Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Many of my volunteers commented on how much they enjoyed eating so much fruit and vegetables and how much fitter they felt , so I have no doubt that it is the reduction of fat and the increase in better , healthier food that together helped produce such positive benefits . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , because this tradition tended to ignore the problem of consumption , the main impact of this craft revival was to promote a conspicuous handmade image , explicitly separate from the products of mass consumption , and immediately recognized as a quality or luxury product which signified , and thereby helped reproduce , the new moneyed elites . |
| 3 | At last she heard the creak of footsteps on the stairs , and hardly dared breathe until he closed his own room door . |
| 4 | In addition to being captain of the side , Storie was coach and also helped prepare the wicket . |
| 5 | A one day meeting can not cover all the topics to which Doll has made contributions ; his early work in clinical gastroenterology , for example , showed the uselessness of a bland diet for peptic ulcers and also helped establish the importance of basing decisions about treatment on the results of controlled clinical trials . |
| 6 | Andrew assisted in amputations , removing bullets and shrapnell and even helped deliver two babies . |
| 7 | Harriet Tubman — 19th Century African-American woman born into slavery who escaped to the Northern Free States and then helped establish The Underground Railroad , a network of abolitionists who aided slaves in escaping bondage . |
| 8 | A WOMAN is believed to have lured British computer boss Howard Bates to his death and then helped bury his body in a swampland grave . |
| 9 | Also , being of royal descent from the House of Aragon , her marriage not only demonstrated to all that Rodrigo stood in high favour with the King , but also helped heal the breach between Castile and Leon . |