Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of his sack he fished a pair of sticky-rubber knee-pads and proceeded to strap them on with a complicated system of webbing . |
| 2 | In April nineteen thirty-nine they went to the quay at Southampton to see them off on a three months ’ visit to the United States and Canada … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
| 4 | ‘ This will help to redress the balance and bring them back to a positive situation . |
| 5 | Previously they had lacked an identity , but the training period had welded them together into a cohesive fighting force with an intense pride in themselves and their unit . |
| 6 | This puts a healthy pressure on the insurer to provide good quality policies and back them up with a fast and fair administrative and claims service . |
| 7 | They went down a narrow lane called Smugglers ' Gully , which led them on to a wild rocky headland . |
| 8 | Sir Richard led them down through a flagstoned kitchen and scullery , out into the great yard around which the house was built . |
| 9 | Woolley led them down in a mock attack , the arrowhead formation swooping in a long , curling dive that went under the Frenchman 's tail and zoomed up and levelled out , back on patrol . |
| 10 | With marked reluctance , the elderly woman led them inside to a small sitting-room , which overlooked the garden at the rear of the house . |
| 11 | ‘ A lot of the simpler souls ’ , said Quigley , ‘ probably think a great big snake is going to slither out at them and start gobbling them up in a few years . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ When I was at drama school , they paired me off with a lovely actor who was only five foot eight and we had to play husband and wife ! |
| 13 | I arrived early and he led me upstairs to a comfortable polish-scented lounge and made coffee , before returning to the bar to finish off . |
| 14 | I wished everyone goodnight and he led me upstairs into a small dormitory room . |
| 15 | Ward had his camera with him , and though he led me round at a breathless pace , talking all the time about the terrible religious cult of the Aztecs , he also took quite a few pictures , usually with myself or some other human in the foreground to give an indication of the scale of the place . |
| 16 | Anyone fancy helping me out on a few voodoo dolls dressed in a famous black with blue/orange trim kit ? : - ) |
| 17 | The human race is eating them up at a staggering rate . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , the Whips pursued the government in the hope of catching them out in a snap vote ; at the least this would disrupt their progress and there seemed an outside chance that the government would tire of the interminable pressure and throw in the sponge . |
| 19 | Firefighters have rejected a one point five per cent pay offer bringing them closer to a national strike . |
| 20 | But it can learn to comprehend a series of events by bringing them together into a cohesive , learned pattern to form a language . |
| 21 | The secret is to use them to create a striking feature , and not just hide them away in a shady corner of the garden . |
| 22 | He admitted that they were from Camilla but passed them off as a simple gesture of friendship . |
| 23 | SIR — After watching the England soccer team 's drab display in Prague , I am tempted to say that if the FA send them out in a nondescript kit , their performance will mirror their appearance . |
| 24 | If you 're a bit large on the hips , top them off with a loose T-shirt . |
| 25 | ‘ Expect me back in a few minutes , ’ she heard him say distantly . |
| 26 | Well knock me down with a naked Klingon ! |
| 27 | Incidentally , the last I heard , that weekly coach to the Upper Witham was still running — under the name of Heeley Angling Club and , even more surprising , I understand that ’ Jock ’ was still driving them up to a few years ago . |
| 28 | Secure the wire ends by twisting them together for a short distance to prevent the turns trying to unwind themselves . |
| 29 | But then to pass them on to a third party is heinous . ’ |
| 30 | General Dynamics and McDonnell Douglas , builders of the super-expensive A-12 fighter for the United States Navy , want the Pentagon to bail them out of a possible $2.7 billion overrun on the development and production of A-12s . |