Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also tells us whether the unknown letter is a single segment letter , or made up from a combination of two segments . |
| 2 | It is often so insignificant that it is either ignored by the patient or passed off as a ‘ pimple ’ . |
| 3 | Thrown on or crumpled up in a bucket of it . |
| 4 | Pupils would no doubt be intrigued to learn how the milk-can was used to fetch milk from the farm , or filled up from a churn on the milkman 's cart . |
| 5 | Dropped , discarded or duffed up in a temper — who knows ? |
| 6 | They can be massaged into the skin , or dropped on to a cloth or pillow to be inhaled . |
| 7 | Its great plug was lifted up or dropped down through a tubular cage of brass , and its brass taps gaped wide as the mouths of sea lions . |
| 8 | Nobody visited them in the evenings or dropped in for a chat during the day , except in the way of business — to sell wood to Uncle Philip or to arrange a booking for Francie and his fiddle . |
| 9 | Even though these treatments drive the chemicals into the timber to a much greater depth than surface application by spray or brush , the wood may not be completely impregnated , particularly in the heartwood , so that notches and ends cut on site after treatment must be dipped in preservative or touched up with a brush . |
| 10 | Sometimes such material is simply tipped-in or stuck down on a blank ; the professional may prefer to inlay it on paper to match the size of the volume , which will often be fairly large . |
| 11 | Sub-contracting works fine most of the time but if you want something done urgently and the typesetter is broken or tied up on a job for its owner then guess who 's work is going to have to wait . |
| 12 | Travel in the UK was unlimited though a case had to be made for every European exhibition other than the Venice Biennale and the Kassel Documenta , and most trips to the United States had to be funded privately or tied in with a conference or some other event that would cover the cost of the trip . |
| 13 | The fundamental difference between the two routes , then , is that a pronunciation is either built up from sublexical components ( ‘ assembled ’ phonology ) or looked up as a whole ( ‘ addressed ’ phonology ) . |
| 14 | We used this door when a ghost came on or went off in a cloud of smoke . |
| 15 | A body did n't change if it had been blasted with an automatic weapon in a robbery on Lenox Square or gunned down on a sidewalk in Athens . |
| 16 | Or shacked up with a new girl you wanted to keep to yourself or something . ’ |
| 17 | It seemed to Preston that if you avoided being stabbed to death by terror gangs , you stood an even chance of being burned to death by sudden conflagration , or pushed on to the live line by a psychopath lurking among the rush-hour crowds , or struck down by a heart attack brought on by the extreme rage and frustration of trying to understand a platform announcement . |
| 18 | In addition to the above payments an RFL who is a partner in or held out as a partner in an MNP is required to produce evidence of payment of the appropriate contribution to the Solicitors ' Indemnity Fund . |
| 19 | This meant that it could not be used if it was the result of a ‘ fear of prejudice or hope of advantage , exercised or held out by a person in authority ’ or if it was occasioned by ‘ oppression ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ The appeal of Caran d'Ache Neocolor II lies for me in combining the exciting possibilities of using the crayons dry as a direct drawing method , or as a painting medium , when they can be dipped into water , finely sprayed for a diffused image , or washed over with a brush — releasing a full flow of colour and texture . ’ |
| 21 | At the back there is a horizontal belt sleeve which allows it to be attached to a belt up to 70mm wide and there is also a vertical sleeve 50mm wide which permits it to be worn on its side or slid down over a vertical post for use as a permanent fixture at a centre or clubhouse . |
| 22 | Seconds later they were off again , and she shut her eyes tight , pressed her cheek against his back and clung on like a limpet . |
| 23 | The whole was created beneath the sea and laid down as a series of overlying strata which emerged as an elevated dome , the cap being subsequently removed by erosion . |
| 24 | I had been moved into the front room and laid out like a corpse on the sofa . |
| 25 | The animal has been surveyed and laid off like a map ; and the men have been classified in over thirty specialties and twenty rates of pay , from 16 cents to 50 cents an hour . |
| 26 | The farmer and I went over and gazed down at a circular black object about half an inch across floating on the surface of the milk . |
| 27 | ‘ This way , ’ she said firmly , and plunged off into a perfumery hall of gleaming marble , as lush as some Byzantine church . |
| 28 | The huge main doors were gilt over bronze and led out to a stairway that swept up to an entrance vestibule lined with Algerian onyx . ’ |
| 29 | We spent a day ashore on Barentsøya where the Dutch party went off inland on their own and met up with a polar bear with two cubs , which ran off when they saw the party . |
| 30 | So I got on the Greyhound Bus for a six-hour ride to Washington and checked in at a cheap hotel opposite the bus depot . |