Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the placing of the head : a dynamic , powerful man should be made to fill the canvas , whereas children 's heads are better placed low on the canvas . |
| 2 | The superintendent had fallen asleep during the journey , her head gently rolling from side to side against the car seat , her front teeth prominent in her open mouth as she breathed through her nose . |
| 3 | He must have fallen asleep during the Jane Russell film . |
| 4 | So he and Mr Skinner started pointing at Tory MPs , appearing to be arguing about precisely how many of them had fallen asleep during the Health Secretary 's speech . |
| 5 | Possibly his mother had fallen asleep at the wheel . |
| 6 | AN RAF man told a court yesterday how he had fallen asleep at the wheel of a Land-Rover before his friend died in a head-on crash with a lorry on the A1 . |
| 7 | He was shocked to think he had fallen asleep over the table . |
| 8 | The man had fallen asleep in the lounge when he woke to find a fire at the front door of his terraced home . |
| 9 | The dogs have been kennelled , and the bodyguards have either gone back to bed or have fallen asleep in the hall . |
| 10 | Mr Levy claimed Andy Linighan was drunk and had fallen asleep in the back of the taxi . |
| 11 | One moment she was sobbing her heart out , then , lulled by the bearlike warmth of his chest and the comforting shelter of his great arms and shoulders , she had fallen asleep like a child . |
| 12 | The implementation of privatization legislation was delayed due to a decision on Nov. 6 by the Czech Minister for Privatization , Tomas Jezek , who said that too little time had been allowed for compiling the list of companies suitable for privatization . |
| 13 | This doubt had been in my mind for some time but the research was undertaken due to a number of reasons . |
| 14 | While there is no regulation that specifically excludes due diligence work on a listed company , in practice it is rarely undertaken due to the rules on equality of information to be given not only to all shareholders but also to offerors or bona fide potential offerors . |
| 15 | It was presented ‘ for outstanding care for his father , who was paralysed due to a stroke . ’ |
| 16 | In the past 25 years the population has trebled due to the building program . |
| 17 | The tenant should resist a provision that interest should be deemed to be rent due to the landlord as this will have the effect of making available the remedy of distress as well as that of forfeiture without the necessity to serve a s 146 notice . |
| 18 | Where visitors have contributed to the injuries they have sustained due to the defendant 's breach of duty under the OLA 1957 , then the damages to which they are entitled may be reduced . |
| 19 | Briefly she wondered whether he 'd already drunk himself into oblivion and was lying in a paralytic stupor on the hearthrug while saucepans boiled dry on the stove and vegetables burned to a crisp . |
| 20 | These so-called ‘ pellet ’ dosages are described in Chronic Diseases p151 as ‘ the finest , of the size of poppy-seeds , of which about 200 ( more or less ) weigh a grain ’ and just one of these tiny granules , given dry on the tongue , remained Hahnemann 's standard solid dose right up to 1837 . |
| 21 | He said that in his opinion the lift had stopped due to the lift buttons being pressed rapidly and randomly , or through a mechanical fault . |
| 22 | They were withdrawn due to the fact that there was a lack of demand and a poor quality of supply . |
| 23 | They were withdrawn due to the fact that there was a lack of demand and a poor quality of supply . |
| 24 | It had flown low along the ground . |
| 25 | During the First World War a box of matches cost 1d and a matchbox grip 4d : a price just substantial enough to warrant a ‘ Thank you ’ when given free to a pub or grocer 's store customer , and just substantial enough to make money for a stationer or the many charities which sold them . |
| 26 | In the towns money soon ceased to circulate in a meaningful manner ; workers were given rations ; all state services were provided free ; school meals were given free to the children , even theatre tickets were distributed among factory workers free . |
| 27 | The Pregnancy Book is given free through the NHS to all first-time expectant mothers . |
| 28 | The Pregnancy Book is given free through the NHS to all first-time expectant mothers . |
| 29 | The geostationary communications satellites placed high above the Pacific to link the banking and trading centres of South-East Asia , Japan and Australasia with those of North America preside over a ‘ window ’ of the planetary territory of geometrically fixed size — rather as if a cone , a dunce 's cap , the height of which is equivalent to the altitude necessary for a satellite 's geostationary orbit , had been set down over the ocean . |
| 30 | When placed high above the brass ( as in the Schubert example above ) they reinforce the upper partials , and thus add great brilliance to the ensemble . |