Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 Such administrators will be given titles to match up to their responsibilities : " chief executive " is not unknown .
2 Or were given permission to go in .
3 But they were being given permission to borrow up to £628 million provided £75 million were raised by way of ERDF grants .
4 ‘ Kenny had been given permission to fly up to Stockport later than the rest of the lads because one of his children was ill .
5 Zahira was eventually given permission to stay on in Britain .
6 He has also highlighted plans to set up an independent Energy Savings Trust , funded with some of the profits made by British Gas and the regional electricity companies .
7 They stop the contents of a partially filled sack moving around , keeping the load close to the back which is easier to carry .
8 They firmly believed that people should be given rules to abide by to ensure that society ran on an even basis ; they did n't believe that the rules applied to them .
9 Their heads lowered to avoid the outstretched hand and pale features of a thin leather clad figure hunched over in a shop doorway .
10 The little one 's heard Mummy pull up on the drive and has come down the stairs well before anyone could say anything he got it out .
11 I regret that the seasonally adjusted figure went up by 700 to 121,600 last month , but I remind the hon. Gentleman that in January 1986 , the figure was over 170,000 .
12 She had expected Fernando to turn up at the airport with his arms full of red roses and promises .
13 On July 27 , 100 deputies and senators from the Solidarity Centre Alliance had petitioned Jaruzelski to stand down so that Walesa could be named President in his place .
14 He can claim , whether truthfully or not , that he had recommended clients to come in at exactly the right times .
15 Clearly Whiteson is suspicious that Duran may not have shed 30lb to get down to the middleweight limit for Leonard by wholly natural methods .
16 If HW is as smart as he is supposed to be ( he is favourite to get the pos. as Englands new manager ) he would have let Frank come on much earlier ’
17 Tell you what , we 'll give 'em till July , maybe mixed doubles come out .
18 TECHNO CLASSICS Vol 1 ’ is the well sorted compilation to come out of the mighty Rising High stable , and Casper and his mates have given us FIVE CD copies to give away !
19 Concerto Köln may not be the most polished of today 's period instrument groups , but their playing of Handel 's miraculously varied score makes up in commitment what it lacks in finesse .
20 He should never have let Lee go out on his own .
21 Getting started on the groove is tricky , then good but spaced holds lead up and left to more exposed rock .
22 Looking back on that then , you must have lost a great number of colleagues and workmates that it must give you sort of mixed feelings looking back on it ?
23 It was casual and served freshly caught lobster shipped in from St Vincent .
24 And if Emily had expected Craig to ride in on a white charger and save the day , she had been doomed to disappointment .
25 Better not let Ryan find out .
26 She 'd never expected rockets to go off and stars to shoot in all directions — leastways , not from just a casual brush of flesh against flesh …
27 She started to get up but he said , ‘ Do n't go , do n't go , ’ and hurried out of the bar , running with his body crouched and his right hand holding the newspaper low down , like a soldier carrying a slung rifle running in to the attack .
28 The level of the malt in the newly broached bottle went down and down .
29 This was rejected by organized labour and , significantly , by the predominantly mixed races making up the bulk of the poor and underprivileged in cities , towns and in Andean Indian communities .
30 Elsewhere both Sheffield and Leeds City Councils have actively considered schemes to set up local recording studios , while one London Borough Council is looking at the needs of its local black music scene .
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