Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Browning began to laugh but the laugh brought on a coughing fit and , when Wilson rushed to her aid and raised her higher on the pillow , her face took on an ugly blue tinge , which she had never seen before . |
| 2 | In the 1989 Budget , the Chancellor brought in a new ceiling limit of £90,000 , based on earnings of £60,000 to be revalued every year in line with price increases . |
| 3 | And then his need called out an answering desire within her , and she found herself clinging to him with a desperation that matched his own . |
| 4 | Last year , Sir Richard Body brought in a private member 's bill to introduce within five years a ban on the use of sow stalls and tethers — devices that make it easier and cheaper to manage the animals during their four months of pregnancy . |
| 5 | The Group brought in a new President at its Miami headquarter to coincide with a massive publicity launch . |
| 6 | Hundreds of people have this evening spelled out a seasonal warning to the government : NO V.A.T. on domestic fuel . |
| 7 | The pro-Hezbollah Voice of the Oppressed radio reported on May 31 that the " Islamic Resistance " had that day shot down an Israeli aircraft over Janta in the Bekaa Valley . |
| 8 | The ruling was said to be partly based on a case brought in a British court by a Maze prisoner who had alleged maltreatment by prison officers . |
| 9 | Many people know , for example , that alcohol taken on an empty stomach is absorbed more quickly than alcohol taken with food . |
| 10 | Earl brought in a yellow legal pad with a number of acronyms on it in boxes , and North put it down on the table ; at that point , his secure telephone went off , and he had to ask Miller to leave . |
| 11 | And that was the reason that the government brought in a new initiative after the Warner Report , and there 's a specific training grant that you now get to ensure that your training staff , your , your residential staff get trained . |
| 12 | And his hand picked up a dropped boot to hurl it against the crackling plastic doors . |
| 13 | The process is painfully laborious , but with every announcement , IBM Corp is getting closer to acquiring the competitive edge that is the difference between survival and oblivion in the Unix business , and yesterday the company filled in a few gaps in its RS/6000 line , the most challenging development being a wind up of the clock on the single-chip Rios processor to create a 45MHz Model 230 , which starts at just $4,800 . |
| 14 | The process is painfully laborious , but with every announcement , IBM Corp is getting closer to acquiring the competitive edge that is the difference between survival and oblivion in the Unix business , and last week the company filled in a few gaps in its RS/6000 line , the most challenging development being a wind up of the clock on the single-chip Rios processor to create a 45MHz Model 230 , which starts at just $4,800 . |
| 15 | Together with radiometric age determinations of the most recent eruptive episode , such reconstructions enable estimates to be made of the amount of material eroded over a known period of time . |
| 16 | The Commission had in fact drawn up a short list of six associations , from which the government was expected to select two groups . |
| 17 | I 've in fact printed out a short extract from my new book erm which illustrates this , albeit using a computer program , and you can take a copy of that away with you . |
| 18 | " Take as much lean of boiled ham as you please , and half the quantity of fat , cut it as thin as possible , beat it very fine in a mortar , with a little oiled butter , beaten mace , pepper and salt , pot part of it into a china pot , then beat the white part of a fowl with a very little seasoning ; it is to qualify the ham , put a lay of chicken , then one of ham , then chicken at the top , press it hard down , and when it is cold , pour clarified butter over it ; when you send it to the table cut out a thin slice in the form of half a diamond , and lay it round the edge of your pot . " |
| 19 | This means any class taken on a voluntary basics , classes paid for by a private concern , ( W.I. T.W.G. sports sections of firms etc. ) , are hiring your own premises and running a class , or are coaching any display team . |
| 20 | The circle , comprising leader Neil Beresford , Mark Inskip , Alan Hower and David Foulkes , examined the amount of scrap clay accumulated over a 12 month period in terms of quantity and costs incurred . |