Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] or [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1822 , following Macquarie 's departure , he was dismissed from the post , but during his short period of office he had carried out or initiated a remarkable number of substantial projects in Sydney and its neighbourhood , the most important being the Macquarie lighthouse ( c .1816–18 , demolished ) , the churches of Windsor ( c .1817 ) , Liverpool ( 1818–24 ) , and St James 's Sydney ( c .1820 ) , the stables at Government House ( 1817 ) , Fort Macquarie at Benelong Point ( c .1817 , demolished ) , and the Hyde Park convict barracks ( 1817 ) . |
| 2 | These results indicated significantly lower recall scores for the scrambled version , whether a reader was working from the version with no words missed out or doing a cloze test . |
| 3 | Faster she did it , and faster , and for Creggan the worst thing was this : agonized and frantic though she was , she never called out or made a sound , yet her beak was open in a silent scream . |
| 4 | Allen Paulson , who sold a half share to Sheik Mohammed for ten million dollars , reasoned he 's either not trained on or needs a psychiatrist . |
| 5 | Never run down or criticize a past employer , even if you have to refer to disagreements . |
| 6 | Often the reasons for being passed over or failing a job interview will not be properly explained . |