Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had heard about Greg from her mother-in-law , and had conceived various lively suspicions . |
| 2 | A legend explains his elephant 's head as follows : when his mother , Parvati , was bathing , Ganesa was assigned as guardian for her privacy . |
| 3 | However , the Royal Commission on Capital Punishment , which reviewed the matter thoroughly in the early 1950s , and later law-reform committees have accorded preference to the ‘ general principle ’ that ‘ persons ought not to be punished for consequences of their acts which they did not intend or foresee ’ . |
| 4 | His motive was curiosity , thinly disguised as concern for her wellbeing . |
| 5 | The courses on succession should ideally be arranged for farmers in their early forties so that maximum benefits could be obtained , especially on the financial side . |
| 6 | Rules limiting the use of evidence in trials were eased for cases in which the defendants were suspected members of organized criminal gangs . |
| 7 | They too contain useful material on , for instance , the locations of sites , though individual site licences must be consulted for details of what each is permitted to take in the way of hazardous wastes . |
| 8 | Videos and computer games , hi-fidelity television and quadrophonic sound are the sort of toys developed for people with nothing better to do . |
| 9 | Maybe she is also fearful , at least when she is younger ; power appears as the witch , the nightmare , the fascinating but terrifying darkness , and is not yet recognized as part of her own psyche . |
| 10 | A specified part can be checked for interference within its sub-assembly by searching the " box excursion " columns of the file array . |
| 11 | Courses will be selected by both the employer and the individual and will be accredited as part of our new 14–19 system . |
| 12 | The two principal isotopes of oxygen , , are chemically very nearly identical , but modest fractionation between them can occur when oxygen is partitioned between phases in which it is bound in very different ways . |
| 13 | The hall complex , to the right of the entrance to the castle , and built by Roger Bigod III , was intended as accommodation for his large household and for guests . |
| 14 | After an abortion and faced with mounting debts , France began paying cheques intended for consultants into her own account . |
| 15 | The book is intended for undergraduates in their second or third year of a philosophy degree , but this need not necessarily deter readers with other backgrounds ; e.g. , my father claims to be able to understand it , though perhaps he would not thank me for the suggestion that he is representative . |
| 16 | Gloucester claimed that the weapons had been intended for use against him , a story that he was later to use in an attempt to have the captured Woodvilles executed , although Mancini comments that no one took it seriously . |
| 17 | Gloucester claimed that the weapons had been intended for use against him , a story that he was later to use in an attempt to have the captured Woodvilles executed , although Mancini comments that no one took it seriously . |
| 18 | Fifteen seconds was given between trials in which the subject folded over the the piece of paper on which s/he had recalled the word list and wrote the number of the trial on the paper . |
| 19 | For comparison , of the 27 homosexual men who seroconverted none had suffered from bacterial pneumonia , nor had any participant been treated for complications of his HIV infection . |
| 20 | They were treated for burns to their hands and arms at Raigmore Hospital , Inverness . |
| 21 | He was taken to Our Lady 's Hospital in Cashel where he is being treated for burns to his upper body . |
| 22 | Mr Haughton was taken to Whiston Hospital and treated for burns to his chest and right shoulder . |
| 23 | The cell mate was treated for burns to his hands and later returned to the gaol . |
| 24 | She 's still being treated for injuries to her legs at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital . |
| 25 | And that she was originally being treated for injuries to her wrists . |
| 26 | Caroline , of Brislington , Bristol , who was treated for cuts to her face , said : ‘ There was a load of us queuing for a taxi after the party . |
| 27 | Shaken off balance by her startling thoughts , Isabel glanced away , stepping out of her gown and hanging it over the table . |
| 28 | Forty years later , just such a hawk-moth was discovered and to commemorate Darwin 's prescience , it was given as part of its scientific name the words forma predicta . |
| 29 | The choice of the first ( ‘ Shakespeare 's Sister ’ ) and the timing of the second ( ‘ That Joke Is n't Funny Anymore ’ ) , already available on ‘ Meat Is Murder ’ , coupled with a lack of airplay were given as reasons for their failure . |
| 30 | I was generally pressed for time in my few day in Sydney , and did not have the opportunity to explore the graphic potential of the monoline as well as it deserved . |