Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For their UK data ADD carried out such a test and obtained a test statistic of 17.93 which has to be compared with a critical chi-square value of 15.5 at the 5 per cent level and 20.1 at the 1 per cent level , with 8 degrees of freedom . |
| 2 | stall made over seventy pounds . |
| 3 | Yes , I think they get treated rather tough do n't they , I think the batsmen take advantage of the , of the always be in the umpire 's mind and he 's got to be certain . |
| 4 | One minister I know objected so much , he once declared during the words of institution : ‘ I take these elements of bread and Ribena . ’ |
| 5 | They 'll all be torn down when the bizzies get fed up patrollin' . |
| 6 | Get done as quick as you can . |
| 7 | After this demonstration it is needless to say which train got away first , but , of course , there was an outcry because the Mail ran late ! |
| 8 | As the star contracts , the gravitational field at its surface gets stronger and the light cones get bent inward more . |
| 9 | I get dressed up all the time . |
| 10 | It 's really flipping cold today , so I get dressed as quick as I can . |
| 11 | What they call stand-by mo they do today , they still guarantee a day 's , it ai n't much mind you but they still get guaranteed so much a day . |
| 12 | We get paid up front , we 've got credit protection , and we save a huge amount of work chasing payments . ’ |
| 13 | The fact they get paid so much should be a bonus to them . |
| 14 | ‘ People say American football players get paid too much money . |
| 15 | I mean it may well be that we have in this country we have erm pretty much Mill 's system because MPs get paid relatively little bearing in mind what most of them could be getting elsewhere , so maybe we 've got something like Mill 's system but it strikes us as rather a bizarre suggestion that MPs should n't be paid to prevent adventurous and lower classes becoming MPs . |
| 16 | It follows the company 's jobs-for-life Rover Tomorrow deal signed earlier this year , which ruled out compulsory redundancies . |
| 17 | As a result , BP can claim four-fifths of the ‘ elephant ’ find confirmed earlier this month , which is expected to spark a rush by rigs into an area where geologists say other huge reservoirs could be found . |
| 18 | And er but very definitely now I think we 've got the self confidence that er you know we very much and er we feel established enough that everybody can bring their banners and it 's gon na be a good day . |
| 19 | Only under the present ruler Sultan Qaboos , aided by modern communications and social development , has the country become united under one leader . |
| 20 | Accompanied by TODAY , Detective Sergeant Louis Van der Merwe and Detective Sergeant Riaan Render gathered up gruesome pointers to the two young women 's life-and-death struggle . |
| 21 | The minister we had taking the service yesterday morning I think felt as much on trial in Salisbury Park |
| 22 | But then what happened it was so successful for and I think got so greedy on it they decided to go an American |
| 23 | On the basis of your experience you know , you was you said that , the fact that erm sometimes you 've got tenants who 've formed really good relationships in the flat . |
| 24 | And that 's it basically , so you 've explained why ugly blocks of flats in the sixties and you even know cos why post-war reconstruction of London . |
| 25 | put a , put a very strong piece in Playback this month about audio description and seeing that , it , you know , how disappointed it is for how , I 've , I 've explained how much work we 've put into er , er |
| 26 | Then appropriate too short , too long , accept the so appropriate sociability , how long have you been there just moved in , do you know the neighbours that bit of information you 've gathered especially late at night now on someone 's door that 's already set back whatever . |
| 27 | ‘ Now I 've given up all hope ( of returning to Formula One ) . ’ |
| 28 | erm This has a knock-on effect insofar as if they 've once given up the physical sciences , then it means that they 've given up all hopes , when they leave school , of following a , a job or a profession , of courses in further or higher education , in technological , engineering subjects . |
| 29 | 1 ) ‘ I 've given up worrying if my toddler does n't eat breakfast or lunch because I know she 'll eat almost as much as her dad for tea . |
| 30 | So if you give away a tenth on the start , you 've given nearly half a second per run , and most competitions are either two , three or four runs , cumulative time , so , you know , if you give away a couple of tenths every time at the end of the day you 're going to be a second down . |