Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stopped for petrol I suppose . |
| 2 | I understand that if a bookshop were not registered for VAT it would still be charged VAT by its suppliers but would not be able to reclaim either through Customs & Excise or by passing the charge on to its customers and therefore would face very heavy pressure on margins . |
| 3 | He persuaded the government to allow a group of students to be sent to the USA in 1872 , but they were recalled for fear they might become ‘ too gay ( morally loose ) or western ’ ( Wang 1928 : 44 ) , a comment which would not be out of place in more recent times . |
| 4 | So if you are pressed for time it is better during your first year in a language area to give more time to direct contact with people than to spend hours at your desk typing . |
| 5 | But again , it had always got to be from the Co-op , because it had come through mum you see , really and er sh I say she is eighty-two . |
| 6 | This was a peripatetic Diogenes of the masses though , and fined for obstruction he had to constantly seek new pitches : ‘ His barrel was sandwiched between a fasting girl and a flea circus . |
| 7 | When he had departed for Benghazi he had left Lord Jellicoe in charge at Kabrit , and on 20 May Jellicoe wrote to MEHQ asking for an order to be issued to the Commando to release the men . |
| 8 | If they remain chronically incapacitated for work they can now claim invalidity benefit at a higher rate . |
| 9 | When mixed with gin they produced less satisfactory results , introducing intrusive flavours into the gin/tonic marriage . |
| 10 | What is more , although the quantity for the day looks relatively modest in dry state , once it is mixed with milk you will find that it provides two good and satisfying servings . |
| 11 | Gerard says that pounded and mixed with vinegar it was used by the Germans as a sauce for fish and with " such like meates as we do mustard " . |
| 12 | Once a replicator has come into existence it is capable of generating an indefinitely large set of copies of itself . |
| 13 | Since the war , each time the Conservative Party has come into power it has extolled the virtues of the market . |
| 14 | If we carefully analyse the frequencies contained within speech it is possible to devise a system of rules that allows us to create any given sound from its basic frequencies . |
| 15 | Well don do n't stick it under there cos it 'll get forgotten in fact I 'll take it upstairs . |
| 16 | But it was claimed in court she was not a drug dealer . |
| 17 | Her progress had been one of near-collisions , dodging round cases and people , and just as the gate she 'd wanted had come in sight she had seen Lori and a man passing through . |
| 18 | He 'd certainly succeeded in firing hers . |
| 19 | When he had vanished from sight she expelled a long sigh and allowed the mask to slip away from her face , slowing returning to her towel and lying down flat on it . |
| 20 | When the bus got caught in traffic they dashed off it and ran through a nearby Russell and Bromley shoe store . |
| 21 | An envelope , addressed in handwriting she did n't know , arrived in the post : inside , she found a photocopied article from a back number of an American academic journal , and a postcard reproduction of a painting by Klimt . |
| 22 | Committed to Act We as a church support BMS financially . |
| 23 | With everything committed to paper you 're less likely to forget details and it will help you tackle the situation in a very organised way . |
| 24 | These people will be highly attractive to would-be new entrants , who are expected to head-hunt them . |
| 25 | But he said : ‘ For the offences involving or linked to theft from cars particularly while committed on bail I feel no other sentence than a custodial one would be appropriate . ’ |
| 26 | When lead is added to petrol it improves a car 's performance by increasing the octane rating . |
| 27 | to use the negotiating technique of come on fella you know I 'm gon na get I 'm gon na get chewed over if I do n't |
| 28 | And whenever experience is pursued without hindrance it is called philosophy . |
| 29 | Roman sounded gravely resigned to humour her , his gaze wry as he watched her . |
| 30 | Surrounded by woodland it seems set in a pocket of secluded spaciousness , watched only by wood pigeons and squirrels . |