Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | January was the 28th consecutive month in which bankruptcy cases involving debts equivalent to £58,400 or more rose above year-ago levels . |
| 32 | The number of those out of work for six months or more rose by 10,700 ( 8.8 per cent ) from 122,200 to 132,900 , again the lowest in Britain . |
| 33 | She knew that Maxie was acquainted with the bulk of the male population of Tollemarche , because anyone looking for a car sooner or later strolled through his car lot . |
| 34 | How many Russian soldiers were killed or later perished from their wounds in the dark glades of the forest is not precisely known , but the Germans took prisoner 92,000 unwounded men , some 30,000 wounded and 500 guns . |
| 35 | First , each mare is encircled , or nearly encircled by tall mountain ranges that could be the remnants of the rim of a large impact basin or the most prominent rim of a multi-ringed basin . |
| 36 | The principal precursors of acid precipitation are the anthropogenic and natural emissions of oxides of sulphur and nitrogen which are subsequently catalytically or photochemically oxidized to sulphuric acid ( H 2 SO 4 ) and nitric acid ( HNO 3 ) , respectively , in the atmosphere ( figure 4.10 ) . |
| 37 | The finish is up to you , whether you clock is in kit form or assembled and polished , you can choose from traditional polished finishes and colours , or lacquer finish in black or white , or even limed in pastel colours . |
| 38 | Moving closer to home , on the offence of causing death by dangerous or drunken driving , the hon. Member for Huddersfield referred to the Road Traffic Act 1991 , whereby an offender will be found guilty if he drives dangerously , thereby causing someone 's death , whether or not he intended to do so or even knew about it . |
| 39 | At many moments of weakness , or love , Thomas had spent far more money than he could afford or even wished for the sake of Simon 's joy in the holidays . |
| 40 | But most readers of this book will have grown up in a society in which the major comparable distinction is between kin and non-kin , and in which it is assumed , or even insisted upon , that kin relationships ought not to enter into the non-kin sphere at all . |
| 41 | I 'm not suggesting we all become missionaries , but if every one of us did just one charitable thing this week — visited someone old or sick , sent a food parcel to Africa , gave away a toy to a hospital ward or even took in a stray animal — then Christmas really would mean something . |
| 42 | Even if a relatively highly geared mortgage can be obtained , the cost of indemnity insurance on such mortgages has doubled or even tripled since the boom . |
| 43 | This consideration was never advanced or even pondered by the opponents of the agreement . |
| 44 | The formal markers of connectedness described above indicate in general that one statement is about to be amplified , supported or qualified by , or alternatively contrasted with , the next statement . |
| 45 | Topaz could have expressed some brief regret , or simply shrugged in helplessness , but she did n't . |
| 46 | Most studies do not use representative samples , and personality traits are typically assessed after the eating disorder has developed , thus making it difficult to determine whether the personality features caused , maintained , or simply resulted from the eating disorder . |
| 47 | They sat in rows and watched television or simply stared into the distance . |
| 48 | In Carlist territory monasteries were restored : in liberal Spain they became farms , barracks , schools , ministries , or simply fell into ruins . |
| 49 | Those denied an education remained in hospitals without any form of mental stimulation or simply stayed at home ; a few attended ‘ junior ’ training centres . |
| 50 | Include also those items which you wanted to have in the past but dismissed because you thought you could not have them or simply forgot about them . |
| 51 | In both cases people who were directly or indirectly implicated in racial harassment were asked to reflect on their actions and attitudes by an outsider who did not share their views ; moreover , as a researcher I was concerned to elicit evidence about racist assumptions or practices which as an educator I was also concerned to challenge . |
| 52 | But funerals in any expensive way here with us , are now accounted but as a fruitlesse vanitie , insomuch that almost all the ceremoniall rites of obsequies heretofore used , are altogether laid aside : for we see daily that Noblemen , and Gentlemen of eminent ranke , office , and qualitie , are either silently buried in the night time , with a Torch , a two-penie Linke , and a Lanterne ; or parsimoniously interred in the day-time , by the helpe of some ignorant countrey-painter , without the attendance of any one of the Officers of Armes , whose chiefest support , and maintenance , hath ever depended upon the performance of such funerall rites , and exequies . |
| 53 | Often the grounds of such houses were acquired as much-needed public parks ( or indeed bequeathed as such by their owners ) . |
| 54 | I think it 's very good policy , there 's many people policy , who are in our homes , who would give anything to have been able to have stayed in their own homes , or maybe stayed with relatives , but erm , they need the help and care in their homes . |
| 55 | I think he should have got a longer sentence or maybe tried in Crown Court , but not just got away with three months . |
| 56 | I think he should have got a longer sentence or maybe tried in Crown Court , but not just got away with three months . |
| 57 | I think he should have got a longer sentence or maybe tried in Crown Court , but not just got away with three months . |
| 58 | The lid of Pandora 's box could be wrenched off or tightly sat upon . |
| 59 | This ensures that the modules have not been inadvertently or maliciously tampered with or corrupted and gives you confidence in their integrity . |
| 60 | This ensures that the modules have not been inadvertently or maliciously tampered with or corrupted and gives confidence in their integrity . |