Example sentences of "and [vb pp] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lloyd George thought very highly of him and used to quote with approval his dictum that in politics ‘ there are no friendships at the top ’ ( too often attributed to Lloyd George himself ) . |
| 2 | By the end of the novel Jaromil has forsworn his artist friend , who is under the ban of the regime and compelled to paint by candlelight : ‘ The whole world of his pictures has been dead for years . |
| 3 | Then they are trucked long distances to toil on remote plantations where they are held prisoner and compelled to work at gunpoint . |
| 4 | Many come from Ellyrion where Elves are born to the saddle and trained to fight from horseback from an early age . |
| 5 | As more loyal forces were moved into the area , the rebels were reported to be short of supplies , and forced to rely upon food donations from a local religious group . |
| 6 | After an unsuccessful attempt to depose his brother Hafez Assad from the presidency in 1984 , Rifat had been banished to Paris , a punishment akin to being kicked out of purgatory and forced to live in paradise . |
| 7 | The doomed pigs were grabbed by their hind legs and forced to run on tip-toe down the sloping backyard or along the crazy paving on the front terrace . |
| 8 | Zvi was captured by the Turks and forced to convert to Islam . |
| 9 | But surely Andy is just too sensible and balanced to belong in rock 'n' roll ? |
| 10 | He returned to Britain to marry and came back to Madeira in 1811 , having opened his commercial house in 1808 and begun to deal in wine . |
| 11 | One of the attackers , an Irishman , got a handhold on a gun casement ; he was a redleg from Oualie who had fled forced labour on a nearby island and determined to survive in freedom . |
| 12 | You 're packed with vim , vigour and vitality tomorrow and determined to get in shape to either win the love of your life or just enjoy feeling as fit as a fiddle . |