Example sentences of "[vb past] and [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fairview New Homes has a number of sites in North East London designed and priced for first-time buyers . |
| 2 | This means that , in the main , all SCOTVEC awards are now approved , validated and verified to common quality assurance criteria . |
| 3 | Polly found herself staring at his thighs , mesmerised by the powerful muscles that bunched and flexed beneath bronzed skin dusted with gold-brown hair . |
| 4 | In addition , numerical modelling of the geochemical trends indicates that within one cycle the magma may have evolved by inputs of discrete batches of primary peridotitic partial melt that fractionated as it rose and mixed with earlier magma prior to eruption . |
| 5 | Yet they looked capable of tenderness too — lucky the woman stroked and caressed by those long fingers . |
| 6 | The student is arrested , tried and sentenced to 20 years . |
| 7 | PRISONERS of Conscience Orton and Vera Chirwa , whose case was highlighted by Amnesty 's 30th Anniversary Campaign , are still in detention after being unfairly tried and jailed in 1983 for expressing their non-violent political beliefs . |
| 8 | The young boy quickly became an authority on who received and dealt in stolen goods in London , who specialized in watches , clothes , foreign money , rings . |
| 9 | Sometimes the thread was misery , sometimes the black joy of an earth , blasted and left for dead , that went on labouring in darkness to renew itself . |
| 10 | Sunday dinner was always a special one , culminating in Auntie 's home-grown fruit , stewed and covered in thick Cornish cream . |
| 11 | As he stood on the steps before the heavy front door and dug in his pocket for his keys he could hear the ringing of a telephone , blanked and muffled by several layers of brick and plaster . |
| 12 | Green blood spurted wildly into the air , much of it landing into the stew pot where it fizzed and crackled like little gun shots . |
| 13 | Someone y'kin talk into givin' himself up when he finds himself cornered and surrounded by armed cops , an ’ he gits to feelin' scared an' sorry fer himself . |
| 14 | When the war came the stationery was moved out and obscure intelligence projects were pursued and filed and forgotten in these rooms . |
| 15 | The train was a shabby affair of two antique carriages which creaked and pitched like tethered ships . |
| 16 | The problems endured and created by large cohorts seem considerable and there is no reason why Easterlin effects should not be recognized and incorporated into other models . |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps John Knox relented and put in some money , ’ Morton suggested . |
| 18 | However , it appears that , if the ice motion is slowed or temporarily halted against a barrier , the snow will be stripped away and the bare ice rippled and eroded by dry winds that continually course down the ice cap . |
| 19 | The melody swooped and split into two , harmonizing with itself . |
| 20 | Towards the end of each I will describe a recent example of a person who lived and suffered in such a way . |
| 21 | In tank conditions the leaves are round , heart-shaped at the base , purplish green or mauve , translucent , slightly crinkled and borne on slender , long , leaf stalks , Bushy leaves are formed at the base of the plant , which also puts forth aerial leaves which float on the water . |
| 22 | He had his light back , and his blankets , they brought him food , and in every movement he was acutely aware of his still resilient sinews , and the smooth round joints that turned and bent in such a beautiful and ingenious fashion . |
| 23 | There was also an excellent correlation between the quantity of exogenous bicarbonate infused into the oesophagus and that measured and calculated from oesophageal aspirates . |
| 24 | The failure of other parties to act , however , left Noble isolated and outnumbered by loyal forces . |
| 25 | Every moment of Rainbow 's existence during my time at the Fair has been tracked , recorded , docketed and programmed for easy-edit , so I am able to wipe , play-back , freeze-frame or skim fast over the boring bits . |
| 26 | He was taken to Shabaka Prison in the city of Ta'iz , blindfolded and held in solitary confinement for nine months , during which he was subjected to lashings and electric shocks . |
| 27 | The Cheshire Cat — Cheshire cheese , grated and mixed with diced apple , mustard and a little butter . |
| 28 | Derbyshire — sage Derby cheese , grated and mixed with sliced mushrooms and diced bacon sautéed together . |
| 29 | ‘ There is a connection between taking the drug and getting hot , dehydrated and exhausted from prolonged dancing . ’ |
| 30 | The eighteenth of July 1940 arrived and passed without any sign of the invasion threatened by Hitler . |