Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taplow , standing on a high stool , was already tied to the stake , his arms and legs tightly pinioned , head and face partially covered by a white fool 's hood . |
| 2 | Fortunately for us , and unlike Los Angeles , we already have the basis of a high-quality rail system — the huge network of lines laid down by our Victorian forefathers , many of which remain grossly under-utilised in a rapid transit context . |
| 3 | English history has a tendency to assimilate developments into a mythic story , so that events which were a victory for some faction or interest group get retrospectively sanctioned as a sacred progress of democratic tradition . |
| 4 | Farmhouse English Cheeses p92/ Mainly produced on a small scale , often from the milk of the cheesemaker 's own herd . |
| 5 | Gustave often followed at a discreet distance . |
| 6 | Many volunteers return many times and become strongly attached to a favourite reserve — and make firm friends . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've obviously come from a happy , loving family , ’ said Wendy . |
| 8 | Well Sandy , we 've only looked at a few of the things in your shed and a very few of your photographs but it 's been fascinating . |
| 9 | I 've just moved into a new flat , I do n't have a telephone . |
| 10 | If you 've just moved to a new area a good way to break the ice for you and your child is a parent and toddler group . |
| 11 | How d " you always manage to look like you 've just escaped from a hair-pulling battle ? |
| 12 | You should n't , if you 've already turned into a full-time clergyman 's wife . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've just hired someone to help you with the children , and I 've already laid on a cleaning lady . ’ |
| 14 | We 've already put in a few letters to start you off . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 16 | The workforce at Swan Hunters have never asked for any special privileges , they 've always asked for a fair deal on a level playing field . |
| 17 | So I 've always felt in a false position where Veronica 's concerned . ’ |
| 18 | it is what I 've always thought for a long time that somebody like Brian if he 's not if he 's not showing at our fish at our show , even as an A class judge , I , I fail to see why he ca n't judge at our show it 's , he goes to Skelm and , and judges there and our fish will be there or strange really when we 're struggling for judges that , that we do n't do these things . |
| 19 | It is n't much like any document I 've ever seen in a Civil Service file before . |
| 20 | Winger Lee Sharpe scored the first goal of his memorable comeback and said : ‘ I do n't think I 've ever played in a better team perform-ance . |
| 21 | It is extremely light , low cut , very wide fitting — the widest I 've ever found for a long time — and together with an EVA insert into the sole unit , gave me very comfortable walking . |
| 22 | We 've both known for a long time how we feel about each other and all the reasons why nothing can ever come of it . |
| 23 | If you believe what they say , they 've never heard of a little girl going missing ! ’ |
| 24 | Seawitch is obviously very special to you , and I 've never crewed for a world-famous yachtsman before . ’ |
| 25 | They 've actually gone from a full service back to this level because this is what they 've found is what people need and obviously this is surely what we should be able to do , erm I think that you know by providing the extra ten thousand my concern now is that we actually make sure that our offices are fully covered here . |
| 26 | So for example when I 've given a pint of blood instead of giving it into a plastic bag with sodium citrate to stop it clotting I 've actually given into a plain glass bottle and when I asked what this for the erm transfusion nurse said that they 're going to let the red cells all clot together at the bottom and use the serum that was left for blood grouping purposes which of course is very important . |
| 27 | I have since heard of a Roman Catholic nun who was also a doctor , who was allowed to train part time to fit in with her religious duties . |
| 28 | First division sides receive around £13,500 Courage assistance , but Sudbury and Askeans have successfully called for a new look at the way the money is divided . |
| 29 | Environmentalists , who have long campaigned for a single agency , have expressed their concern that the plans for the reform of the Inspectorate amount to little more than political opportunism and will have little real impact . |
| 30 | Nowadays , the Shatin rice fields have long vanished beneath a new town of skyscrapers and motorways , with a racecourse at one side and a university at the other . |