Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because both syntactic and semantic constraints affect the speed of word recognition even fairly early on in a clause , and , for this to happen , a listener must be building up an analysis of both aspects while proceeding through the clause . |
| 2 | In chart terms the band were new , but in reality their roots can be traced back an incredible 15 years . |
| 3 | Executions continue to be carried out an alarming rate in China , USA , Russia , Iraq , Iran and Nigeria . |
| 4 | Another possible course of action would be to set up an ‘ Old Students ’ or ‘ Alumni ’ Association with a wider membership than convocation . |
| 5 | Wherever CT scans or the new MRI scans or even ultrasound scans are involved in the management of patients , the images can be transferred down an image link . |
| 6 | The first action in conducting a stability test must be to draw up an examination schedule . |
| 7 | Was n't it hard enough on that poor child to know no parents , to be totally disowned by her relations up in Westlands , to be brought up an orphan in the convent in second-hand clothes , and sent to a secretarial course when she had her heart set on going to university without being mown down by a car on her first week . |
| 8 | Philip Arbuthnot said , ‘ My son will be brought up an Anglican . |
| 9 | The Precision bass , however , was designed to be tuned down an octave from a guitar 's lower four strings . |
| 10 | Movement and Dance organisations will be putting on an interesting weekend of comparative movements on the 19th and 20th October when to celebrate this occasion the City of Westminster is placing the Seymour Halls at their disposal for Medau , Keep Fit , yoga , Swimming etc . |
| 11 | ‘ Sure God save us , ’ they would say , ‘ is n't it soft in the head the poor man must be to be carrying round an old gun for to fight the Rooskies ? ’ |
| 12 | They were supposed to be carrying out an arms search . |
| 13 | One of the big changes that they propose is that should be put on an exact par with within . |
| 14 | Any such decision may be taken on an emergency basis by the unit manager . |
| 15 | And it must be taken on an empty stomach . |
| 16 | But whereas normal grieving focuses on different aspects of the lost person , the depressed person seems to be grieving over an inner loss . |
| 17 | Obviously , the Government share the hon. Gentleman 's pleasure at the fact that the liquidator may well be working out an arrangement with the main shareholders that would mean BCCI 's creditors possibly getting a considerably greater return on what they are owed than was previously thought possible . |
| 18 | It is miffed that after struggling to get where it has , the industry suddenly seems to be rallying around an unproven — if conceptually similar — port by Apple rather than its own available technology . |