Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The menus change daily in the directors ' dining rooms , delibars and staff canteens that he operates because the clientele does not . |
| 2 | The home selectors have been shuffling their resources in recent matches and they take this opportunity to have a look at some members on the fringe of inclusion for Italy with one or two experienced players , such as flanker Martin Pepper stepping down to the replacements ' bench . |
| 3 | At the back of the hall a flight of stairs led down to the servants ' kitchen . |
| 4 | Low comfortable chairs had been set out in a square ; too comfortable for-some , because there was a distinct buzz of snoring from the other side of a rack of trade journals , broken only by the bats ' wing rustle of folding and refolding newspaper . |
| 5 | The door was open and I did hear that much when I passed to go in to the ladies ' toilet . |
| 6 | I now felt far more confident and comfortable knowing that I could refuse to go along with the guards ' antics if they really upset me . |
| 7 | JFK : flown down from Washington and flung together by the doctors ' knives and the sniper 's bullets and introduced on to the streets of Dallas and a hero 's welcome . |
| 8 | I climbed a wall to drink at the beck , sitting for a while on its banks in the sun before walking on up the legionaries ' highway crossing the Burtersett road under Green Scar Mire and heading up towards Fleet Moss and Kidhow Gate . |
| 9 | In explaining how he managed to escape active military service during the war by signing on for an officers ' programme , Mr Clinton apparently omitted to mention that he had already received his call-up notice when he sought to join the Reserve Officers ' Training Corps . |
| 10 | He rang back again at once and mistakenly carried on with the Airds ' answering service , not realizing that the woman there had picked up by the time I got to the phone . |
| 11 | The course will concentrate entirely on the teachers ' deficits and have the following components : |
| 12 | Very slowly , and keeping down below the seals ' horizon , I crept forward towards the sound of singing . |
| 13 | The particularly rapid growth of Norman Broadbent owes much to the partners ' skill and luck in their sense of timing in the formation of the company ; it is unlikely that this could now be repeated quite so successfully . |
| 14 | ‘ Now , I must go and read the children that story I promised them , and then I 'll have to pack my case , ’ he added , clearly considering the subject closed as he patted her hand before rising from the couch and walking away towards the twins ' bedroom . |
| 15 | If you wish to know more about the Students ' Association facilities , then please telephone 031 650 2656 . |
| 16 | There was a wide space beside the staircase , the stairs rose up to the boys ' bedroom wall , then turned left to join the landing . |
| 17 | Opponents of sales see them as reducing a vital social resource built up at the ratepayers ' expense , while proponents see sales to long-standing tenants as almost a recourse to ‘ natural justice ’ , although there are also the political overtones of the desire of Conservative politicians to build up a property-owning base to their vote . |
| 18 | Kate was down in the pit lane for the Friday qualifying session , her nerves nearly as wound up as the drivers ' , knowing that Ace was waiting to live up to his name with the fastest lap . |
| 19 | After Allitt moved out of the Jobsons ' home , his dizzy spells , craving for chocolate and sudden collapses had stopped . |
| 20 | Built around the turn of the century , it had been designed originally as a soldiers ' barracks . |
| 21 | A cross-trainer ( multi-purpose ) shoe will be your best buy , according to a survey carried out by the Consumers ' Association , and as long as your feet are well supported and cushioned you should n't pay more than around £40 . |
| 22 | The survey carried out by the traders ' magazine , ‘ Checkout Ireland ’ , came up with the ‘ alarming result ’ that 80pc of retailers have been affected by crime . |
| 23 | And the lads used to go and pinch out of the girls ' bags . |
| 24 | Fagan was the gloomy little stud-groom who objected strongly to the pigeons ' custom of sitting on his horses ' sheeted backs , balancing and cooing , and doing other things as well . |
| 25 | They split apart in the straight , one group swinging wide , the red and white of premiere spurting forward with the Youngs ' pair at his quarters and Upper Gumtree swerving dramatically through a gap to take the rails well ahead of pampering . |
| 26 | An inspector approached , walking heavily between the clerks ' desks . |
| 27 | Some of those services used to build up a wonderful feeling , and now and then it would become rather emotional with the preacher calling on folk to come forward to the penitents ' bench at the front to re-dedicate their lives to the Lord . |
| 28 | The solution lies firmly in the farmers ' own hands |
| 29 | and then when it got over to the Clerks ' Department they used to stick it on another piece of paper so that they could put it on the file |
| 30 | And the copyist left a blank in one other movement : the instrumental bass line of the song ‘ Ye gentle spirits of the air ’ — one of the ‘ new ’ songs , placed just before the Haymakers ' scene . |