Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He regretted the Opposition had not agreed a bipartisan policy and it had to be asked why they had no similar feelings about the forced repatriation of people from Hong Kong to China ‘ which goes on on every bitas big a scale as anything we are contemplating now ’ . |
| 2 | Few of the million or so visitors who take advantage of the Garden as a public amenity each year are aware of the scientific heritage behind the Garden , or indeed of the high level of scientific work which goes on behind the scenes today . |
| 3 | ‘ We should get six top international players and a number of international referees and sit down with the law-makers so that all points of view are aired . ’ |
| 4 | Failure to observe the requirements laid down in the byelaws usually leads to a fine whether or not prejudice to health or a nuisance occurs . |
| 5 | You do n't want to go down to the slides yet ? |
| 6 | and Euston , I believe all those parish councils have written to the county surveyor , erm , wilfully the er H G V ban and saying how successful they think it is , now the proposals in this paper do n't have any particular effect on them , but I would want to pass on to the officers here in case it has n't erm quite registered , but this ban has been very much welcomed on the northern section of the A ten eighty eight where although it 's not a formal ban the affect on villages particular such as |
| 7 | This meal of horse might be compared to the draught of air that a drowning man who has fought his way to the surface manages to inhale before being whirled down into the depths again . |
| 8 | And er , we 'll see that if they 've , if they 've come through with the goods all right . |
| 9 | But even as she was unslinging her canvas bag , so the group moved off to the lifts again . |
| 10 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 11 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 12 | The heat from the front room rose up through the floorboards so that the room , although bare , was warm . |
| 13 | The VW drew up at the pumps about twenty minutes later . |
| 14 | Hurry up with the scissors Pauly . |
| 15 | You no doubt have picked up on the typos etc. but it is sometimes useful to have another ‘ eye ’ . |
| 16 | But her remarks in America would subsequently be picked up by the papers here — so she would have two platforms . |
| 17 | CPMA Managing Director , Nigel Rushman , claims that several other sponsors have already signed for the Sevens spectacular in April at Murrayfield , but for a variety of reasons none has come out of the woods yet . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's so sad because he 's so quick , so experienced and he is the guy who made me raise my own game to come out of the blocks ahead of him . ’ |
| 19 | In medieval times well-documented court activities were carried out at the caputs already discussed . |
| 20 | By Brig Scott 's account , " as far as I could see , during the next twenty four hours , all the arrangements in connection with the surrender and evacuation were carried out by the Yugoslavs speedily and efficiently " . |
| 21 | Even the policy-making functions will generally be carried out by the executives rather than the board itself . |
| 22 | ( 10 ) If the property is leasehold : ( a ) please confirm that the seller has complied with all the covenants in the lease ; ( b ) does the seller know whether any items of substantial expenditure for decoration , maintenance or repair have been carried out by the lessors recently but not yet charged to tenants , or are any such contemplated in the near future ? ( 11 ) Is the seller aware of any overriding interest under the Land Registration Act 1925 , s70(1) ? ( 12 ) Please confirm : ( a ) that all gas and electrical installations are the seller 's absolute property and are included in the purchase price ; ( b ) that the electric light installations down to the bulb holders will be left intact ; ( c ) that all furniture , furnishings and fittings not included in the sale and all rubbish will be removed before completion . |
| 23 | The nuptial pads on a male frog 's feet enable him to grip on to the females tightly when mating . |
| 24 | But looking down at the words now , it did not appear so simple . |
| 25 | What we try do and is actually sort of focus in on the branches so that so , to try and get try and get all the strains together . |
| 26 | Again , the light level was subterranean , but there were no curtains so a fair amount of yellow light came in from the streetlamps outside . |
| 27 | This worked very well , but in 1988 people were pushing in from the sides instead of joining the queues , and tempers were becoming frayed and the situation somewhat dangerous as people trampled over the numerous electricity cables and water pipes . |
| 28 | The magnificent palace of Diocletian at Split , which inspired Robert Adam , the English designer of the eighteenth century , and also influenced the contemporary Georgian styles , still forms the outer shell , a square mile in area , which surrounds the vibrant city which has grown up over the centuries within and around its protective walls . |
| 29 | Even when I played through proxies he must have still known it was me , because one day , 'bout the end of my second year on Mars , I woke up with the blues just like you did . |
| 30 | In effect this was a period of withdrawal from a rigidly structured police world to a world turned upside down ; where , in a ‘ counter-cultural ’ way , we were to find that the strict terms of reference we had carefully built up over the years no longer seemed to have relevance . |