Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [art] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put the branch two-handed over my right shoulder as I run up to them , jump over a small bush and then as I land at their side bring the branch swinging down . |
| 2 | It was going to be another unusually wind free day when islanders take the opportunity to tie down any loose facings and fencings before the furies of winter . |
| 3 | At the farm entrance gate marked Bwlch-y-waun follow the path leading off up the open hill to the summit of Tor y Foel ( 1,806ft ) . |
| 4 | Neither Mr nor Mrs Singh have the confidence to take on such a role . |
| 5 | The question I pose is the one that I asked at the beginning of my speech : do those in government and opposition have the courage to set about creating a new beginning to bring about peace , political stability , and an end to the tensions between Ireland and Britain , and can they bring the beginnings of hope for my constituents and the people in the north of Ireland ? |
| 6 | Two local historians working on a book about the brothers have a publisher lined up and are aiming to have the book ready in time for the 75th anniversary of Roland Bradford 's death in November . |
| 7 | The Ness is shallow and peaceful , and the murmur of its flowing falls plaintively on the ear , in sympathy with the song of the birds , and the summer tintings of the trees , and the musings of those who seem to love each turning in the paths ; while the waters of the rapids of Niagara make the onlooker hold back his breath , and keep back as far as possible from the wild leaping of the swift-rushing waters . |
| 8 | ‘ If what ? ’ he urged when Ruth let the sentence trail off like the vapour trail of the jet high in the deep blue sky overhead . |
| 9 | Funding for general ecumenical efforts has decreased as denominations see the need to pull back and develop their own ministry rather than provide cooperative support . |
| 10 | INDUSTRIAL development staff at Sunderland 's civic centre and town ( or should that be city ) hall have a lot to live up to . |
| 11 | But if rationalism and empiricism have a tendency to blot out God , we must recognise that the Enlightenment 's supreme beguilement which has so bewitched modern men and women is a false understanding of human beings . |
| 12 | Another effect of the development of the hard woody stem is that , as soon as they are established , climbers drop the tendency to put up new growth from ground level ( as ramblers do ) and so pruning has to follow a different principle ( see pages 54–72 ) . |
| 13 | It 's a good idea to let those parents of children joining mid-year borrow the tape to run through at home . |
| 14 | Does a children 's party or a loved-one 's funeral inhibit the urge to chat up new acquaintances ? |
| 15 | Flood tolerant species of willow and alder on the reservoir margins carry the tree cover down into the water . |
| 16 | One problem with this is that comparisons have a tendency to set up one group covertly as the norm ; in the case of sex , it is men who are the norm . |
| 17 | Whenever the courts draw a line to mark out the bounds of duty they do it as a matter of policy so as to limit the responsibility of the defendant . |
| 18 | Will my hon. Friend press the Treasury to sort out the issue of the cost of meat inspection to ensure that the thousands of jobs presently at risk in the poultry industry will be made secure ? |
| 19 | Colourful magazine adverts for the Farley 's drink show a child snuggling down to sleep with a cup slipping from his hand , and the slogan : ‘ Five minutes ago he was demolishing the house . ’ |
| 20 | Continuous flow machines form a tunnel made up of separate sections , wash and rinse , which operate continuously while items are drawn through on a link conveyor . |
| 21 | They show that institutions of higher education have the capacity to go on developing as self-critical corporations . |
| 22 | Some substances have the ability to soak up , or adsorb , other chemicals . |
| 23 | Often we would design something specially ; if someone rang and asked if we had a Mexican outfit for a feature on Mexican clothes we 'd say ‘ yes ’ and within a day have a sample made up which fitted in with a Mexican look . ’ |
| 24 | Françoise Cribier finds one reason for the remarkable exodus of retired couples from Paris is that both man and wife need the husband to get out of the house . |
| 25 | The protesters want the government to carry out more wide ranging and detailed research before food irradiation is legalized . |
| 26 | The cats knock the garbage cans over and last week someone got into the front hall and smashed the mirror and the door . |
| 27 | Jill let the medallion drop back on its chain . |
| 28 | Right in the northern part of South America , in Colombia , the volcanic chain and the Andean mountain chain get a bit mixed up . |
| 29 | Waiting in a traffic jam the engine turns over so silently Dominique has to rev to make sure the car has n't stalled . |
| 30 | There are 2,300 harmless species of snakes and only 400 poisonous ones , but few people take the trouble to find out which is which . |