Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Short Kent G–ABFA Scipio has sunk after a heavy landing at Mirabella on the Alexandria-Brindisi service , and this had delayed the service out to India . |
| 2 | Ironic , he thought , that Müller had plunged the knife in to her back instead of the other way round . |
| 3 | Educational tours and special adult tours are arranged the year round upon advance application only ( January excepted ) . |
| 4 | Babur rings Keith and tells Keith he is the only one who has not arranged the time off yet . |
| 5 | Amongst the flag-waving crowd were children from St. John 's C.E. Primary School , who were given the day off . |
| 6 | Whether they were going for a new place , or staying , the hired hands were all given the day off to attend the Hirings . |
| 7 | Government employees were given the day off to swell the crowd , and Mr Hun Sen emphasised that only his party could guarantee that they would keep their jobs . |
| 8 | The Hibs players have been given the day off today and will train in Jersey tomorrow morning before flying back to Edinburgh . |
| 9 | The jury of seven men and five women have been given the day off tomorrow while both sides consider the evidence against Marsh and on Monday make their final submissions to the court . |
| 10 | The manager Willie Ormond claimed the players had been given the night off and therefore a breach of discipline had not taken place . |
| 11 | Now that Higginbotham has been given the brush off , may I venture to approach you ? |
| 12 | You 'll be affected by animosity regardless and without supporting troops of some kind you 'll be out-shot by bows and crossbows , crushed by war machines , and given the run around by skirmishers . |
| 13 | After an admirable talk by Geoffrey in the morning , we were all given the afternoon off before reassembling for a hula-hula party in the evening ( when off duty , staid Scottish lawyers are inclined to let their hair down even further than their English counterparts ) . |
| 14 | And he has given the club back its pride , passion , and the kind of penetrative football that has awoken the North East . |
| 15 | The old man had pointed the article out to him some time ago , but David had thought it unwise to consider such a large project . |
| 16 | Miraculously , the fall left him whole , with no injury internal or external , but ‘ it had shaken the beauty out of his movements . |
| 17 | They are the ideas favoured the world over by generalists holding advanced business degrees and they seem to work well in certain business situations . |
| 18 | The gloved hand — like a fat , black spider — delicately placed the telephone back in its cradle . |
| 19 | Lee waited until the girl had placed the tray down on a small side table and backed silently from the room . |
| 20 | Morse turned to the colourful cover , then placed the magazine back casually into the door-pocket . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's dangerous until you 've filled the can up , is it , and then not dangerous at all ? ’ |
| 22 | The first British single release for this month is still being debated , but whichever track is picked , Me Phi Me is confident his message is strong enough to be heard the world over . |
| 23 | A hole had been dug for the coffin , next to the place where Eileen had been buried only two short years ago , and boards propped the soil up at the sides . |
| 24 | This new wave of anonymous buildings , designed to slip as quickly as possible through local authority planning procedures , has ripped the heart out of Hammersmith . |
| 25 | That crunch had sounded as though she 'd ripped the door off ! |
| 26 | In the first place , the opinion polls frightened the life out of everyone . |
| 27 | ‘ Yow 've frightened the life out of yer mother . ’ |
| 28 | fright the white coats must have frightened the life out of you some . |
| 29 | Frightened the life out of us altogether . |
| 30 | In the first round of the championship , Miss Minoprio had frightened the life out of one , Miss Summerville , who later explained to the press that she had felt as if she were playing " a supernatural being " . |