Example sentences of "recently [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pest Control London West were recently treated to a night out ten pin bowling by Managing Director Geoff Whalley for winning the ‘ Wanted ’ campaign . |
| 2 | Recently completed at a cost of £3.6 million , it includes new paving , lights , litter bins , planters , telephone kiosks and seats — all the usual paraphernalia which fills every city street from which the traffic has been taken away . |
| 3 | We now have a pool full of gentoo , rockhopper and Magellanic penguins , recently joined by a group of 17 king penguins . |
| 4 | Pam Murphy has recently enrolled as a postgraduate student in experimental physics , and Carol Wallis , having got a degree and a postgraduate degree at Cambridge , and taught in various places , is now working as a Research Fellow in biochemistry at the university . |
| 5 | The problem of sex discrimination in sports clubs was recently highlighted by a Strathclyde bowler , Christine Latta , who campaigned successfully against ‘ two-tier ’ membership at her club . |
| 6 | His work in the Sahara was recently included in a Sports Council exhibition that nearly never happened due to a last-minute decision by sponsors Kodak to pull out half of their backing money , which was needed for other photographic projects . |
| 7 | She is Pamela Anderson , a blonde surfer with all the right equipment , and the girl recently voted in a magazine as the lifeguard you would most like to receive mouth-to-mouth from . |
| 8 | The team had acquired the use of the large Portakabin recently occupied by a firm of accountants while their offices were being refurbished . |
| 9 | The premises , recently rebuilt after a fire , will also be sold . |
| 10 | My attention was recently caught by a note informing me that the Earl of Kimberley and the Earl of Cork and Orerry , officers of the All-Party Defence Committee , had arranged for a presentation by Contraves , the Swiss multinational company . |
| 11 | A hasty glance took in the gorgeous antique furniture crammed in as if it had been recently off-loaded by a dealer , the small , pristine cooker and the sink pushed against the soft ochre-washed wall as if it was an after-thought . |
| 12 | I 've recently moved into a village which has a rector . |
| 13 | I have recently moved into a house on a main road , and I am concerned about the cats playing outside . |
| 14 | • The Derby 4F which was restored at the NSR was recently featured in a Granada comedy while working on the East Lancashire Railway at Bury . |
| 15 | The Branch was recently visited by a Victor tanker of 55 Sqn . |
| 16 | It was recently visited by a group of members from Cheddleton , including Mr Oldfield , who were ‘ quite pleased ’ with the way it was being looked after . |
| 17 | Duff & Phelps , a Chicago-based company , recently merged with a competitor , and now claims to rate nearly three-quarters of corporate bonds publicly issued in America . |
| 18 | The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim ( RC78 : 3 hours approx ) , which is one of The Virago Collection , was originally published in 1922 and was recently made into a film for showing in the BBC series Screen Two earlier this year . |
| 19 | Ostpolitik is a rejection of Adenauer ( whose grave was recently daubed with a swastika ) in several important respects . |
| 20 | Again , the frequency of masturbation is perhaps highest among older males recently defeated by a newcomer male who has taken over the sexual role in his harem . |
| 21 | Surface anaphors typically involve the omission of a second occurrence of material that has recently occurred in a text , for example : |
| 22 | Four thousand years ago a funeral pyre like this one was built for a woman who was either heavily pregnant or who who had recently had of a child . |
| 23 | Recently bought by a dealer for £5,000 in a local auction , it sold at Christie 's on 1 April for £34,000 ( $51,000 ; est. £10,000–15,000 ) , bought by a private art consultant , underbid by Blairman |
| 24 | The line-up was impressive , featuring Pops Staples , literally the founding father of the gospel band the Staple Singers and who has recently embarked on a solo career at the tender age of 77 ! |
| 25 | As adjunct to its education policy the BDA has recently embarked on a youth policy for reasons spelt out in a resolution passed by the Rothesay Congress in 1986 : This Congress recognises that the future development of the deaf community requires the full participation of deaf children and young people . |
| 26 | ‘ This young officer was highly respected by his colleagues and only recently commended by a Crown Court judge for his courageous actions during a firearms incident . |
| 27 | Included in the exhibition will be a Kakiemon group of wrestlers , until recently used as a door-stop ; a selection of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century jewels found hidden under sawdust in bakers ' trays ; a small seventeenth-century Italian ivory copy of Bernini 's ‘ Apollo and Daphne ’ group and a silver penstand by Phillip Syng who designed the penstand used in the signing of the Declaration of Independence . |
| 28 | According to a game survey recently performed by a group at the Istituto di Zoologia of the University of Rome , Italy 's population of fully wild , feral dogs has exploded to above 80 000 and is fuelled by a pool of perhaps ten times as many stray and free-ranging animals . |
| 29 | Harry had recently retired as a director of a multi-national company , and , apart from spending more time gardening , had not developed any replacement interests . |
| 30 | Mrs Murchie was recently contacted by a woman in Canada who had lost touch with her son after he left the British army . |