Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members were discouraged from bringing along a personal caddie and if they did they still had to pay the caddie master the fee he would have received , irrespective of whether there was a caddie available or not ! |
| 2 | Wednesday were shattered at giving up a three-goal lead at home but their plan to expose right-back Paul Parker 's size by getting Hirst to attack him in the air paid off with two goals — plus one for the striker himself . |
| 3 | One city has responded by setting up a twenty-four hour response team to help people whose lives are being ruined by noisy neighbours . |
| 4 | YOUNG riding sensation Adrian Maguire will miss Cheltenham 's prestige Mackeson Gold Cup meeting after picking up a four-day whip ban at Wincanton yesterday . |
| 5 | It may not be certain , as Ken Landon says , that Ho and Co will succeed in setting up a Communist State if they get rid of the French , but let me suggest that from the stand-point of the security of the US , it is one hell of a big chance to take . |
| 6 | It was utterly beyond comprehension that , mistrusting him as she did , she could never quite succeed in damping down a tiny frisson of physical response . |
| 7 | Suppose you object to carrying out a particular management order . |
| 8 | He made sure he was not disturbed by putting on a red light outside his door — a signal to the staff that no-one should enter . |
| 9 | In news programmes , quality and range were sought by setting up a distinct company , ITN , which was jointly owned by the other companies and supplied news for the whole channel , and later for Channel 4 . |
| 10 | A HOTEL owner is celebrating after picking up a top award . |
| 11 | The Cubans have thrown the US off balance by , in the wake of the Libya-Lockerbie crisis , demanding extradition to Cuba of two men accused of blowing up a Cuban airliner over Barbados in 1976 . |
| 12 | THE teenage lover of the man accused of carrying out a vicious sex attack on a coast to coast rambler told yesterday how he asked her to give him a false alibi . |
| 13 | MAGISTRATES granted bail yesterday to a 19-year-old man accused of carrying out a smash-and-grab raid at an Essex jewellers . |
| 14 | We begin by drawing up a huge ‘ A ’ list of all the stars that everybody recognizes , and that would always include the Royal family and such people as Paul Newman , Robert Redford , Jackie Onassis , and so on . |
| 15 | For now , let's begin by jotting down a few ideas for sequences to make a Christmas movie . |
| 16 | The saving on interest rate costs by taking out a foreign currency mortgage is obvious enough — about 5 per cent to 6 per cent . |
| 17 | The public are being enlisted to help by filling in a short questionnaire which will provide information on the distribution of adders . |
| 18 | That 's all the thanks you get for slaving over a hot stove , ’ Mrs Cartwright shouted after us . |
| 19 | Nearly all OBE patients tell of travelling along a dark tunnel towards a distant light . |
| 20 | Even if you succeed in building up a good practice as a junior your troubles will not be at an end , because at that point in your career you will have to decide whether to apply for silk . |
| 21 | In return , the IMF will send a mission to Lima to collaborate in drawing up a medium-term economic programme , and will seek financial support for Peru . |
| 22 | Agreement was reached on setting up a joint commission of experts to deal with minority questions and on working towards guaranteeing minority rights . |
| 23 | Their hideaway — 45ft above the ground in the branches of a 100-year-old ash tree — can only be reached by clambering up a 28-step ladder . |
| 24 | Coastguards have slammed youths who sparked a rescue alert by setting off a red flare yesterday between Cullercoats and Tynemouth . |
| 25 | Tam 's article consists of setting up a false target and then knocking it down . |
| 26 | In the silence that followed , Harriet was unable to refrain from letting out a small gasp . |
| 27 | The work undertaken is concentrated on building up a unique collection and source of information on the economy of Norwich and the surrounding area , with particular reference to the changing structure of employment , which will continue to accumulate and grow , after this project is completed , with minimal input . |
| 28 | Some are now attempting to combat the isolation they feel by setting up a national body to represent their interests . |
| 29 | Working on brown Ingres paper I started by reversing out a basic shape for the hedge ( Figure 1 ) . |
| 30 | Finally , RACs should be asked to consider what the paper inelegantly described as ‘ resource availability and future coordination in respect of training for education management ’ , and consideration should be given to setting up a national advisory and consultative group . |