Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well when it comes in from the cow it 's at blood heat , and e you put it through your strainer and then you drain it and er you leave it be and it coagulates , goes consistency of yoghurt , slightly thicker than yoghurt , and after that stood a certain time you apply heat then you warm it up and you stir it , you break up the curd , and the whey gradually rises to the top and your curds settles to the bottom . |
| 2 | Bunker knew instinctively that Clasper could not , and would not , resolve the dispute himself and that the effects of the stoppage would very soon be felt far beyond the confines of United Motors as one supply industry after another experienced a precipitous drop in demand . |
| 3 | The chants were now accompanied by signs as one member after another thrust a right arm in the air to stab a pointing finger at the man on the platform . |
| 4 | He had after all had a good conference . |
| 5 | Bert , who had after all spent a fair bit of time with Jasper , was surprised that a brother had never been mentioned . |
| 6 | Part of this represented a disquieting pattern which had set in since the 1960s ( see Table 2.3 ) . |
| 7 | In this study , 107 patients ( 95% ) underwent successful clearance of gall bladder stones but seven of these had a residual cystic duct stone , reducing the overall success rate to 89% . |
| 8 | In 12 patients ( 20% ) the serum creatinine concentration did not return to below 300 µmol/l ; one of these had a subsequent deterioration in renal function and two years later had started dialysis . |
| 9 | Proposals such as these went a long way to alleviate Chinese concerns and brought closer the possibility of a summit meeting between the two leaderships for which Soviet spokesmen had for some time been calling . |
| 10 | Considerations like this played a major part in determining Government policy in the crises of the 1930s . |
| 11 | Behind these came a weeping woman and a comforting man . |
| 12 | On Maiden no communication problems existed as all had a common language , English despite their mother tongues being varied . |
| 13 | From under these came a sleepy : ‘ Jack ! ’ |
| 14 | Inside the tabernacle grounds stood an X-shaped cross , and upon that hung a ragged figure that had once been a man . |
| 15 | Dymo decided to change its approach before this became a serious issue . |
| 16 | Beyond this opened a small glass-sided cubicle from which a senior clerk could watch for frivolity among the underlings . |
| 17 | Around this grew a small village of woodcutters and stonemasons ' cottages and the hamlet led its isolated existence for centuries until it was eventually abandoned . |