Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [noun sg] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They argued about the hound that evening , and as they argued Stapleton told her about Mrs Lyons . |
| 2 | Well this this of course erm shuts off the freezer that thing . |
| 3 | Normally that would mean they qualified for the world indoor event , but Johnson has the option of appealing to Athletics Canada for one of Canada 's two 60m berths . |
| 4 | ‘ I explained it was a bit of a flap to go for the train this afternoon . |
| 5 | The rate of inflation can be calculated as the percentage annual increase in the Retail Price Index ( RPI ) . |
| 6 | The Ghia Connecta is a concept electric car using technology FORD has developed for the Ecostar electric delivery vans , to appear on our roads in 1993 . |
| 7 | And if you 've ever been there and taken the trip on the little boat which takes you right in to the base of the falls themselves , you 'll have seen that there 's a hydro electric station which takes power from the water at night , when some of the force is diverted , and instead of the water going over the falls it goes through the hydro electric station . |
| 8 | ‘ God it was awful , ’ he said , and made them laugh and accept what he said , and Barnett never asked for the certificate this time . |
| 9 | My single bronze maggot bait on a size 20 Kamasan B510 barbless hook is set to trip through the swim one inch off the bottom to stop it dragging in any rubbish . |
| 10 | Most States developed during the century some system of compulsory service ; but all of these were in varying degrees incomplete , haphazard and inequitable . |
| 11 | Burger King is widely regarded as the quality fast food hamburger restaurant chain . |
| 12 | It had to be lifted off the track each night to prevent possible vandalism which could have seen it trundling down to Staveley on the falling grade ! |
| 13 | " How they shouted during the attack this afternoon ! " |
| 14 | ‘ I had jungle-boots on , and we 'd been walking through the forest all day . |
| 15 | Send for the Amnesty International report , The Americas : Human Rights Violations Against Indigenous Peoples — £6. — , plus £1. — p&p |
| 16 | where IR stands for the Band 7 reading and R ( red ) for the Band 5 reading . |
| 17 | Burning and stinging is a usual complaint because the skin has been made more sensitive by stripping off the surface protective film . |
| 18 | Retail sales volumes are also expected to have come off the boil last month after rising strongly over the past quarter . |
| 19 | Why … well pit talk has it that the reigning world champion Ayrton Senna might just be signing for the team next season … if he comes will Nigel go … what 's his future … this is what he told Central South … |
| 20 | While it is also bidding for the Channel 5 licence , the Astra service is more controllable and is free from the perceived whims of the Independent Television Commission and the high stakes of the bidding process . |
| 21 | Ayrton Senna and Michael Andretti will be bidding for the Formula One World Motor Racing championship with the help of design and manufacturing software from Computervision Corp : the Bedford , Massachusetts company has a two-year technology-sharing partnership with McLaren International to improve the design of the Marlboro McLaren Ford car ; McLaren has used Computervision 's CADDS technology since 1987 , and the newest release , CADDS 5 , will be used in the design and manufacture of next year 's car ; it will enable the Woking , Surrey team to re-design , test and manufacture parts of the car at racing speed . |
| 22 | Solent look booked for the Division Three title but the battle for second place may run on until the final game . |
| 23 | The trawler , Pescado , sank off the south Cornish coast two years ago with the loss of six lives and a coroner ordered an investigation . |
| 24 | And how many more children slip through the net that way ? |
| 25 | And advice sessions on making full use of the booklet are being organised throughout the city next month . |
| 26 | The inrush of fresh air came in through the room , circulated , inter mixed with the vapour laden air in the lounge . |
| 27 | I am not surprised that he ventured into the fray this evening , because he has already won an outstanding victory for his constituents and I well understand his desire to enjoy another . |
| 28 | He had come into the centre that morning complaining of indigestion . |
| 29 | It was since that child had come into the house last night . |
| 30 | A 25-YEAR-OLD man appeared at Linlithgow Sheriff Court yesterday charged with the murder last month of a retired civil servant , Matt Fleming , 54 , of Barclay Way , Livingston . |