Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 While he was away she never stopped reminding us at the top of her voice that she was n't a five by two .
2 The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term .
3 According to Gregory the slanders against Fredegund were intended to drive her from the court , thus facilitating the elevation of her stepson , Clovis , to the throne .
4 I 'd see both these birds in the zoo , so I was fascinated to see them in the wild .
5 There have been some centres who felt that the American data has justified using it at an early stage .
6 He believed the order had been given to kill him by the DO .
7 The historic state coach No 351 which was being restored at that time suffered exterior damage in the fire but it is now intended to restore it as a museum piece .
8 If Rohan needed to have a private word with her , why had n't he arranged to see her at the house instead ?
9 There was a spare one lying around We 'd finished u er stopped using them during the war some time during the war .
10 The superintendents … have at least stopped using it in a noisy and disagreeable way
11 It was , understandably , the peace which was essential information for the descendants , for it influenced their present actions to some extent ; and the solemnities were intended to impose themselves on the memory of the participants and witnesses and their children .
12 An important element of any compensation payment is the damages intended to compensate you for the injury itself , and the effect it has on you and your lifestyle , both today and in the future .
13 ‘ It reminds me of my dear father one day at Sandwich , ’ she was saying , ‘ when we were picnicking on the sands and we had arranged to meet him at the nineteenth hole .
14 At the age of sixteen , this writer had slept with an older , married friend of her Father ; she had arranged to meet him in a churchyard after dinner and they made love on a tombstone .
15 Another time , I had arranged to meet him in the Naafi , a popular meeting place on the camp , at 5pm .
16 She was disappointed that he had n't arranged to meet her during the afternoon or even later on .
17 ‘ I was wondering whether you 'd arranged to meet her for a talk — to break the news to her ? ’
18 The courses are aimed at senior management and are intended to provide them with the knowledge and skills to exploit AIT effectively in their business .
19 The authorities in Addis Ababa had undertaken to provide me with an escort of ten soldiers while I was among the Danakil .
20 The orthopaedic secretaries at that hospital should be telephoned to see which of the consultants is happy to do medico-legal reports and how quickly they can see patients .
21 He led them into the kitchen , chatting to Blanche and Dexter as if they were house guests rather than police officers who had come to interview him about a murder .
22 Stuart is too good to be kept on the sidelines at a time when England have looked to include him in the B squad as the next stage of his international career .
23 Adventure Training put him in contact with me and after five days Bombardier Michael Goldsmith and a subaltern had come to see me from the Outer Hebrides with a view to offering an army vehicle .
24 Since the war both groups have come to see him as an unnecessary evil .
25 It suddenly crossed my mind that perhaps he thought I had come to see him on a professional level , that I was in need of spiritual help or whatever .
26 They held him in a detention camp for three months , the Germans , and then the officers had come to see him from the SS .
27 The sovereignty of Parliament has been the linchpin of our unwritten and flexible constitution ; it can be traced back in our political practice and constitutional theory for almost three centuries ; and yet the constitutional authorities have come to see it as the fundamental constitutional problem needing challenge and change .
28 We have come to see it through the eyes of the people who take part in it .
29 We 've come to see you as a friendly warning .
30 She had n't really expected to see him at the funeral , though she had looked forward to the possibility with unseemly excitement considering the solemnity of the occasion .
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