Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 The unit tries to keep the offenders out of court , an aim that sits uneasily with the government 's new philosophy that prison and punishment work .
2 On Monday , the first day of the fair , Mum took me down to The Market Place after school and , armed with my fare , I got on to the children 's roundabout .
3 But it quickly vanished as they got on with the morning 's proceedings .
4 Some evenings there 'll be a series of sketches laid on by the Club 's Entertainments Team or a folklore show by guest dancers .
5 My companions hurried on , desperate to get their hands on the seven hundred thousand pounds in gold which lay somewhere under the tree 's shadows .
6 Never know what goes on in a nutter 's mind .
7 Well that does n't show any er expertise in what goes on in a solicitor 's office at all .
8 Yes , I think for a lot of people that 's true and I do n't denigrate that because I think a lot of good work goes on in the Women 's Institute , but what we are particularly interested in is in the professional craftsman , the craftsman who has trained for a number of year to produce extremely good work , and what we try to do is to make that work more available to the public in a number of ways .
9 Jakobson 's answer to this argument is , however , a powerful one : all users of a language must necessarily know the system of categories into which its different elements are divided , even if only unconsciously ; and his analysis of poetry does not claim to represent what goes on in the reader 's mind , but to account for the special effect which the poetry , for reasons of which he may well be unaware , exercises on him .
10 THE SPECTATOR , and even the onfield adversary , can little suspect what goes on inside a cricketer 's head .
11 In the end this is a debate not about bolting versus traditional climbing , it 's a debate about morality — about what goes on inside a climber 's head when he look s at his ( or her ) environment .
12 I 've always thought babies have a pretty rotten life , completely under the control of people who do n't have any idea of what goes on inside a baby 's mind — ’
13 Otherwise you would n't be able to carry on behind the Führer 's back .
14 Teachers need to take children 's ideas seriously , and avoid making them feel that they have to search for the right answer , hidden somewhere in the teacher 's head .
15 Mr Pierre Mauroy , an ex-prime minister and party workhorse , will stay on as the party 's first secretary .
16 In a moment he had jumped on to the horse 's back .
17 This will involve tone as much as doctrine , but he would be as ill-advised to go on about the Government 's intention of building a classless society , which it ca n't build anyway , as to adopt the easy belief that the climate of opinion can be left to look after itself while ministers get on with the practical business of government .
18 Teesside Park — specialist retail outlets at the old Stockton racecourse , now being developed together with the UK 's largest leisure centre .
19 He moved closer , into the dimness of the stall itself , and stood there beside her , his hand resting gently on the horse 's flank .
20 It is also experimenting with a hybrid telemarketing scheme called WinCentralDirect that fits in with the company 's plug-and-play attempt and puts customers in contact with NT-certified technical and business consultants .
21 It is also experimenting with a hybrid telemarketing scheme called WinCentralDirect that fits in with the company 's plug-and-play attempt and puts customers in contact with NT-certified technical and business consultants .
22 The system is flexible and fits in with the user 's way of working .
23 However , as I said , the industry broadly goes along with the CITB 's proposals and with this order , which embodies them .
24 ( WES ) Almost all the club 's riders have refused to agree to new pay scales laid down by the sport 's governing body .
25 He has guarded fiercely against the band 's tapes being made public but listening to them years on , it is difficult to understand his uneasiness and it seems a loss to fans .
26 The information received typically referred only to the riot 's location , and not specific incidents .
27 The DHAC and NILP supporters sought to get back into the chamber ; finding the doors locked , they got in through the mayor 's parlour and were joined in the gallery by Alderman Hegarty and Councillor Friel .
28 Stepping out of the stables , she opened the half-door of the Lagonda and got in on the driver 's side .
29 This switch was intended to enable Roshanara to retain her influence by stepping in as the child 's regent .
30 The mass of promenaders bulged along in the committee 's wake , creating some difficulty as they turned into the narrow High Street and into Albion Street .
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