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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The course will concentrate entirely on the teachers ' deficits and have the following components : |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | If you wish to know more about the Students ' Association facilities , then please telephone 031 650 2656 . |
| 8 | Built around the turn of the century , it had been designed originally as a soldiers ' barracks . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | An inspector approached , walking heavily between the clerks ' desks . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The solution lies firmly in the farmers ' own hands |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I turned and stalked away to the servants ' quarters . |
| 16 | They challenged a man who was seen acting suspiciously at a horses ' rest home near their RAF base . |
| 17 | The characteristic styles of discourse and the linguistic comic devices of the French fabliaux are also related fundamentally to the tales ' narrative character . |
| 18 | Related manufacturing industries such as food processing , chemicals and engineering suffered keenly from the ports ' decline and the surrounding areas endured massive job losses and an exodus of their people . |
| 19 | Iago seems to be acting wholly for the others ' good , since , as he challenges us to deny , ‘ this advice I give is free and honest . |
| 20 | However , in December the government achieved a breakthrough in its protracted campaign to trace and retrieve the huge sums believed to have been looted from the country by the Marcos family , when the Swiss Supreme Court ruled that funds held by the family in Swiss bank accounts should be returned to the government of the Philippines , but stipulated that this could be done only after a Philippines ' court had ruled against Marcos [ see p. 37961 ] . |
| 21 | Villages and timber plants are to be relocated away from the pandas ' habitat … |
| 22 | It was a bridesmaid 's dress , left over from her cousin 's wedding in Charters Towers last year , and she had not worn it since , but the brief glimpse she had had of the other female guests had told her that her more casual outfits would not do tonight amongst the Hamiltons ' sophisticated entourage . |
| 23 | Bodie drove quickly to the Stones ' house , slowing down as he came into the street at the far end . |
| 24 | Victory , perhaps to their own surprise , now seemed almost within the invaders ' grasp but at a Council of War , held at the prince 's headquarters in Exeter House , Derby , on the morning of Thursday 5 December , Lord George Murray , whose tactics so far had been masterly , astounded his fellow-commanders by remarking that ‘ the first thing to be spoken of was how far it was prudent to advance further ’ . |
| 25 | The KH-11s may be able to transmit directly to the allies ' command centre in Saudi Arabia . |
| 26 | Again , that money goes directly into the farmers ' pockets . |
| 27 | In the aftermath of the Maria Colwell tragedy a report by the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work took this concept as its title and stated that ‘ good enough parenting involves , among other things , a capacity to provide continuity of love and care which is realistic in its expectations of both parent and child and deals with ‘ real ’ conflicts of interests and not those whose origins lie only in the parents ' past' ( CCETSW , 1978 ) . |
| 28 | Creole is used variably by the parents ' generation , but not usually when persons from outside are present . |
| 29 | This prompted fears that US personnel might be drawn directly into the politicians ' nightmare — someone else 's war , the spectre of another Viet Nam . |
| 30 | Despite having 20 minutes to compose himself after being given advance notification of the exit poll result , the tension showed clearly on the Kinnocks ' faces as they they struggled to swallow bitter disappointment . |