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

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1	The tailgate of this lorry was cut away and two 4ft long barbed prongs welded on to it .
2	a record of the activities undertaken along with any results and conclusions ;
3	Notes spilled out of the money drawer .
4	The wind was blowing hard at the Highlanders ' faces , according to the literature given out at the Culloden Visitors ' Centre , and the two armies were in position at one o'clock , approximately four to five hundred yards apart .
5	Similarly , the gaseous molecules given off by plants may be smelt by us humans , but can be identified by some insects from their characteristic infrared emissions .
6	Out of it he could see Barry , his bike propped up against his house , mending his chain .
7	Suddenly all the fight drained out of her , leaving her weary and spent .
8	Sandblasting of the Great Slab area at Stanage to remove graffiti painted on over the August bank holiday has had the beneficial side effect of totally cleaning the afflicted area of chalk and rubber marks , and has also increased the friction .
9	Moreover , the examples Couturier gives are of multiple discrete points of view carefully distinguished within the novels in question ( The Sound and the Fury , Pale Fire ) , whereas the mutable point of view employed in Verbivore is a technique developed out of the possibilities inherent in print , but moving toward the mutability of cybernetic text .
10	I 'll see that your salary is made up to this date and a cheque posted on to you . ’
11	He has one hand over Andy 's face , clamped tight ; his head is turned away from me , red hair fallen down over one ear .
12	It was in some measure propped up by a crimson tea-caddy , also of Japan ware .
13	The drip , drip of winter skis propped up outside rooms have left their their sallow mark .
14	Tensions ahead of the referendum boiled over on Aug. 17 .
15	The death penalty could also be applied to those who refused baptism , failed to conform to ecclesiastical disciplines given out by missionary leaders , or who refused to fast in Lent .
16	West Kensington itself was made up of rows of five-storey peeling stucco houses broken up into bed-sits that were mostly occupied by foreign students , itinerants and poor people who 'd lived there for years .
17	The distribution of frequencies in this ‘ microwave background ’ is just like the distribution of frequencies given off by a hot gas .
18	At the other end of the scale , we are deaf to some of the frequencies given off by jangling keys or screeching brakes , cutting off at around 20 000 hertz .
19	7.6.2 Subject to the provisions of clauses 7.6.3 and 7.6.4 the Landlord shall as soon as the Permissions have been obtained or immediately where no Permissions are required apply all money received in respect of such insurance ( except sums in respect of loss of Rent ) in rebuilding or reinstating the Premises or the Retained Parts so destroyed or damaged [ making up any difference between the cost of rebuilding and reinstating and the money received out of the Landlord 's own money ] It is important to include the words in square brackets in order to ensure that the damaged or destroyed premises are reinstated .
20	In rebuilding or reinstating those parts of the Centre including essential accesses and services so destroyed or damaged making up any difference between the cost of rebuilding and reinstating and the insurance money received out of the Landlord 's own money
21	an electro cardiograph , it 's a tracing of the electrical il impulses from the heart given off by the heart and this chap came in he 'd never had one before and he was nervous anyway , so I 'm trying to put him at his ease and I , I put , you have to put like a rubber band round their arms and legs and attach erm electrodes to them , you do n't feel anything , you 're only measuring the electrical impulses given off by the heart
22	To test this particular application of Procedure Audit , a monitoring process was established in a section of thirty persons , and the administrative assistant briefed to record the number of queries referred back over a period of two months .
23	This is one of the Enemy 's favourite tricks : nothing is more convincing than a half-truth joined on to a lie .
24	The rise in water level is due to the melting of snow and ice in the Andes — it rails all year round over the rain forest , half of the moisture being recycled , due to evaporation from the surface of the water and moisture given off by plants ( transpiration ) , with an increase in rainfall in late February , March and April and the more than normal rainy season ( Monsoon ) .
25	A The first kind developed out of the Romantic movement which emerged at a time when artists of all kinds rebelled against being servants in wealthy households , obeying their patrons ' orders and being regulated by religious , political and other advisers .
26	Gary is eating a heaped bowl of cornflakes in the kitchen , while reading Home Computer propped up against the milk bottle and listening via the hall and two open doors to a record by UB40 playing at maximum volume on the music centre in the lounge .
27	He wore a silk shirt with a cravat tucked in round his thin neck , and elegantly uncrumpled linen trousers .
28	Organic molecules broken down in this way release virtually as much energy as they are capable of releasing — so such ‘ oxidative ’ breakdown is extremely efficient .
29	Dustin , with darkened eyebrows , oily black hair smoothed down on either side of a central parting , dark sunglasses and Italian gestures , wastes much of his talent in this frenzied , intermittently funny satire on Italian customs .
30	Elinor was stunning as the Queen of the Nile , her long black hair smoothed out with wet-look gel , a gold and green silk robe and chunky turquoise earrings and bangles from Star of the East down the market ; and how handsome was Nigel in his mini-skirt , feathers and horse brasses .