Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cheered on by a large crowd , they added two more goals . |
| 2 | Only in rats subjected to stress did bFGF ( given subcutaneously in a large dose ) cause a small but significant attenuation of the mucosal lesions and this was accompanied by increased gastric blood flow suggesting that the maintenance of gastric circulation in stressed rats could explain this protection . |
| 3 | Yet years on how come that it is Cecil who is regarded mostly as a flawed but well meaning sweety-pie and Miss Keays as someone who has all the charisma of an old battleaxe ? |
| 4 | I must have fallen on to a sharp stick , I thought . |
| 5 | But in our present context , it raises the question as to whether the call of the Killer whaler is recognized instinctively by a new-born seal or porpoise or whether it is learnt during adolescence , while in the company of parents . |
| 6 | Only five survivors of Woking 's 1990-91 heroes are expected to feature tonight — Buzaglo , Mark Biggins , Trevor Baron and Wye brothers Shane and Lloyd — but they will be roared on by a 6,000 capacity crowd . |
| 7 | Roared on by a massive contingent of supporters , Gloucester then went for the kill . |
| 8 | Others were painted on to a dry plaster surface . |
| 9 | Circles , straight lines and zig-zags can be chalked or painted on to a hard surface for children to walk , run , jump or skip along . |
| 10 | It is likened locally to a stranded whale , and dominates the area . |
| 11 | A sheet of cloth has been placed on to a stripped bed , the winding-sheet has been folded over the left-hand side of the corpse , the remainder drawn over the right , whilst the arms have been folded across the body in line with the bottom of the rib-cage . |
| 12 | The fibres of a healing tendon are initially arranged microscopically in a criss-cross pattern with little strength associated with this scar tissue . |
| 13 | Keith McPhilips , 35 , was drinking in the Restalrig Inn , Edinburgh , when he was repeatedly struck with pool cues , hit with a chair , punched and kicked and had his head jumped on in a sustained attack . |
| 14 | At the end of the incubation period , the gel piece is transferred into a new plastic tray containing 300 ml of freshly made DMS-stop buffer ( 0.5 M β-mercaptoethanol , 150 mM Tris-HCl , pH 7.3 , 5 mM EDTA ) and shaken vigorously on a rocking platform for 10' at 37°C ( at this temperature DMS is rapidly hydrolysed accelerating its inactivation ) . |
| 15 | Some 4,000 media workers covering the conference were based in an exhibition hall 2 km away , where the proceedings were relayed on to a giant screen . |
| 16 | In recent years , employment prospects have been excellent and geographers have been placed successfully in a wide range of employment in research , industry , commerce , government , and the professions , either entering directly or by using their first degrees as a foundation for further qualifications . |
| 17 | By the same token , back payments of income support were to be limited only to a three-year period starting in April 1988 . |
| 18 | Yachts wishing to use the canal are limited only by a maximum mast height of 80ft ( 24.5m ) . |
| 19 | From then on , every two years or so , they were to acquire more brothers and sisters : Elizabeth ; Mary , who died the year after her birth ; then Sarah or Susanna , baptised along with a new Mary in 1784 . |
| 20 | At Eton , the Southern trialists were whittled down to a 16-man squad to face Essex at Forest on 5 November . |
| 21 | After all , the 26 tracks on the album have been whittled down from a huge figure . |
| 22 | ‘ You 've fallen in with a right bad pair there , chief . |
| 23 | It is better to regard the system of county government as a body of professional people placed together in a large office at County Hall , who can call upon the representatives from all places throughout the area which they administer . |
| 24 | In the words of the circular issued by the Ministry of Health ( 1961 ) : ‘ Attempted suicide is in the future to be regarded entirely as a medical and social problem … . |
| 25 | The casual and amateurish character of much British diplomacy in particular , even in the eighteenth centry , is reflected in the fact that when an appointment , especially a relatively minor one , fell vacant without any suitable new holder of it being immediately available , it was sometimes filled merely by a casual volunteer . |
| 26 | Design ( colour , shape , and form ) and minimalism of ingredients were the identifying marks of the new fashion , epitomized by the archetypal and exquisite composition of three pink slices of duck breast laid on a discreet puddle of clear burgundy coloured sauce , fanned by four mange-touts : and one thimbleful of puréed carrot placed thoughtfully beside a similar amount of finely diced kohlrabi ; all on a highly polished hexagonal plate ( preferably black ) . |
| 27 | All , however , can be gathered together under a common theme : that concerned with the genetics of psychosis . |
| 28 | Instead of just inspecting records within the Input range you can define n output range so that all the records found as a result of the search are gathered together into a separate table . |
| 29 | Eliot recognized that this was not simply the last poem in his sequence but also its culmination , in which the themes and textures of the preceding three parts would be gathered together in a final statement . |
| 30 | It argues that renewable energies are not developed enough for a higher goal , but if more money for research was made available , the future could be very different . |