Example sentences of "[coord] [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | The evidence from the few areas that have been bored or surveyed geophysically supports this view , but other evidence does not fit so well . |
| 6 | Commanders who undervalued or ignored Ultra get short shrift . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ She 's got a nasty enough temper — I just do n't myself see her as clever or organized enough to cover her tracks . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | It can not be forgotten or surpassed though gone for ever . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 " . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A control account is merely an extra account inserted at the back of a ledger or kept separately to make the ledger self-balancing . |
| 15 | Single-celled animals may have their pigments scattered , or gathered together to form an eye-spot in the cell . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Even grains which are badly weathered or altered still register the typical emission . |
| 20 | Once the unit is plugged in , the computer does not need to be switched off each time the SRAM is inserted or removed since switch S1 controls all the necessary isolation . |
| 21 | Most were either destroyed by Patriot missiles or did little damage . |
| 22 | He had seen nothing in her lifestyle and her actions which led him to believe that she was then or wished again to become a Jehovah 's Witness . |
| 23 | Merlini , three attempts were made to serve documents on a defendant in Italy , trying three different addresses and two different names ; on each occasion the defendant could not be located or had already moved on . |
| 24 | In many countries , prisoners were killed quickly if they refused to give information , or had no information , or had already revealed all . |
| 25 | When the three of them had been together in the kitchen , the infant Camille crawling round with jam on her face and fingers , he had sat in a state of sullenness bordering on rage or had conspicuously moved about preparing food for himself , knowing quite well that his dinner was cooking in the oven . |
| 26 | He was at his strongest when he or one of his supporters discovered that the Movement 's workers had misinterpreted the wishes of refugee children or their parents , or had simply allowed inadequate foster homes to escape thorough inspection . |
| 27 | ‘ I NEVER ever went to a gig or had even heard of the term ‘ gig ’ before I joined the band , ’ says the little girl who owns pop 's most exquisite voice . |
| 28 | In seven cases there was acknowledged to have been a deterioration in the dependant 's condition , so that the principal carer accepted or had even requested institutional care . |
| 29 | She sometimes wondered afterwards whether Brigadier Smithson appreciated or had even organised the situation . |
| 30 | Since one main aim of the interventions was to delay the onset of smoking , never smoking was considered an appropriate primary indicator given the age of the pupils at baseline ( relatively few were current smokers or had previously experimented with smoking ) . |