Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In what other job might you call in and use a hot air balloon to appear over a city on a publicity stunt and that same afternoon sit in on a seminar which you have arranged as a scientific event ? |
| 2 | The stunned reaction to ‘ Vitriola ’ provides a worrying moment , as Lesley 's vocal contortions fly headfirst into a brick wall of bemusement . |
| 3 | Savanna animals cool off with a kind of organic radiator by evaporating water from the moist linings of the nasal chambers . |
| 4 | Futures contracts are traded on a central regulated exchange by open outcry , whereby traders congregate periodically in a pit on the floor of the exchange to buy and sell contracts , with every negotiated price being heard by other traders . |
| 5 | Halfway up , the stream poured out from some hidden source and fell in a silver smoke down to a pool . |
| 6 | Rosa cut in with a squeal , ‘ No , do n't mention it to anyone . |
| 7 | When Maxim Gorki as a young man read a story by Guy de Maupassant , he marvelled ‘ why the plain , familiar words put together by a man into a story about the uninteresting life of a servant moved me so ’ . |
| 8 | At the end of the interview conclude decisively with a summary . |
| 9 | Moving away from the terrace , broad steps drop down past a rose and herb bed edged with low growing box to the first lawn level , which would make an ideal play area . |
| 10 | In reality , of course , most schools lie somewhere along a continuum between these two stylised camps , often shifting in one direction or another with changes in personnel and circumstances . |
| 11 | Put your collage piece face down on a wad of white kitchen paper and paste the back . |
| 12 | Although later works made more use of Englishmen , foreign technicians continued to be needed , and the several groups located in the Weald add up to a directory of the industry in 1524–5 . |
| 13 | For example , this is a passage of interpretive description of a Van Gogh self-portrait : ‘ … his emaciated , luminous head with its burning eyes set off against a whirlpool of darkness . |
| 14 | A hard disk is required with about two Mb free space , if you have that and an EGA monitor together with a love of gardening , then you should have this program also . |
| 15 | Right : These curved , gently steps continue on from a path which follows a rounded lawn , helping to create a relaxed atmosphere in the garden . |
| 16 | But knowledge develops unevenly ; Dewey 's luck was not so conspicuous when it came to , say , radio engineering , where relatively simple new subjects end up with a classification symbol of twelve digits or more . |
| 17 | His eyes were back on the road and he did not see Madeleine 's mouth turn down in a pout . |
| 18 | Who can blame old Happisburgians for taking advantage of its generosity and picking up whatever the local currents and tides cast ashore after a storm at sea ? |
| 19 | A BIBLE 'S throw from Harrods , guitar-strummed folk songs waft out of a church . |
| 20 | In part two : Getting even.Swindon fight back for a share of the points . |
| 21 | School and college come together in a variety of other ways too , most notably through In-Service provision either on a direct one-to-one or collective basis , or through the Church 's own national structures . |
| 22 | Teenagers relate well to a magazine format , with its familiar and up-to-date feel . |
| 23 | THE STAGE is a backyard bounded by a palisade of rusty corrugated iron ; two ladders lead up to a balcony , a tap drips into a can . |
| 24 | The specific route being investigated by the County Council is a modification of the blue route put forward in a consultation exercise at the beginning of nineteen seventy nine . |
| 25 | As informational flows become less structured , so the water-tight internal divisions of institutions break down into a plethora of working parties and task groups with constantly shifting personnel . |
| 26 | It won ‘ t show up as a registration , so no phonecalls out and no calling reception or room service , either . |
| 27 | Hill , these tunes leap out from a radio like recent Def Leppard , Nelson and Aerosmith singles , and once you 've got airplay , you 've got America . |
| 28 | Hill , these tunes leap out from a radio like recent Def Leppard , Nelson and Aerosmith singles , and once you 've got airplay , you 've got America . |
| 29 | Ten Joseph tunes line up alongside a poppy cover version of Curtis Mayfield 's The Other Side of Town ; all fall together under a common musical blanket that 's soft , funky , rolling and affectionate . |
| 30 | Will you and Jane wait there for a while until I 'm respectable again ? ’ |