Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv prt] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | India 's openers produced their first half-century stand of the series , but they lost three wickets before reaching three figures , and another at 102 , when Vengsarkar , stretching down the pitch , was unamused to be given out lbw to Hughes 's slower ‘ googly ’ . |
| 2 | He was an enigma , a challenge , a man-shaped outline of a jigsaw puzzle , to be filled in piece by piece until a complete portrait could be seen . |
| 3 | Never mind the crater in the window , never mind the tyres with several thousand miles scraped off their lives , never mind some brand new little glitch that had better be sorted out a.s.a.p. in the cab 's suspension . |
| 4 | The work to be carried out falls into four sections : |
| 5 | Because of these complexities , friendships with the Willses tend to be built up step by step and to become all the more valued because their qualities are seldom revealed all at one time . |
| 6 | Not a great deal in the way of interpretation or conclusion should be hung on answers to a single question about ‘ liking ’ housework . |
| 7 | Superman ( Christopher Reeve ) himself was sometimes hung by wires ( the disadvantage of which is that they might have to be matted out frame by frame by hand ) or supported on a hydraulic arm that came out of the screen at 90° and which , like his shadow , was hidden by his body . |
| 8 | For instance , sugar came in huge blocks , so that before weighing it out , sufficient must be chipped off with a knife ; and black treacle must be ladled out spoonful by spoonful into the customer 's jar . |
| 9 | The resolution authorising the purchase will not be effective if the shareholder proposed to be bought out votes in respect of the resolution and the resolution would not have been passed if he had not done so ( s164(5) ) . |
| 10 | The pessimists feared the Conservatives ' nine seats could even be wiped out north of the border . |
| 11 | The bird will be brought on stage by Arthur Johnson , marketing editor of the Echo , and Brian Hall , PR Executive of Liverpool FC . |
| 12 | They have discovered that problems that they thought had to be brought in person to a bureau , can in fact be carried out successfully over the telephone . |
| 13 | ‘ No action of damages where the damages claimed consist of or include damages … in respect of personal injuries to any person shall be brought in Scotland against any person unless it is commenced … before the expiration of three years from the date of the act , neglect or default giving rise to the action … |
| 14 | In this way , every corner of our life is able to be brought in worship to God . |
| 15 | Proud until I took the tools from the display card and then pride turned to disappointment for I had expected that the tools would be scaled down versions of Dad 's but the saw was just a piece of tin stamped out — it would n't cut paper and the hammer was similarly made . |
| 16 | This could be continued down corners to the skirting and around doors . |
| 17 | Policy issues concern high-level strategy questions , whose character and complexity involve the examination of vast quantities of data before decisions can be taken on matters of the highest political Import . |
| 18 | Information will be taken on income from all sources : from paid employment , investments , pensions and/or State benefits . |
| 19 | Furthermore , as the French kings developed and extended their legal powers they increasingly intervened in the affairs of the duchy , and cases arising in the duchy might be taken on appeal to Paris , thus undermining the authority of the duke . |
| 20 | Some solid food will be taken on average from 6 months of age . |
| 21 | More action will be taken on enforcement under the rules and laws set out . |
| 22 | We agree that care should be taken over terminology in the interpretation of fluoroscein angiograms but contend that the use here was accurate . |
| 23 | In 1983 , Jim Hartle and I proposed that the sum over histories for the universe should not be taken over histories in real time . |
| 24 | Rather , it should be taken over histories in imaginary time that were closed in on themselves , like the surface of the earth . |