Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Black Sea only recycles its water once in every 140 years and it is estimated Turkish beaches will remain contaminated by waste for more than a century . |
| 2 | In this way , squirrels in a wood can remain hidden from view while a predator explores the whole region . |
| 3 | Expansion of their wealth depended upon drawing serfs away from the land to labour in the towns ( thus serfs who could remain hidden within town walls for a year and a day gained freedom from the land ) and on undermining those aristocratic privileges , such as control over roads , which inhibited commercial activity . |
| 4 | When termites leave the nest to forage on dead plant material , they can remain hidden by building tunnels from the nest to the food supplies . |
| 5 | He studied how seeds could be carried in the mud clinging to the feet of birds , and also experimented on how long seeds could remain immersed in salt water and still be fertile . |
| 6 | I think everyone would 've come into contact with it and I think it was just up to your own individual self really whether you took it or not . |
| 7 | Willy used to come from school and she used to come up me mum 's house with a , so could have a suck of the tit he would 've come from school and you 'd expect him the night at me mam 's house |
| 8 | But why buy made to measure furniture , when you can easily install your own for a fraction of the cost ? |
| 9 | Their loyalties may be divided — they have a longer previous family history with both parents than young children and may feel torn between loyalty and love for both . |
| 10 | While ‘ low ’ or depressed they may feel overwhelmed by despair , guilt and feelings of unworthiness . |
| 11 | He knew how to extract ideas and information from people without ever making them feel sucked of vitality — because he never failed to give back as much as he took . |
| 12 | So the poet recreates his strength in the tradition , which can provide a refuge and a strength , yet which can also appear founded on emptiness . |
| 13 | Undoubtedly , left to themselves some manufacturers would feel bound to institute corrective measures in the processes , or pay compensation , but many would not . |
| 14 | For botanists , Nathaniel Ward invented the ‘ Wardian case ’ in which plants could grow sealed under glass . |
| 15 | Recognizing it , they will feel entitled to consideration in strategic decisions . |
| 16 | ‘ His aunt would 've died of shock if she 'd thought there was anything going on . |
| 17 | Well I mean surely it 's , that 's the point now is to try to make a fair erm law and one that is ideologically erm designed seeing we 've got to power , or we 've got certainty of obtaining power , therefore land ownership has got to be land ownership which has been capitalism Marxist |
| 18 | Often local wells would become polluted from sewage tanks , leading to outbreaks , and sometimes as happened in Upper Halling , homes were evacuated and wells sealed off . |
| 19 | A second property of sediments which is of economic importance is the porosity , the spaces between the solids , which may become filled with water or other fluids such as oil and gas . |
| 20 | There was a danger that the blood would become poisoned by pus or by some other morbid agent which would render death by pyaemia inevitable . |
| 21 | And she 'd like come to school and she 's just such a wreck . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd clean forgotten about home ! |
| 23 | That 's your muzzy book , you must n't si look come on watch what you 're doing right let's do it up , come here ! |
| 24 | But do n't sit them directly on the base of the pond , where the filter will soon become clogged with sediment . |
| 25 | There were fears that the proceedings could become deadlocked by defence demands for documents relating to Noriega 's role as a Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) operative which could prove very embarrassing to the US administration , and in particular to President Bush , director of the CIA in 1976-77 . |
| 26 | It is most active in arid environments where rates of evaporation are high relative to precipitation , and consequently surface and soil waters can become saturated with respect to a variety of salts . |
| 27 | Yes , do n't you dare come over smoking ! |
| 28 | ( ii ) the solicitor , as the employee of a non-solicitor , does work permitted by virtue of Rule 4 of these rules . |
| 29 | If there is grazing or cutting , the grass composition may change and , if burnt , it may become dominated by lalang ( Imperata cylindrica ) a grass that is very difficult to eradicate . |
| 30 | Species that may become threatened with extinction are listed in Appendix II . |