Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then a series of colours that took my fancy were thinned down with water and sprayed , or rather spattered using a mouth diffuser , over the colours I have previously applied . |
| 2 | After the first eight days of action — during which 19 of his 31 officers were killed and seven wounded , and the battalion was reduced to 40 per cent of its original strength — he himself was badly wounded leading a counter-attack . |
| 3 | But this omission is a consequence of my claim that individualism is fundamentally designed to sustain a conception of individuals as agents . |
| 4 | Coun Dixon said the corporation 's support proves that Darlington is widely considered to have a housing crisis . |
| 5 | Dounreay has apparently given AECL a quotation and AECL is now considering it . |
| 6 | Sandwich was better situated to meet a threat from Scandinavia ; Wight , where Harold 's ships awaited William the Conqueror long and unsuccessfully in the summer of 1066 , implies a connection with the south or west , and perhaps particularly Normandy . |
| 7 | The corollary is that some areas will be better placed to initiate a shift away from the isolated role of special schools . |
| 8 | From his present position , Larsen would be better placed to keep a lookout for trouble and provide backup . |
| 9 | As Dysart 's employee and Mallender 's daughter , who could be better placed to smell a rat ? ’ |
| 10 | Yeah he said , but the girl that was with him said that you were very highly honoured to have a letter that length cos usually she gets dear oh I her name 's what her but dear whoever , got loads to tell you , love Mario . |
| 11 | So she said you 're highly honoured to have a letter that long . |
| 12 | Baldwin merely intended to fly a policy kite at Plymouth . |
| 13 | This short chapter is only intended to offer a taste of the topic . |
| 14 | Mme Fournier was still in the car , she called out that she had only come to deliver a message . |
| 15 | For all the talk about creating a club vibe , in Texas the audience have basically come to see a gig . |
| 16 | Nothing is better designed to galvanise a people , unify it , strengthen it . |
| 17 | Whereas in Northamptonshire the tutor-organiser saw himself as a professional liaising with other professionals in areas where voluntary participation was barely appropriate , his colleague in Essex was apparently expected to spend a lot of time in routine organising work which voluntary members could readily take over when she eventually resigned . |
| 18 | No doubt many in the EC have long wished to see a Delors Report version of monetary union imposed in order to further their federalist aims . |
| 19 | Her brain had obviously decided to mount a break out attempt on her skull . |
| 20 | While the Society of Women Market Vendors exposed the corruption of the PDC and objected to the high tariffs in the new markets , it was not sufficiently organized to form a counter-proposal or take action upon it . |
| 21 | The way he kept hanging about him , Quentin wondered if he had perhaps decided to become a clergyman again . |
| 22 | Off Ian pedalled , to arrive at the pub a few seconds before Sally , but having been companions in adversity throughout the whole way , neither was going to claim outright victory , so agreed to declare a draw . |
| 23 | No company , after all , is better equipped to design a jamming device for a particular missile than the company that made the missile in the first place . |
| 24 | Just take the back off and and you 've only got to undo a couple of clips and take the pump off . |
| 25 | We 've only got to put a go faster stripe on a Skoda and chan , change the wheels and we 've got a different product we 've got a diff , yes , we 've got a fast skip as opposed to a slow one , alright . |
| 26 | I 've only got to put a jumper on and get my bag . |
| 27 | You work out how much tape I 'm going to have to take out , if I 've only got to edit a minute out of what you 're saying . |
| 28 | I mean we 've only got to have a look at the recent events in London went on about the insurances over the bombings over the weekend have n't we ? |
| 29 | Erm and I mean you 've obviously got to judge a bit your own capacity |
| 30 | On this job , however , it is only used to give a view of the smouldering remains of the skip and lorry . |