Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you rubbed on petroleum jelly or applied any necessary plasters ? |
| 2 | Erm at which meeting I also contacted or attacked four other people , one a solicitor , erm one running a sort of a a training centre , and two running businesses , one in sort of sales and marketing , and one in production . |
| 3 | Those in wheelchairs or too old to work outside helped in the kitchen or made elaborate Foreign Legion memorabilia for sale in the regimental shops wherever the Legion served . |
| 4 | There was widespread media criticism of the government for capitulating to the drug traffickers , but Gaviria denied that he had entered into negotiations or made any prior deal with Escobar as part of a policy to defuse the costly and violent " drug war " gripping the country . |
| 5 | Although it was a great coup for the KGB , once the pair got to Moscow it is hard to see what they could have told the Russians that was not already known or made any great difference to East-West relations . |
| 6 | Such dissenters insist that human experiences are not improved , embellished or made any more endurable or enjoyable by invoking ‘ god ’ in some form or other . |
| 7 | Or made some asinine observation or other . |
| 8 | The recurrent nerve leaves the hypocerebral ganglion as a median or paired lateral oesophageal nerve and passes back to the hinder region of the fore gut , where it ( or each branch ) terminates in a ventricular ganglion . |
| 9 | Very well done — you 've examined both books most carefully & made some excellent links between them . |
| 10 | I might have made you a loan , or found some other way to help you out . ’ |
| 11 | Whoever wrote it or designed those basic garments knew that you would be struggling to learn all you could in the shortest possible time and that to give you concise diagrams and stitch and row numbers would cut down any need for extra calculations by you . |
| 12 | 625–6 when Cwichelm , styled by Bede king of the West Saxons but perhaps more correctly thought of as a king in the upper Thames valley ( see above , pp. 48 ff. ) , sought to have Eadwine assassinated ; Eadwine 's retaliating attack , when he is said to have slain or subdued all those who had plotted against him ( HE 11 , 9 ) , confirms that he was reaching the height of his power by the mid-620s . |
| 13 | Apart from a few individuals the hill sheep industry has shown remarkably little concern or demonstrated any important initiative in tackling this problem . |
| 14 | In order to conform with SSAP9 , most companies include a note in their annual accounts to the effect that : ’ The individual parcels of freehold land held for development are valued at the lower of cost or estimated net realisable value . |
| 15 | The party view , express d well by the Conservative Agents " journal , was that the Unionists in the Speaker 's Conference had been taken in by the Liberal members , that they had not sought or received any professional advice , and that they had blundered accordingly . |
| 16 | Such suicides are nearly always preventable and many of those in despair should have been moved to hospital for treatment or received active medical help while in prison . |
| 17 | A grated 2.5cm ( 1″ ) cube of Edam or low-fat hard cheese mixed with Dijon mustard , 1 tablespoon plain , virtually fat-free yoghurt and black pepper ; or grated raw white cabbage , carrot and celery , 1 chopped pineapple ring , 1 tablespoon peanuts and raisins mixed with 1 tablespoon plain virtually fat-free fromage frias ; or very low-fat cottage cheese mixed with finely grated carrot , 1 tablespoon raisins , a dash of lemon juice and 2 teaspoons finely chopped onion ; or bread spread thinly with peanut butter topped with chopped or grated apple and sprinkled with lemon juice . |
| 18 | The Fascist youth organizations which replaced them never went camping , or learned how to cook , or developed any other outdoor skills . |
| 19 | Not only had travel been impossible , it felt like ages since she had seen any beautiful clothes or touched any rich materials . |
| 20 | I have never seen such joy or heard such spontaneous praise to the Lord . |
| 21 | And Have you seen or heard British special stamp issues , being advertised through any other sources shown on this card ? |
| 22 | The 19th century English ocean bill of lading was considerably less abstract and incorporated or merged fewer possessory rights than did its 20th century American counterpart . |
| 23 | Last year Thames Valley police cautioned or prosecuted sixteen hundred and seventy-three people possessing controlled drugs . |
| 24 | I do n't think anyone made a comment or took much apparent notice . " |
| 25 | Hazlitt has not been short of biographers , but before reading Jones I never felt I had begun to know the man , or formed any satisfying conception of his obviously contradictory nature . |
| 26 | Transform the floor : quarry tile it , or lay new ceramic tiles , Mexican tiles or bricks ; put down a well varnished wood block floor ; or lay sheet vinyl , linoleum or vinyl tiles . |
| 27 | The Works Fire Brigade of c1870 , posing against the rear of the McConnell rail steamer of 1861 , a rebuilt or converted loco tender ; looking south , the workshop in the background is the 1845 works extension , or new loco shop , now 1987 , Maxwell 's Book Warehouse , the wooden building is a signal box . |
| 28 | At that time , 300 million people were either unemployed or performed such unproductive work that they could not support themselves and their families . |
| 29 | My time at the DHSS showed that it was impossible to make any significant change without a fierce public and professional battle — even when improvement meant more resources for health care or put right long-standing problems . |
| 30 | They have to know that the environment is a safe one , that you will step in if the children are nasty to each other or put one another down … |