Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [coord] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This involves changing the verb altogether and replacing it with one that has a similar meaning but can be used in a different syntactic configuration . |
| 2 | so I had to go and put a thread on and put it in , it in another place |
| 3 | America 's readiness to revive West Germany militarily and bring her into NATO terrified the French , who opposed the idea . |
| 4 | It is important to write these plans down and to keep them under review . |
| 5 | Lorton swept the coins together and crammed them into the box . |
| 6 | What pinch your fingers together and push it in its |
| 7 | Instead , resting his elbows on his papers , he laced his fingers together and regarded her over them . |
| 8 | Parties , in many respects , were no longer taken seriously by the voters ; many more people now disavowed parties altogether and declared themselves to be independents . |
| 9 | THE scene outside a Moscow hotel : a man in a suit unfurls an umbrella , turns it upside down and attaches it to a box the size of a fruit crate . |
| 10 | He turned the bag upside down and dumped everything onto the floor , and then he did the same for the drawers and for the wardrobe . |
| 11 | If it 's not , you can turn the old one upside down and replace it as a temporary measure until you get the right one . |
| 12 | This encodes the audio and video signals together and puts them onto the tape via the high-speed rotation of the head-drum ; it is this ‘ high writing speed ’ recording method which greatly improves the audio quality compared with VHS mono . |
| 13 | They were side by side , and she rolled on to her back , arched herself to receive him as she stretched her legs outwards and clasped them round him . |
| 14 | Lucinda jumped to her feet , collecting cups , plates and cutlery together and placing them on the tray . |
| 15 | Odd-Knut muzzles the dog with a piece of trace line , ties its front and back legs together and lies it on its side . |
| 16 | ‘ We know that , Mr Vigo , ’ he said , wrenching his eyes away and fixing them on an eggshell thin service , made to contain jasmine tea . |
| 17 | Redefine the problem in terms of a challenge , ask them to take two steps backwards and treat it as an experiment . |
| 18 | Turn the card over and put it at the bottom of the pack |
| 19 | It is important that colleges and universities use the access funds sensitively and target them on those who need them . |
| 20 | The battles of Penselwood and Sherston were apparently inconclusive , although hard-fought in the case of the latter , but Edmund was able to relieve London , driving the enemy away and defeating them after crossing the Thames at Brentford . |
| 21 | Oh you 've got to take your ring off and measure it round the circle . |
| 22 | If you go out and switch her light off and leave her in the room . |
| 23 | ‘ We can take the old sole off and replace it without changing the shape of the shoe or damaging the structure . |
| 24 | A stress is applied to the sample by rapidly pulling rod R downwards and clamping it in position . |
| 25 | He pushed his horse nearer and grasped me by the arm , his long dark face , usually solemn , wreathed in smiles . |
| 26 | Eventually , in exasperation , I looked at him and said ‘ do you want me to take my fuckin' prick out and show it to you ? ’ |
| 27 | I told him that your man had been annoyin' me with his ‘ is-that-a-he-or-a-she ? ’ questions so I threatened to take my prick out and show it to him . |
| 28 | Its unique refill system makes it very economical — when you have finished one bottle simply take the pump-mechanism out and put it in a refill — you can do this up to ten times . |
| 29 | He contacted the South Africans who had been told they could n't meet a council delegation independently and invited them to a meeting in Darlington town hall . |
| 30 | Monsieur Gauthier obligingly produced a bottle of Côtes du Rhône from his cellar and Melissa led Dora upstairs and installed her in a chair on the balcony . |