Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] ['s] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Teesside Park — specialist retail outlets at the old Stockton racecourse , now being developed together with the UK 's largest leisure centre . |
| 5 | He moved closer , into the dimness of the stall itself , and stood there beside her , his hand resting gently on the horse 's flank . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The information received typically referred only to the riot 's location , and not specific incidents . |
| 8 | The menus change daily in the directors ' dining rooms , delibars and staff canteens that he operates because the clientele does not . |
| 9 | The award is given annually by the Author 's Club on the recommendation of the RIBA 's Professional Literature Committee . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They are designated by local authorities which must then pay special attention to any applications to demolish or build anew within the area 's boundaries . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Then the almond eyes gazed fiercely over the child 's head towards Nana . |
| 14 | The children moved slowly towards the aunt 's seat . |
| 15 | Damage against this target is resolved with a strength of 5 representing the effect of the big heavy cauldron landing right on the victim 's head . |
| 16 | It is difficult to put a specific date on when Jarman became ‘ mine host ’ at the ancient hostelry ; the time of his villainies lies somewhere between the inn 's foundation in 1106 , and the rebuilding of around 1500 . |
| 17 | In what follows , I want to look very briefly at the formal structure , and the various departments that may be found in it : and then in rather greater detail at the account group as it may operate on a single client 's account , and how it may — with luck — interact effectively with the client 's own operations . |
| 18 | The school ca n't market successfully without the staff 's active commitment to the idea . |
| 19 | It is also a must for anyone who wants a better understanding of , and comment on the events that are reported daily in the World 's Press . |
| 20 | Secondly , the gift must be made upon the condition that it is to be absolute and perfected only on the donor 's death , being revocable until that event occurs and ineffective if it does not . |
| 21 | The sheep wisely leave it alone and most bugs do , too , for it contains two chemicals which , when mixed together in a creature 's stomach , make cyanide . |
| 22 | Her heart felt amazingly light , and she knew it was because of Tom and the way they were talking and laughing together over the morning 's task . |
| 23 | The course will concentrate entirely on the teachers ' deficits and have the following components : |
| 24 | Walking together on the ship 's deck , Gloucester stumbles , and Clarence , in trying to steady him , is knocked overboard . |
| 25 | Whilst the White Paper acknowledges that local policy objectives and resources must be a key context in planning and delivery services , the government appears to be clear that at the point of assessment , decisions must be needs-based and ‘ should not focus only on the user 's suitability for a particular existing scheme ’ ( DoH , 1989b , p. 18 ) . |
| 26 | Instead Fera Pessima exhibits a quite different feeling of steady harmonic movement , which when considered together with the work 's wealth of comparatively strict imitation certainly suggests and essay in an altogether more ‘ up-to-date ’ manner , even if the date itself eludes inquiry . |
| 27 | As Marina Warner makes clear , the inspiration of this work owes much to the artist 's visit to the rococo pilgrimage churches of Bavaria . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Thanks to cosmetic ingenuity , the damage had been repaired sufficiently for the coroner 's jury to view the corpse when the inquest was held in the prison later that morning . |
| 30 | The 28-year-old woman was walking alone in the town 's Templehill area at around 12:30am when she was grabbed from behind outside a funeral parlour and indecently assaulted her before escaping on foot . |