Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though there are a few anomalous features in this framing ( and the sceptic is well aware how often unscrupulous dealers have altered or exchanged such items for the sake of a sale ) it is nevertheless easier to believe that it is original than to contrive any coherent explanation . |
| 2 | Altogether 149 respondents reported that they had never undertaken or funded any HIV prevention work specifically aimed at gay or bisexual men . |
| 3 | How many people have owned or handled this object ? |
| 4 | She did n't face Christina when she said through clenched teeth , ‘ I 've never expected or received any help from you anyway , Christina . ’ |
| 5 | FOR OVER 25 YEARS ALITEX HAVE DESIGNED AND BUILT SUPERIOR STRUCTURES FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GARDENS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY . |
| 6 | Having designed and built this boat , Nathan knew its capabilities better than anyone . |
| 7 | Within two years he had designed and installed electrical repeater devices , indicating to signalmen the position of semaphore signal arms which were outside their range of vision ; an automatic device recording on tape the bell-code communications between signal-boxes ; and the first track circuiting in which the presence of a train on a section of track was indicated electrically in the signal cabin . |
| 8 | Claiming that although in the end ‘ their services had not been required ’ , he thought that nevertheless ‘ they would have expected and received some share of the proceeds ’ and it was presumably while Griffiths was being handed his share of the proceeds from Mr Ross 's safe that bits of brown paper and bits of white paper could have found their way into his overcoat pocket . |
| 9 | The six Concerti on this interesting release were published in 1742 , and were rearranged and reprinted many times , the composer actually rearranging the Sixth Concerto in an edition published 33 years later , such was its popularity . |
| 10 | Only a few months ago , after this Lord Henry Percy had withdrawn to his other urgent command on the Scottish borders , Owen had run wild over most of North Wales , and made himself master of the counties of Carnarvon and Merioneth ; and while the woollier heads in King Henry 's council had seethed and talked bloody war , Hotspur had come swooping back to hold the balance so sturdily that he had been allowed , on the king 's warrant , to approach the Welsh prince , and attempt to bring him back to his allegiance , on promise of honourable terms . |
| 11 | The trail seemed obvious enough , but my intended killer had come and gone that way — must have done — and if he should return for any reason I would n't want to meet him . |
| 12 | ‘ I am unable to be confident from Mr. Eliot 's writings , ’ iris Murdoch once reproachfully wrote in a theoretical defence of realism , ‘ that he has ever enjoyed and admired any novel . ’ |
| 13 | The organization fostered and developed such myths because they were then freed from having to take on board the understandings and implications of carrying out the work . |
| 14 | We have not always agreed — I think that he was profoundly wrong on war crimes — but we have always respected and liked each other . |
| 15 | Did Theo remember that mill on the road out of The Hague where they had once sat and pledged eternal friendship so passionately , over their glasses of milk ? |
| 16 | I could have sat and stared all evening but Benjamin suddenly realised the drift of my eyes as well as my lechery and , at the appropriate time , seized me by the arm and hustled me from the hall . |
| 17 | Top Scot fined and given stern warning |
| 18 | Other witnesses said in statements Jobson had reloaded and fired four shots at Mrs Smith . |
| 19 | The failure of the second coup attempt against General Noriega in less than two years has disappointed and enraged some Panamanians who felt the US missed a golden opportunity to use its troops to dispose of the general , indicted by the Americans on drug-smuggling charges last year . |
| 20 | I have been metal detecting now for over twenty years , and in that time have owned and tested many detectors . |
| 21 | Mo has owned and completed several boats , including a Trapper 5000 , a well-known Starlight half-tonner , also called Sparkle and , more recently , a Sadler 34 aboard which they have cruised the Mediterranean for two years . |
| 22 | It could be argued that the long-running teachers ' dispute of 1984 — 87 has eroded and undermined this trust . |
| 23 | He has written or edited twelve books , mainly examining relationships between industrial change and regional and national economies . |
| 24 | Where problems associated with water penetration have occurred on mastic asphalt roofs , it is usually as a result of failure from one or more of the following : incorrectly detailed or ignored movement joints , penetration through parapet walls , wrongly positioned or damaged damp proof courses , blocked rainwater outlets , condensation , failure to provide a suitable finish , or physical damage in use . |
| 25 | Manufacturers of equipment for telecommunications , defence electronics and household appliances have merged or entered joint ventures to ensure their continued competitiveness . |
| 26 | Three patients had clinically suspected or proved pulmonary emboli . |
| 27 | And no one had seen or heard any struggle , although Joanna went missing shortly before 7pm last Tuesday , when she was due to take an aerobics class — and when the car park would have been busy . |
| 28 | E here have you seen or heard any advertising for British special stamp issues ? |
| 29 | RASA : Drink eaten by a rare Talahari tribe that no one has ever seen or found any evidence to prove that they exist . |
| 30 | Since my own cancer , I have met or heard many cancer sufferers who appear to see ‘ God ’ as a help in their affliction . |