Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] and [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Printed on it you 'll see a space for the date of birth already filled in and also a space for the date of death , not yet filled in .
2 Orientation is concerned with enabling the user to learn of the existence of computer-based information retrieval and the services available ( what is available , where the searching can be carried out and how a search is carried out ) .
3 The pilots drew cards for their turn and , in less time than you would believe , crews were made up and never a complaint thereafter .
4 Wooden dolls are slid up and down a pole in time with the music , and castanets and bells , on the dolls ' backs , make a percussion sound .
5 Travelled back and around a bit .
6 You do n't want a bit of sedimentation and then a gap when nothing was being laid down and then a bit more being sedimented , because , you know , you do n't know then whether the jumps you see in the record are simply there because there was a gap in deposition , or whether they really reflect the sudden change in the population .
7 We 've gone back and forth a couple of times on pickups and pickup placement — one of the problems with having 24 frets is that the pickup has to be slightly further towards the bridge and it 's not such a warm sound , so there might have to be some compromise there .
8 Such a decline would lead to a decline in total money wages being paid out and hence a decline in the demand for consumption goods .
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