Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've heard them before like that , distanced but there , singing beyond the night in a daytime of their own . |
| 2 | So fascinated has he become that he 's painted nothing else in all that time . |
| 3 | Tigers have attacked the dummies and torn them apart without any sign of being discouraged by the sharp jolt they have received . |
| 4 | Once , when the shock of alarm thrilled through her with more than usual intensity , she began to sing , softly , to keep her spirits up , and several phrases had passed her lips before she realized that the song came from her childhood — that she had not sung those words for almost twenty years , had forgotten them even until this moment when , with startling clarity , her memory travelled back in time . |
| 5 | Prior to the middle of this century , the Catholic Church had concerned itself predominantly with spiritual matters . |
| 6 | Moreover , Picasso obviously had a more forceful and dynamic personality than Braque , and this had impressed itself strongly on influential critics such as Apollinaire , Salmon and Vauxcelles , with whom he was more friendly than was Braque . |
| 7 | When Donnington got home in that ridiculous Home Guard uniform of his and her daughter had torn herself away from those men , then all hell would break loose . |
| 8 | Describing herself as something of a ‘ social victim ’ , she has temporarily torn herself away from urban distractions in favour of time and space at a ‘ country abode ’ , where she is working on material for a second album , due in November . |
| 9 | It would have been more accurate to say he preferred that version of events to any other , but one lie had committed him now to several distortions . |
| 10 | Karen crawled into a sleeping bag at three o'clock , having last seen Jessica deep in conversation with a blonde-haired willowy type with beard and pipe who had pursued her earnestly for several hours . |
| 11 | Warwickshire are the current holders of the Championship , while Oxfordshire have won it once in 1979 and were runners up in 1984 . |
| 12 | For the purposes of 4 above the settlor shall not be deemed to have divested himself absolutely of any property if that property or any income therefrom or any property directly or indirectly representing the proceeds of or the income from that property or any income therefrom is or will , or may , become payable to or applicable for the benefit of the settlor or the wife or husband of the settlor in any circumstances whatsoever ( TA 1988 , s685(1) ) . |
| 13 | Now that I 'd seen them together like that I started to have fantasies of being invited to watch them together , or to take photographs of them . |
| 14 | It would be foolish to claim that the unions have done nothing right since 1979 . |
| 15 | How might the book have been different if Liebow had met someone else on that day at the ‘ carry-out ’ ? |
| 16 | If he 'd had the money to choose a more experienced barrister , if the Marshal himself had been on the spot in the first place instead of that young fool student , Bacci , who fancied himself as some sort of Hollywood detective , probably have shot himself accidentally by this time … whole thing had been a mess from start to finish … |
| 17 | From basic utilitarian objects such as the core-formed vessels of ancient Egypt , with their bold feathered decorations , to the elaborate ‘ fantasy ’ pieces of Venice , the amorphous nature of glass has lent itself admirably to individualistic expression . |
| 18 | ‘ Then I do hope your devotion to duty has n't made you late for some pressing engagement , ’ he added suavely . |
| 19 | So I mean obviously er if you 've done it before And have y have you done one before at all ? |
| 20 | But he had never met one quite like this . |
| 21 | Erm I have n't seen one before like that at this level . |
| 22 | Stuart had noticed him often after that , sometimes on the corner by the students ' union , other times on Princes Street , silhouetted against the store windows , sidling up to the late-night shoppers on Thursdays . |
| 23 | I 've met her twice on formal occasions , but I am at work all day , so I do n't often see my neighbours . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd only met her once before that evening , but I feel we 'll be friends for life . ’ |
| 25 | Knowledge of him was so slim that the magazine Private Eye even suggested mischievously that the Department of Energy computer might have mistakenly selected him instead of another man of the same name . |
| 26 | He had never seen him again after that . |
| 27 | Leonard had even met him briefly in 1949 , but this meeting at McGill was the one which quickly developed into a strong and mutual respect , a lifelong friendship . |
| 28 | Gandhi claims to have practised ahi sā throughout most of his life and to have applied it successfully in all walks of life . |
| 29 | But by that very defence they have restored free speech to areas in this country where organised Socialist and Communist opposition had prevented it before in open public meeting . ’ |
| 30 | She had done it alone without one of her brothers to defend her ! |