Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is true that these original objectives and policies of particular types of union concerning the labour and product markets of the relevant occupation and industry have subsequently been modified as the unions amalgamated or became more diversified in terms of their recruitment . |
| 2 | Sometimes , as in the case of a foreign or inter-state trip , the youngster may just not be old enough or experienced enough to cope , but at other times they may not be showing enough sense of responsibility to be safely granted privileges . |
| 3 | Pistoliers are young nobles , knights ' sons who are not old or experienced enough to win their spurs or join the Reiksguard . |
| 4 | The Wheel Tapper was a cider pub , and the only one in town that tolerated the hard core of tomato-faced cider drinkers who , outside licensing hours , sat talking garrulously on public benches or passed out surrounded by flagons on the lawns of the Floral Gardens . |
| 5 | A number of other allegations made by Higgins against Kruger were either not proceeded with or found not to constitute conduct bringing the game into disrepute . |
| 6 | If an aggravation occurs i.e. an intensification of the original symptoms , at the end of treatment , then the doses must be reduced in quantity and repeated at longer intervals , or stopped altogether to see if the symptoms will continue to disappear by themselves . |
| 7 | The evidence from the few areas that have been bored or surveyed geophysically supports this view , but other evidence does not fit so well . |
| 8 | Commanders who undervalued or ignored Ultra get short shrift . |
| 9 | If you 've got a boy of 12 or 14 and he missed his tea or came home acting strangely you would know , ’ the woman said . |
| 10 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 11 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 12 | None of the patients ' spouses or carer had been shown or told how to give the drops . |
| 13 | Many may have been persuaded or encouraged not to do so by the uncertainty in the law , so I would not go quite as far as my hon. Friend in suggesting that local authorities alone are to blame . |
| 14 | ‘ She 's got a nasty enough temper — I just do n't myself see her as clever or organized enough to cover her tracks . |
| 15 | I suppose it 's must have been re re-opened or opened newly opened and they 're all well wishers that send flowers you see |
| 16 | It can not be forgotten or surpassed though gone for ever . |
| 17 | On all copies of the Work rendered into bilingual editions , or adapted specially to suit the educational requirements and syllabus of particular countries a royalty to be negotiated and based on the Publisher 's net receipts |
| 18 | Therefore , if this backward boy was to get a good education , he must somehow be crammed up or taught up to scrape a scholarship at one of the big independent schools where most of the fees would be paid for scholars . |
| 19 | The VWA , one of five Dutch sado-masochism associations , is recommending stricter fire safety regulations because ‘ people who are handcuffed or tied up need more time to get out of a building ’ . |
| 20 | Such abuses were seldom reported , thorough investigations were rarely held , and " the few perpetrators disciplined or prosecuted usually get little more than a slap on the wrist and most know they can get away with it unchallenged " . |
| 21 | To demonstrate how sound patterns and perceptions change with size Sound Mixer Alan Fogg prerecorded several segments of specially speeded up or slowed down soundtrack to show how , respectively , a tiny voice sounds to a giant , and vice versa . |
| 22 | It is Vic 's impression that English wildlife is getting streetwise , moving from the country into the city where the living is easier — where there are no traps , pesticides , hunters and sportsmen , but plenty of well-stocked garbage bins , and housewives like Marjorie , softhearted or softheaded enough to throw their scraps into the garden , creating animal soup-kitchens . |
| 23 | A control account is merely an extra account inserted at the back of a ledger or kept separately to make the ledger self-balancing . |
| 24 | If there were times when Mains was not available or chose not to speak then those were his business , and his silence could be respected . |
| 25 | No way he , Zitney Trench could tell her , Claudettina Wolveridge , née Schlitz , the way he felt when she half-closed her eyes at him , or reached up to take a box-file down from the section marked ‘ Insolvency ’ . |
| 26 | A day or two later it can be picked or rubbed off leaving a neat professional finish . |
| 27 | Single-celled animals may have their pigments scattered , or gathered together to form an eye-spot in the cell . |
| 28 | Belinda gulped her juice and followed him obediently , too aware of him as he stood back to make way for her , or strode ahead to open a door , the taut muscles in arms and thighs revealed by his economical movements . |
| 29 | When the recipe called for a sprig of ‘ bruised thyme ’ it added a further twenty minutes while he and Kate deliberated as to whether bruised was the same as battered with a knife handle , or meant merely rubbed between the forefinger and thumb . |
| 30 | Some weeds and herbs rich in nitrogen — notably nettles , fat hen , and comfrey — heat and break down very rapidly without the presence of animal waste , and an effective catalyst may be prepared from herbal extracts or bought ready made . |