Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd lost their way a little , they 've come back a little and they 're going to win this Anglo-Italian match . |
| 2 | … Over the last ten years we 've built up a pretty good network . |
| 3 | ‘ Again , being something so totally new and different , it took a while for people to fall in with it , ’ Shaun explained , ‘ but we 've built up a very strong client base in Doncaster and the district . |
| 4 | I think perhaps you 've grown up a little tonight . |
| 5 | Whether you agree or disagree with what they do , you have to accept that they 've worked out a very complicated system of values . |
| 6 | Majorca is packed with fun things to do and with years of experience behind us , we 've singled out the very best entertainments and attractions for our trips programme . |
| 7 | I 've calmed down a little . |
| 8 | They may not always have turned up with what teachers would have wished , but I am sure that there has been a great acceptance of the way in which they have carried out a very difficult task . |
| 9 | It is gratifying that the initial residents have built up a very happy family atmosphere , and have expressed their thanks to the Association for providing them with what they now regard as their home . |
| 10 | But since Dunkin 's article appeared , bibliographers have built up a much more realistic picture of work-flow through the 17th-century print shop . |
| 11 | erm I 've always believed that consistency is an overrated virtue so I 'm not gon na criticise the Conservatives for changing their minds but you have to ask yourself why is this recorded on the agenda today when the sub-committee , planning sub- committee has already met and discussed these matters and things have moved on a little further Well we we really have to look at how the resolution in this paragraph came about in the first place . |
| 12 | Slide-rules have now become a symbol of technical independence and have taken on a more political role . |
| 13 | I mean , for instance , in my dreams er cars have taken on a very distinct personal symbolism that has really nothing to do with what you might think , because of personal experiences of mine , and I now know that whenever I dream about cars it always always has this but that 's because of something that happened to me and because of my personal erm kind of experiences , so cars have become a dream symbol . |
| 14 | And of course , ’ her eyes narrowed shrewdly , ‘ with women 's magazines these days warts have taken on an entirely new dimension ! |
| 15 | The technique in question is Bob Blake 's Managerial Grid , still going strong 30 years after it was developed in the US , and likely to show new life in the UK now that management consultants P-E International have taken on the somewhat dusty licence . |