Example sentences of "[verb] [art] word " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the top of the screen blinks the word ’ menu ’ and beneath this list winks out in blinding-white neon letters on the black display- keyboards , horns , endless types of drums . |
| 2 | We have an awkward , and increasingly tense discussion about the use of such songs — for though I wholeheartedly agree that all the ideas they promote are self-evidently good things , I worry simply whether such songs have any positive effect — and they start bandying the word ‘ cynic ’ . |
| 3 | She whispered the words aloud : " He will share your bed and possess your body . " |
| 4 | He whispered the words aloud as though to conjure the hidden meaning from the card . |
| 5 | He waited for an answer , then he whispered the words of forgiveness . |
| 6 | Jenna whispered the words , her eyes never leaving the image of what she had been long ago . |
| 7 | She barely whispered the words . |
| 8 | He whispered the words in her ear . |
| 9 | She whispered the words . |
| 10 | The wind whipped the words away and they were lost in the gale but someone must have heard the banging . |
| 11 | I would respectfully agree with his description , in relation to dishonest actions , of appropriation as involving an act by way of adverse interference with or usurpation of the owner 's rights , but I believe that the less aggressive definition of appropriation which I have put forward fits the word as used in an honest sense in section 2(1) as well as elsewhere in the Act . |
| 12 | Thinking back yesterday when she 'd arrived , trying to remember exactly what had been said , Robbie had realised the word ‘ flat ’ had never been mentioned . |
| 13 | Many modern composers have avoided repetition , allowing the words to take the whole burden of form , carrying the music forward in an interminable wandering from one emotive crisis to another . |
| 14 | Prima facie the rules of construction must be applied as at the date of execution of the lease : thus a word will be interpreted in the sense it bore at the time ( Texaco Antilles Ltd v Kernochan [ 1973 ] AC 609 : the phrase " public garage " was given the meaning it bore in 1933 and not the one it bore at the date of the litigation ; St Marylebone Property Co Ltd v Tesco Stores Ltd [ 1988 ] 27 EG 72 construing the word " grocer " ) . |
| 15 | The court investigated the technology in some detail , but stressed that it was not evaluating the experts ' decision , just construing the words of the agreement . |
| 16 | The most fundamental aspects of the liturgical renewal for which the Council called are all related to the biblical element in liturgy and to making it more accessible to all in the vernacular : the enormous enrichment of the lectionary , the emphasis on preaching the Word that has been read , the revelation of how biblically based the Eucharistic prayers and other sacramental actions are , and the restoration of the ‘ divine office ’ as the ‘ prayer of the Church ’ . |
| 17 | When they heard that multitudes in Samaria had received the word of God , they gladly sent them Peter and John ; and when they heard that in Antioch a great number had believed and turned to the Lord , they at once despatched Barnabas who , when he came and saw , rejoiced ’ ( McGavran 1959:25 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ The apostles and the brothers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God . |
| 19 | And it says , now when the apostles , who were in Jerusalem heard that Somaria had received the word of God they sent them Peter and John , who came down and prayed for them , that they might receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 20 | In verse fourteen it says , when the apostles in Jerusalem that Somaria had received the word of God and we can not become Christians without God 's word . |
| 21 | The Word of God records the words of the Lord Jesus Christ in John chapter 16 verse 33 when He said ‘ These things I have spoken unto you , that IN ME YE MIGHT HAVE PEACE . ’ |
| 22 | She hopes in future it will be possible to restore the word nigger without stirring up racial tensions . |
| 23 | WHEN the Royal Bank of Scotland was set up by Royal Charter in 1727 there was a very good reason for building the word ‘ Royal ’ into its name . |
| 24 | I would emphasize the word partial . |
| 25 | Working time , including overtime , should be decided by local voluntary agreement and I do emphasize the word voluntary . |
| 26 | Only occasionally did the accompanying instruments — which frequently had to use the speech rhythms of the voice — overshadow the words to the detriment of the story . |
| 27 | I suppose you could claim the ‘ guests ’ in Noel 's Addicts ( BBC1 ) , the Beeb 's latest jeu d'ecran for young Edmonds , as real , though a very saucy vicar 's wife who collects Victorian knickers and an American fire chief who finds houseroom for up to 1,000 snakes push the word near its limits . |
| 28 | I swallow , throat dry , tears finally coming into my eyes and eventually I squeeze the words out : |
| 29 | And some sneaky feller who was in the promotion stakes as well , he found this out and passed the word on and they laid a trap for three fellers , one night after twelve . |
| 30 | ‘ The cripple passed the word . ’ |