Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The post Office Savings Bank is of little importance , and other savings banks , although permitted to exist in principle , are negligible . |
| 2 | If permitted to return in safety I shall never regret the steps I am about to take . |
| 3 | What would my attitude be if asked to move in order to take a job ? |
| 4 | After an unsuccessful attempt to depose his brother Hafez Assad from the presidency in 1984 , Rifat had been banished to Paris , a punishment akin to being kicked out of purgatory and forced to live in paradise . |
| 5 | But surely Andy is just too sensible and balanced to belong in rock 'n' roll ? |
| 6 | He returned to Britain to marry and came back to Madeira in 1811 , having opened his commercial house in 1808 and begun to deal in wine . |
| 7 | One of the attackers , an Irishman , got a handhold on a gun casement ; he was a redleg from Oualie who had fled forced labour on a nearby island and determined to survive in freedom . |
| 8 | You 're packed with vim , vigour and vitality tomorrow and determined to get in shape to either win the love of your life or just enjoy feeling as fit as a fiddle . |
| 9 | ‘ Having regard to the terms of the contract , the conduct of the parties and the circumstances of the case , I have no doubt that the property was not intended to pass in this case on contract but only in exchange for a valid building society cheque , but even if it may be regarded as intended to pass in exchange for a false , but believed genuine , building society cheque it will not in my view avail the insurers . ’ |