Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [vb base] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We may produce guidance to local authorities or call them in for private chats ’ . |
| 2 | Most frogs lay eggs coated in jelly and then abandon them , but some rear their eggs in pouches on their back , in their throat sacs or hold them back in their oviducts . |
| 3 | " Dear mermaids , wo n't you please turn the wheel and spin me down to the sea-king 's palace ? " |
| 4 | At least now he 's surrounded by people who encourage and inspire him , who kick his arse , help him write songs and drag him out of the isolated , uncreative lethargy he easily slips into . |
| 5 | Cornelius retrieved both letter and card and set them down before him . |
| 6 | He ordered Rose to take one of Effie 's legs and lift it on to her shoulders , and McAllister the other , to make it easier for him to help the insistent baby on its way . |
| 7 | Tie a cord to each bottom ring and thread it up through the rings on each tape . |
| 8 | The Sergeants would take us for training sessions and escort us over to our meals , but it was the Corporals who governed our lives . |
| 9 | Simply waggle the club and set it down in your normal address position . |
| 10 | Erm well perhaps before I answer that question Mr Chairman , I could just briefly skim across the programme and bring you up to date as to where we are and then we 'll go directly on to that point . |
| 11 | Pete lifted his knight but changed his mind and put it back on the board . |
| 12 | Also the dyslexic child is not necessarily unintelligent because he ca n't write something which you 've just written on the blackboard or which has only just been shown to him in some other way ; the dyslexic person ca n't look up at a blackboard , hold the visual symbols in her mind and get them down on paper in a different position . |
| 13 | He had to walk about three miles to collect the mail and carry it back to the village , for which a charge of sixpence per missive was made . |
| 14 | In three days time , after acclimatization training , the Russian lads were to take delivery of the aircraft and fly them back to Irkutsk by way of Yakutsk . |
| 15 | And instinctively she reached out her arms as if to circle his neck and draw him down into an imaginary embrace . |
| 16 | The mountain shook for several long seconds , after which time they were delighted to see the Doctor hurtle out of the cave mouth and hurl himself down towards them . |
| 17 | Should one of the fry slip from the nest the male will catch it in his mouth and spit it back into the nest . |
| 18 | I have never seen a player catch a football in his mouth and spit it back to his keeper before . |
| 19 | If she let it , the food would jump into her mouth and swell her up to grossness . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought I 'd shoot a hole in their heads and mail 'em back to their bossman . ’ |
| 21 | That 's fine , now all we 've got to do is to tidy up this end of the halyard and tuck it out of the way . |
| 22 | The rise of the Greens had placed the SPD in a difficult position , in that any attempt to capture moderate votes might alienate existing party supporters and drive them over to the Greens . |
| 23 | Alternatively , use standard furnishing fabric and match it up to other furnishings in the room . |
| 24 | " Besides all this Tristan learned to ride nimbly with shield and lance , to spur his mount skilfully on either flank , put it to the gallop with dash , wheel and give it free rein and urge it on with his knees , in strict accordance with the chivalric art . |
| 25 | We have teamed up with Phonogram records to fly you and a guest to the States and put you up in a swanky hotel for a week 's luxury holiday . |
| 26 | We count the florid banknotes and hand them over across the desk . |
| 27 | Insert needle again in the lower stitch and bring it out in the next stitch to the left ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 28 | Take the second stitch and place it on to the first needle . |
| 29 | Take the third stitch and place it on to the next left-hand side empty needle and so on all along the row . |
| 30 | ‘ Wheel on Jeremy Beadle and get it over with . ’ |