Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so when you get peace , when God gives his gift of peace , it 's not something he has given from heaven down to you but he says , my peace , I give unto you . |
| 2 | It follows that the defendant will be entitled to the interest it has earned on deposit up to the point of acceptance . |
| 3 | He has come to England immediately by ship . |
| 4 | In Britain the populist , anti-intellectual pressure has come from government instead of from the people . |
| 5 | This work has grown in volume recently with the establishment of an EC committee for aggregate standards ( CEN TC/154 ) and the need to harmonise British practice with new European standards . |
| 6 | John Walsh has written of Methodism earlier in the century when it was still painfully experiencing instigated mob hostility that it is " improbable that infant Methodism was strong enough to have much overall effect as an emollient to industrial disturbance , let alone prevent a general revolt " . |
| 7 | Consider for a minute the tenacity that the concept of " form " has had in design even amongst those most determined to eradicate the idea of " aesthetics " . |
| 8 | they constantly threatened to become more than a handful in every sense , so one sad Saturday he sold the sows with their litters at Taunton market — and since then has dealt with pigs only on paper . |
| 9 | Since Ormesby was formed , thanks to a handful of enthusiasts , he has competed in tournaments all over the country . |
| 10 | Scudamore has opted for Chatham instead of stablemate Rushing Wild who first sprang to prominence on Gold Cup day 12 months ago when he demolished the opposition in the Foxhunter Challenge Cup . |
| 11 | This also conceals the fact that quite a lot of it has appeared in print before in one form or another , a factor to bear in mind before parting with 35.50 . |
| 12 | Their style seems Scandinavian , and although some were rebuilt after a fire , this type of building has remained in use here since the sixteenth century for storing nets and other equipment . |
| 13 | THE WAR in the Western Sahara , dormant for 12 months after an informal ceasefire , has burst into life again with two attacks in the past five days by Polisario guerrillas on the Moroccan wall dividing the territory . |
| 14 | Interpretation of the Act has led to difficulties even in simple situations . |
| 15 | The present writer has gone on record elsewhere with the view that most of the ‘ new ’ powers in the Single European Act represented treaty recognition of developments which had already taken place under general treaty powers , in particular Articles 100 and 235 , in areas such as environmental law . |
| 16 | Germany has taken on board much of the Social Charter but it is its economy we are all trying to match . ’ |
| 17 | The contemporary hooligan phenomenon arose in the 1960s at a time of unprecedented prosperity and low unemployment and has continued through recession both in the depressed north and the relatively prosperous south . |
| 18 | Philosophy always has begun from Athens on from a recognition of the extraordinary facts of the diversity of human belief and attitude , on moral questions , on questions of social organization , on questions as to the ultimate nature of the universe , the destiny of man , and all such things , the most astonishing diversity of belief and attitude has prevailed and still does prevail amongst people . |
| 19 | He was n't sure whether to speak in the accent he 'd used in Look Back in Anger ( ‘ a splendid Blimp' — Worcester Gazette ) or the one for When We are Married ( ‘ made a meal of the part' — Croydon Advertiser ) . |
| 20 | Sometimes from my high Chiswick window I 'd thought about horrors down below the surface , out of sight . |
| 21 | She 'd driven into Valletta early after a quick breakfast of warm honey rolls and coffee and a phone call to London to Angie , her loyal secretary-PA , to check on things in the office . |
| 22 | I thought we got him and Forrester at the same time — they 'd gone to Auxerre straight from the FA School of Excellence or something . |
| 23 | This unit can become bound to others only by his own free choice , and his choice is rational only in so far as he can safely expect it to serve his own interests . |
| 24 | Housemartins like tremolo notes on the fence wire wait for heat and the fulmination of flies that lie numbed in crevices all around me . |
| 25 | The World Health Organisation ( WHO ) estimates that 10–12 million people , including children , have become infected with HIV worldwide since the beginning of the epidemic . |
| 26 | I even have a problem getting mistaken for Margaret out of Brookside — no-one ever recognises me ! |
| 27 | Er all the clothing you had was provided by yourself , boiler suits , boots er there there was no protective clothing at all , there were no protection for your hearing , er there was no what we called leathers as such for er to save you from getting burned with scales off of the rivets , with burning machines etcetera , there were n't there was absolutely no er protective clothing at all , unless you happened to be able to buy it yourself somewhere . |
| 28 | She became known as Meh'Lindi thereafter among her instructors . |
| 29 | The question arises as to whether this is the result of their having fallen into apathy out of fear of repression and a belief that it is not possible to make progress ; or whether it is precisely because they have been making progress through existing channels that the militant challenge has withered . |
| 30 | Having looked at mergers then from both sides , I 've seen the prejudices that go into any debate that takes place between any unions coming together . |