Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 It does not matter how silly you may think they are , if it 's something you are unsure about or have wondered why , please let us help .
2 Most experienced social workers and therapists have had clients who , confessedly or otherwise , have been sexually attracted towards and/or have fallen in love with them .
3 There is no doubt that Charles has done a great deal that his father has been proud of and has excelled at sports like polo that the Duke of Edinburgh played when he was younger , but the Prince never felt he was good enough .
4 The sub-contractor should be advised of and have agreed to the starting and completion dates of the work for which he is responsible .
5 Some people take furniture to her that they do n't like or are tired of and want transformed into a work of art ; she optimistically feels that no piece of furniture is totally without hope .
6 The authorities are thought of as having committed themselves to the maintenance of a particular unemployment rate irrespective of the inflationary consequences and of being prepared to carry over this policy at least into period t .
7 The attribution of a thirty-year reign to Penda in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle A ( s.a. 626 ) , however , would indicate an accession in 625 ( reckoning back from 655 ) or ( if Penda was thought of as having died in his thirtieth regnal year ) 626 .
8 It is almost as if having failed , the surgical staff can not bear to see the patient .
9 as if pleading helped — she might as well try to appeal to the better nature of a power-crazed tyrant .
10 She coasted through it as if dreaming buoyed by a strange mixture of anticipation and dread .
11 ‘ They are dedicated people who clearly know what they are talking about and have guided us through it .
12 However , the authors of WFP have not thought the matter through and have come up with a set of proposals which will simply divert attention away from the real agenda which does exist for NHS capital accounting .
13 This is it you see , I mean a , a company like or have gone to a lot of trouble to get that length right , er and to tune the box and all this that and the other and get the right , I do n't know maybe er just think oh you know you just build this , put this massive speaker in and call it a sub based woofer
14 For example , the employees that he takes over may have more generous terms of employment than his existing staff , or the vendor may have a collective agreement with or have recognised a trade union .
15 I 'm finding something totally wrong with and got shot of it and then things have been
16 It was all done with and had ended how things always seemed to end for her .
17 ‘ I 've loved all the men I 've been with and have kept on good terms with them except my ex-husbands , they 're my least favourite of all , ’ she said .
18 Over 80 per cent of cases in one series were either suffering from or had suffered from other sexually transmitted diseases .
19 The Plan can not cover you during the first 24 months for any existing medical condition you may be suffering from or have received treatment for in the two years prior taking out the Plan .
20 But he 'd stood up well to that first interview , hindered rather than helped by the presence of his solicitor , who had never seen his client before and had made it painfully apparent that he would prefer never to see him again .
21 The young woman had visited both the museum and the castle before and had looked down from their heights onto the epidemic of streets below , between the top of the hill and the broad curve of the Bay .
22 Moreover , system investments have created economies of scale where few existed before and have begun to make it more possible to derive benefit from global ‘ scope ’ .
23 These people had been driven from their homes with nothing but the clothes they stood up in and had struggled through a war-torn countryside , sometimes in sub-zero temperatures , to reach a refuge where food , shelter and warm clothing were in very short supply .
24 If , if our mid-field players and our back four players , whoever you like to , if our front players have to come back in and get involved , if that 's what they have to do , and everybody get behind the ball , that 's what you have to do .
25 This sequence is typical of what can be done in such surroundings once you have got your eye in and have begun to link your shots together visually or by association of ideas .
26 However , when the data are studied by a group of people who are all intimately involved in and have detailed knowledge of the situation they describe , they become an invaluable tool .
27 Now thirdly the Vietnam war , now this was perhaps the most harrowing war the Americans ever got themselves involved in and has had deep and permanent effects upon American policy making to this very day .
28 Now thirdly the Vietnam war , now this was perhaps the most harrowing war the Americans ever got themselves involved in and has had deep and permanent effects upon American policy making to this very day .
29 They have been built upon and have adapted that which already existed .
30 Most of our red deer are feral , having been introduced to or having escaped from deer parks .
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