Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Siward had merely killed his wife 's uncle , as Carl Thorbrandsson had already killed his wife 's father , and had joined thereby the bloody brethren of kinsmen whose lethal manoeuvrings had kept him busy for the twelve years he had now held the earldom .
2 I think we have given rather a gloomy vision of what being a parent is
3 In this context it was the externality of British Afro-Caribbeans and Asians which was highlighted rather the racist institutions and processes which worked against blacks at all levels of society .
4 Yet mercenaries seem still to have formed only a small part of the German army ; the fief-rente was almost exclusively used to supply garrisons for castles and fortified towns ; and as the Church and its ministeriales became a less reliable source of troops , the twelfth-century emperors resorted to the practice of strengthening feudal bonds and building up the resources of their own domains .
5 ‘ Then , Benedict , you have heard only the scandalous tale .
6 Associated American Artists has gathered together a representative group of this work in a show called ‘ Rufino Tamayo — seventeen years at the Mixografia workshop ’ .
7 Diana had gathered together a small staff who were learning the ropes as fast as she was .
8 They have therefore gathered together an impressive group of sixteen experts and devised cast-iron vetting rules .
9 If the ferret has fallen down a vertical hole within the burrow the line ferret , on approaching , may not necessarily do the same thing .
10 The youngster had fallen down the steep embankment on the Colchester side of the station , injuring her back and legs , and was unable to move .
11 His measures had welded together an invincible voter coalition .
12 For a time it was popular to suggest that reversals in the earth 's magnetic field , which we know to have been sudden , may have temporarily broken down the protective shield provided by the van Allen Belt against cosmic rays and so stimulated evolution by way of genetic mutation .
13 The defendant can already count himself lucky to have received only a two-year sentence , having regard to the amount involved and to the position of trust which he held .
14 Thus far , Kirov had received only a vague brief about his current project .
15 J. Sainsbury , Britain 's biggest food retailer argues that discount shops have received only a temporary boost from the recession .
16 The Committee on Safety of Medicines ( personal communication ) has received only a single report of visual disorder associated with chlorambucil — namely , corneal opacity — and the manufacturers ( Wellcome ) have only a single report of optic neuritis , occurring on day 1 of chlorambucil treatment and not resolving on withdrawal .
17 Rico Gopul , a staff nurse in the villa at the time of the alleged incidents , told the tribunal he had been accused of the same offences as Mr Reid but had received only a written warning .
18 Numbers were small ; but a final case study approach revealed that for people who lived alone , had no informal carer who could manage all necessary care ; and had a high level of cognitive impairment , the Home Support Project was likely to prolong home care beyond that of those who had received only the usual services .
19 And Joanna had sped down the outer stairway , crying and joyous at once .
20 Ian MacDonald and he had stripped down the old wreck and searched junk yards for spare parts .
21 Local inhabitants recall that thistles used to be placed down the outside school toilets before the unsuspecting used them !
22 But we have probably not emphasized enough the obvious benefits it has brought about .
23 A MAN injured in a police shoot-out was last night in hospital with chest wounds while police pieced together the tangled events of a night of violence that also left one man dead and three policemen injured .
24 The listener was given only a limited picture of life outside the capital and one which was seen through urban eyes .
25 ‘ It is difficult for me to find the limits of the car yet because I am given only a limited number of laps and I do n't know the circuit . ’
26 Dadda he had told , though even to him he had given only a vague location , but he had n't said a word to his grandmother and he was sure Peter would n't have told Uncle Leonard and Auntie Midge .
27 Government proposals to solve the unrelieved surplus advance corporation tax problem suffered by companies with overseas operations were given only a guarded welcome .
28 Once more , we are given only a masculine point of view .
29 If the presidency was given only a nominal role , for example , the Maronites would still hold the most honoured post in the country while more executive power could be given to the Sunni Muslim premier .
30 Each month lots were drawn for the names of the next families to leave , and the fortunate ones were given only a short time to make their final preparations .
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