Example sentences of "[vb pp] under " in BNC.
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| 1 | It went into his upper belly , and caught under his ribcage . |
| 2 | There was no sound of a human voice enquiring for his safety ; he shouted that he was safe , but gave up when he got no re-assuring reply ; he wondered if his friends had reached safety or had been caught under the falling rock . |
| 3 | When bottoms itch , fingers scratch , and the microscopic eggs get scraped up and caught under the nails . |
| 4 | , Japan 's whaling fleet returned from a trip to the Antarctic with 327 minke whales , all caught under the " scientific purposes " guise . |
| 5 | The installer is caught under s 1(3) ( a ) . |
| 6 | The factory owner may possibly be caught under the same provision , and he can certainly be caught in respect of occupier 's liability for business premises under s 1(3) ( b ) . |
| 7 | As an example , contrast a contract to paint the whole of a house , but containing a clause exempting the contractor from liability if he fails to paint certain parts ( caught under s 3(2) ( a ) ) , and a contract to paint a whole house with the exception of certain parts ( not caught ) . |
| 8 | From this it follows that far more transactions could well be caught under the section than at first appears . |
| 9 | International contracts for the supply of goods , even if prima facie caught under s 27 , will be exempt under s 26 of the UCTA , if they fulfil its rather strict requirements . |
| 10 | Contracts with commission agents , indenting agents and canvassers will not be caught under s 26 , as no goods pass between them and their principal . |
| 11 | The section does not apply to contractual guarantees , as between a seller and a purchaser , as these are obviously caught under the appropriate sections of the UCTA relating to contracts , in so far as they should be caught at all ( see s 5(3) ) . |
| 12 | He was caught under the lorry wheels on a building site at Holliers Farm near Middle Barton in Oxfordshire . |
| 13 | In the stampede to get out of the building she had been caught under the flow of people , pushed to the ground and trapped , with a broken ankle , under heaps of clothes and stands . |
| 14 | It was a severe blow but Highlander drew its horns in to weather the storm and re-opened under a new charter as the Highlander Research and Education Center , first in Knoxville , Tennessee , and now at Newmarket , some 20 miles out of Knoxville . |
| 15 | All 21 NESB branches have re-opened under the name of Citizens Bank . |
| 16 | It reads : ‘ For as long as any rugby player living in the Republic of South Africa is the victim of racial discrimination under the laws of that country neither the WRU , nor any of its member clubs , will become involved in any matches organised under the authority of the SARB . |
| 17 | Last night 's resolution from the WRU committee read : ‘ For as long as any rugby player living in the Republic of South Africa is the victim of racial discrimination under the laws of that country , neither the WRU nor any of its member clubs will become involved in any matches organised under the authority of the SA Rugby Board . |
| 18 | They inhabited houses which , in the building boom organised under the strict and uncontrolled power of the Mafia , laughably resembled English houses , with pitched roofs and fireplaces — in a temperature which rarely fell below thirty degrees and a humidity comparable to Brazil 's . |
| 19 | The elections are organised under a system of proportional representation devised by the Western powers in 1949 with the specific aim of preventing a single party from seizing power . |
| 20 | A sub-committee for conferences is , therefore , to be set up with responsibility for all the conferences organised under DAB 's auspices ; this subcommittee will subsume the Annual Congress Committee . |
| 21 | The word ‘ university ’ implies a whole body of teachers and scholars organised under a single corporate administration . |
| 22 | A very brief summary of the war is followed by a detailed breakdown of all units and uniforms , organised under Infantry , Cavalry , Artillery , Departmental Corps , Naval Brigades , Volunteers & Irregulars , and African Troops . |
| 23 | The STJ reported that " the small section [ i.e. the women 's breakaway union ] as has since been openly admitted , was formed and organised under a " West End " [ of Edinburgh ] suffragette banner … |
| 24 | Each recipient doing business in or organised under the laws of the United States of America or in areas subject to its jurisdiction represents that it is an institutional investor , expressing an interest for its own account and agrees not to purchase , distribute or sell any of the Company 's securities or any interest therein except in compliance with the above laws . ] |
| 25 | These are informal , shopfloor cultures , industrial ‘ games ’ organised under the pressures of increased productivity . |
| 26 | The system allowed the nobility much more initiative in war than they had enjoyed under Edward I and Edward II , and their wishes and interests , together with their willingness and ability to raise troops , had to be taken into account in planning a campaign . |
| 27 | Possession is never " adverse " … if it is enjoyed under a lawful title . |
| 28 | These schemes , then , can be summarized under the following heads : we run residency and award schemes , we run grants to artists and craftsmen and photographers , we run an artists in school scheme , which involves placement of and artist for two weeks or so in a local secondary school , we offer payments to artists for exhibiting in certain galleries , something akin to the public lending right , we also provide assistance for the purchase and commissioning of contemporary work , and finally we run an artists ' register , which is a slide register of work of artists within the region , which is accessible to anyone who wants to come along and look at it , whether they are organizing an exhibition or thinking of commissioning a piece for their own living rooms , or perhaps a piece for their town hall or public library or whatever . |
| 29 | Sergeant Allen Jenkins was disappointed that none of us had been pancaked under rubble , but quickly learned to live with it . |
| 30 | His own rooms were squeezed under the roof . |