Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [coord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might have pressed on but the sight of a group of hassling crows on a chalk slope below attracted him . |
| 2 | ‘ When some of the XV disappear through injury or some other reason it means that , all of a sudden , you are dealing with a new player who has to be parachuted in and the pressure on the individual is acute . |
| 3 | But with our increased intake of animal fat in the last couple of generations , our bodies ' capacity to adapt has often broken down and the cholesterol level has simply risen higher in many individuals . |
| 4 | Tonight on the phone she was sounding down ; the washing machine had broken down and the cat was thought to have broken its hip . |
| 5 | The roadbridge survives today , but the cutting has been completely filled in and no trace remains of the station . |
| 6 | Once a book has been selected then all that needs to be done is a simple form to be filled in and the library staff will fetch it for you or at least show you where to look . |
| 7 | And you would the name had to be filled in and the time and the details . |
| 8 | Well he 's had the fire plumbed in but the gas is n't on . |
| 9 | If ink was then rolled on and the plate washed , the ink remained only in the tiny ‘ bitten ’ spaces , giving the finely granulated appearance of the finished aquatint already referred to . |
| 10 | S 29 has come in and the programme of divestment [ by the Official Custodian ] is legally capable of starting ’ . |
| 11 | Before I moved in the ceiling got smashed in and the place was covered in water — it happens because the places are left empty . |
| 12 | In WORDWISE + , text can be viewed in large-scale lettering on screen as it is keyed in and the user can go through the text , using the arrow keys on the keyboard , making any necessary amendments . |
| 13 | Not only was the curtain rung down but the opera house was dismantled . |
| 14 | Much will depend on the speed with which the practical aspects can be carried through and the extent to which new members can be attracted from the building societies . |
| 15 | His eyes seemed glazed over and the smile was stretched and impenetrable . |
| 16 | A circular lid could be lifted off and the fire then sent up its released heat to Mrs Curdle 's kettle , stew-pot or frying-pan . |
| 17 | They were taken aback as the huge hangar doors blew in and fortunately they made a move to an interior fortified wall just as the roof was torn off and the building collapsed . |
| 18 | It 's Your pipes get clogged up and the bore down the middle gets thinner and thinner so the water sort of hardly trickles through . |
| 19 | After the cross-country phase , the penalties are added up and the competitor with the fewest penalties wins . |
| 20 | The value of the ‘ pearls ’ each family has collected is then added up and the family with the highest number is the winner . |
| 21 | Sir Ranulph 's wife , Lady Virginia Fiennes , speaking from her remote Exmoor farm , said : ‘ All I know is that they asked to be picked up and the pick-up has come in and got them . |
| 22 | Sales had picked up and the paper was now established . |
| 23 | We , we , we were supposed to be going there this year , we had it booked up and every thing , we lost our hundred pound deposit . |
| 24 | Category A debt 's interest will be paid on time with the principal repaid as cash comes in ; interest on B debt will be rolled up and the capital not repaid until all A debt is redeemed . |
| 25 | The safety surface at the play area near his home in Kendal Drive , Great Sutton , had been torn up and the debris dumped around the climbing frame . |
| 26 | On an early test flight the undercarriage retraction mechanism jammed because a glove got caught up and the gear collapsed in the subsequent landing , fortunately without damage to the airframe . |
| 27 | Expropriations were to be speeded up and the land settlements were to become new reform units , with wider criteria for membership , thus increasing the number of beneficiaries . |
| 28 | It is because collecting the refuse of houses in close proximity , such as terraced houses in the city of Sheffield , costs only one third of what it costs to collect the refuse of houses in the posh south-west of Sheffield , where the houses are spaced out and the collection men have to walk up long drives . |
| 29 | Three weeks on , The Paradise Club proves the contrary : it is now looking less like a showroom model than a motor on which the clock has been wound back and the polish is beginning to fade . |
| 30 | In order that is for there to be some change , whether er change er like having a page torn out or a change like moving from one location to another , there also has to be something that stays the same , mainly the subject of change . |