cords and into the hands of the Great Enchanter , who crushes them into a frail stream of dust , all that remains of the soul .
3 It was not a weapon which was capable of being carried on a belt or in a sash .
4 DEL Harris of Colchester , for so long in the top three of the British squash rankings , has dropped down the list because of injury and a recent loss of form .
5 The feelings that are carried up the aisle or into the registry office are presumably countless .
6 At this stage most people would have given up the struggle and for a time settled for Ted , who by now had enlisted new blood into his team , including the trusty old campaigner , John Peyton , and Peter Walker , who was re-engaged as Ted 's campaign manager .
7 However I know that one Christian friend has given up the therapy because of the amount of occult literature and New Age material she was receiving through the post .
8 In the ensuing mêlée , McLaren , Reid and others of the Pistols camp were dragged up the gangplank and into the waiting police vans .
9 The unspoken aggression of this evening had brought back the nightmare because with him she had gone further than mere temper .
10 " Since it matters to some extent ( and perhaps a good deal ) which rule is chosen , we do best to use convention only to protect decisions that some responsible political institution has actually taken on the merits and to not include under that umbrella decisions by default , that is decisions no one has actually made .
11 In other days Managers would have put up an argument as to the folly of this approach by Management .
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