Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ambiguity of something so ill-defined argued for on such different , and sometimes contradictory grounds , needs serious analysis . |
| 2 | If the interpretation of democracy argued for in this book is correct , or at least is found persuasive by its readers , then it should be clear that its principal practical implication is that democracy is still " unfinished business " on the agenda of modern politics . |
| 3 | So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial . |
| 4 | I understand that the deep ditch that the boy and motorcycle crashed into on that fateful night is referred to as ‘ deadman 's ditch ’ , a horrific reminder of a foolhardy game that cost a young man his life . |
| 5 | Of the other offences adverted to in this chapter , the crime of threatening to kill is extended to threats to cause serious personal harm ( cl. 65 ) ; administering a substance without consent ( cl. 73 ) and assault to resist arrest ( cl. 77 ) are redrafted . |
| 6 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 7 | ‘ I just do n't hear about it at all from the sales force , ’ he said , adding that he 's heard it referred to by some as Windows for Warehouses — ‘ because it sits on shelves . ’ |
| 8 | I am sure he would have considered that both technical accomplishment and , though not perhaps in the modern sense , introspection , were valuable for the poet , but the labour and intense study which you 'll have noticed he referred to in that passage I 've read , consisted of course of learning large numbers of languages , which he clearly did with great fluency , and reading inordinately the whole of human literature . |
| 9 | Poor Daisy , disapproved of from both sides ( for Joszef 's family had still not come round , though she had adopted their religion ) . |
| 10 | Her working-class male counterpart is not usually ridiculed or disapproved of in this way , as someone whose language is inappropriate . |
| 11 | They are even admitted to be absurd by Tertullian — ‘ Credo quia absurdum ’ — and believed in for that very reason ; but this is an argument which does not enable us to distinguish which absurd propositions we are to believe Freud thought . |
| 12 | And there is much more where that came from in this attractively illustrated and assiduously researched collection of articles . |
| 13 | She would play happily on the sand for hours as long as the tide was out but would run from the beach as soon as the sea came to within several yards of where she was sitting . |
| 14 | erm the buyer 's guide and the business card erm yes it is a legal requirement but I mean , you know , do n't hammer the fact , this is a legal , I 've got ta give it to you , okay so it came across in that particular vein . |
| 15 | Well apparently that was n't the end of the garden you see cos that came across like this and when you went through a gap in the hedge about another twenty yards further on in the far distance it seemed there was the hut . |
| 16 | And er a car came by at that moment . |
| 17 | But I can remember one thing that happened in in that respect was that the superintendent came down to a meeting or he wanted to see us after nationalization . |
| 18 | Steel wool and soap filled pads are useful although much frowned upon by many authorities . |
| 19 | One major national requirement — also commented on in this concluding section — is to raise the skill levels of British workers . |
| 20 | You can indicate which SPRs are to be Closed or Replied to at this page , in preparation for making these relationships fixed once the SSR is submitted . |
| 21 | The amount will be determined either by a percentage , a fixed sum arrived at on some other basis , or an hourly rate . |
| 22 | In three cases of clear-cut discrepancy between the social class classification arrived at in this way and the wife 's previous occupation , education or general life-style , social class was upgraded or downgraded to take account of the contradiction . |
| 23 | Any other sums in respect of fringe benefits the deceased had that have been lost by his dependants on his decease must be added to the figure arrived at in either of the two ways described above . |
| 24 | But , despite these uncertainties , there is a general consistency in the figures arrived at from these ( and some other ) sources which justify us in regarding the average output per die as in the low tens of thousands , and a figure of about 30,000 seems a good working hypothesis . |
| 25 | The tales of Mountain Biker Attacks Rambler are certainly a far cry from the friendliness we met with in this area . |
| 26 | Hurt by ‘ the ungenerous treatment which I met with from that very sex whose sufferings I was at so much pains to relieve ’ , he was glad to leave Aberdeen when recalled to active duty in the Royal Navy . |
| 27 | And that was all d'Alembord prayed for at this moment , that Ford would learn success fast and thus calm his worried fears . |
| 28 | The interesting question is whether the reform to regulations regarding fee structures in 1982 and , to a lesser extent , the greater freedom architects enjoyed from about this time to practice in a less restrictive manner have influenced the pattern of events . |
| 29 | Somebody had been reading a paper there , which apparently happened quite often , Penelope learned , and they usually finished at about this time . |
| 30 | Science was being taught in public schools and in grammar schools , and there were courses in universities , which in Britain began at about this time to catch on — this was the era when the great municipal universities started to flourish , though it was to be some time before they received government grants . |