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

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1	Tamar had allowed Victoria to stay up late to watch the leading in of the last load , which was a ritual joined in by all the estate workers .
2	The big surf companies have caught on to such a trend towards the plain and dark : Quicksilver is understood to be behind the Pirate Surf label , and Gotcha runs a second , more cultish label called More Core Division .
3	A a apart from Chris and Bill , I 've sat down with all the M S fours an and been through the changes to the appointment contract , and how they now erm form the basis of the er interim client report .
4	Obviously there are certain key factors to any sort of reasonable living space : walls and ceiling will have to be decorated along with all the woodwork ; windows and floors have to be treated in some way ; there must be light both to see by and to enhance the space ; there should be something to sit on and probably to eat from and almost certainly somewhere to work at times .
5	That 's a standard Italian word and it 's been mixed in amongst all the French rubato .
6	He said but she 'd be considered along with all the others but she ai n't gon na get a job with terminal full time when her contract runs out on May the eighteenth if she does n't get her finger out and get dr driving test passed and buy herself a car .
7	In 1861 the statistician and economist Cournot observed that ‘ the belief in philosophic truth has cooled off to such an extent that neither the public nor the academies any longer like to receive or to welcome works of this kind , except as products of pure scholarship or historical curiosity . ’
8	Lenin wishes to explain why it was that although the ‘ peaceful mask ’ of capitalism had been torn off in all the countries of Western Europe by the end of the nineteenth century , and popular discontent was widespread , it was only in Russia that a successful revolution occurred .
9	The police chief Tuma was taken to court by one judge for breaking an October 1989 decree to remove the miners , only to be let off by another a few weeks later .
10	‘ Why did n't you call the police instead of getting mixed up in such an event ? ’ one of the governors asked .
11	It was one and a half hours later before they reached him , caught up in all the plants , still shouting ‘ What have I done ?
12	He said : ‘ On top of all his talent , to have come back from such a serious injury and regain his best form is supremely brave .
13	Oh , he had come out with all the usual male excuses .
14	Only somebody as naive and unworldly as Ianthe could have come out with such a disconcertingly honest statement , thought Penelope , who had of course wondered even more .
15	The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period .
16	In its earliest history the building housed the guardian of the eastern gate , but it was taken over by the Fontana family and completely remodelled , a reshaping that was carried out with all the grace of Renaissance art .
17	There have been well over 300 scrutinies carried out since 1979 The scrutiny approach involves selecting targets for examination , typically over a 90-day time-scale .
18	It was thought to be important that Parliamentary and public opinion — and concern — should be reassured by having a comprehensive review carried out by such a body .
19	I refer to a letter written by the hon. Member for Leeds , Central on 28 November 1991 to the secretary of the Society of Chief Inspectors and Advisers : ’ The subsequent evaluation , monitoring and implementation of new practices could be carried out by both the initial inspector or by a group of advisers .
20	There seems to be no escape from the fact that work substitutes will be needed to preserve society as we know it , carried out in such a way as to preserve particular countries ' economic viability .
21	Even capacity expansion co-operation has been carried out in such a way as to allow substantial continued internal competition and even greater market share changes than occurred in the United States .
22	The test , which at present can only be carried out in half a dozen laboratories around the world , seeks to identify an abnormal antibody in the blood of likely sufferers .
23	The growth hormone gene had been turned on in all the cells throughout the body and the increased production of the growth hormone had resulted in increased growth .
24	I was turned down by all the universities on my UCCA application form , because I had received a bad report from my headmaster at Downside School who said I took drugs , which was true , but was also an admission made to him in confidence .
25	1990 is a good time for a Zeppelin retrospective since a new generation has grown up without all the negative associations that the band once had .
26	1990 is a good time for a Zeppelin retrospective since a new generation has grown up without all the negative associations that the band once had .
27	It survived for quite a long time , until the accumulating ash had built up to such a thickness that its chain would no longer allow it to keep above the ash , and it died , its dreadful last moments clearly visible in its taut body , arched back and straining neck .
28	At later stages the marsh cover becomes denser and deposition is encouraged , until finally the marsh is built up to such an extent that it is only covered at high spring tides .
29	The jewel was almost in his grasp ; almost about to be displayed and photographed and written up in all the right journals : a jewel he himself had traced , and one he 'd worked so hard to get donated to the Ashmolean .
30	He should not be nervous : by the time he arrives on stage just before the end of the first act the youngsters in the audience had been thoroughly warmed up by all the silliness created by Michael Barrymore and the Roly Polys ; the bruisers from Essex who turned up to see their hero had been thoroughly oiled with lager and were ready to send their love across the footlights .