Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [to-vb] [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 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 .
8 She had expected Fernando to turn up at the airport with his arms full of red roses and promises .
9 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 .
10 He can claim , whether truthfully or not , that he had recommended clients to come in at exactly the right times .
11 Clearly Whiteson is suspicious that Duran may not have shed 30lb to get down to the middleweight limit for Leonard by wholly natural methods .
12 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 !
13 And if Emily had expected Craig to ride in on a white charger and save the day , she had been doomed to disappointment .
14 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 …
15 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 .
16 My solicitor 's secretary had rung Holloway to find out what I was allowed to take , and was told three changes of clothes , flannel , books and basic things .
17 She had expected Fen to drive back into Little Kirkton , to one of the restaurants there , but instead he headed out into the country .
18 He stood aside for McLeish , then took himself off , observing unnecessarily that he just had a wee bit paperwork to finish up .
19 Some German companies have visited Kaliningrad to talk over joint ventures .
20 has revealed plans to open up more of the VHF radio band for broadcasting .
21 I had made loops to go over her wrists , I told her , so that she would n't lose her grip .
22 The settlers had claimed legal ownership of the houses in October and had made efforts to move in to the Silwan sector at that time , but the police had prevented them from doing so after the Attorney General , Yosef Harish , had recommended that they be barred from the properties on security considerations .
23 And Ve Vera phoned this morning , Joe phoned this morning an all I did n't want them to go out , anyway I 've made arrangements to go round to see Vera on Friday afternoon and they they went out to where was it ?
24 He had made arrangements to drive up to London tomorrow .
25 The association of ideas made fondness for Gentle sound like another disease , but he did n't comment on it , merely made arrangements to pick up Klein the following evening and put down the phone , plunged into a deeper trough than ever .
26 ‘ I 've already made arrangements to cut down on my travelling , but what are we going to do about you ?
27 New labourers came out , many from Ireland where pressure on land was unusually severe ; they came from southern Irish ports , so they could not have been directly affected by the English conquest and the Scottish settlement of Ulster at the beginning of the seventeenth century , but possibly Irish landlords felt that it no longer made sense to keep up private armies and turned men out of service for this reason .
28 She does n't know how he got through the main doors and an electronically operated gate to get in to the courtyard where the car is always left unlocked .
29 The actor need not have intended war to come about .
30 We 've got loads to go round , you know ?
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