Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as I watched him hurl handfuls of salt round the ring as a prelude to hurling handfuls of Japanese wrestler around the heads of the spectators , I could feel my heart begin to beat behind my nightie and the partisan words begin to form on my open lips : ‘ Tear ‘ is ‘ ead off , Sall ! |
| 2 | Many clients continue to look after their own leg ulcers at home without any assistance from nursing or medical intervention . |
| 3 | Once , when she was ill and I had to show the doctor in to see her , he was rather disconcerted to see the bedclothes on either side of Mrs Field appear to rise of their own accord — and four dogs emerged ! |
| 4 | Tired and totally bewildered by their new surroundings , a group of 18 Bosnian refugees try to re-adjust to their new makeshift home in Kettering . |
| 5 | Eagles start to breed in their fifth year . |
| 6 | If we want to save the fish in the sea , the trees in the rain forests and the ozone layer , the wealthy countries have to look to their own consumption habits . |
| 7 | And to what extent will top management have to accept as its top priority making and maintaining a common vision across professional specialties ? |
| 8 | ‘ Nowadays , the young ambassadors have to pay for their own trips , but to ensure there is a true cross-section of American society takes part many of them are sponsored . ’ |
| 9 | Mr Christie said that he had accepted the invitation to join the board only ‘ while the manager and the team seek to recover from their present dangerous position in the Premier League ’ . |
| 10 | The legs and hips begin to work at their maximum power when the club arrives parallel to the ground during the forward swing . |
| 11 | Doubtless the freedom from ‘ bureaucracy ’ such as an accounts department is one of the reasons why individuals decide to practise on their own . |
| 12 | This can only lead to a partial picture where lenders try to succeed within their own parameters , without all the facts on the likely borrower . |
| 13 | The introverts prefer to focus on their own inner world , of hopes , dreams , fears , aspirations , ideas . |
| 14 | Always remember that fish have to swim in their own ‘ loo ’ . |
| 15 | The whole point and purpose of authorities , I shall argue below , is to pre-empt individual judgment on the merits of a case , and this will not be achieved if , in order to establish whether the authoritative determination is binding , individuals have to rely on their own judgment of the merits . |
| 16 | Er I was at Portugal , we had fancied going to America but er my husband 's young brother and his wife want to come with us this year and they 've got two young kids so they felt it was far enough for them . |
| 17 | He did not for a while want to look at his own face . |
| 18 | In order to give businesses time to adjust to their new rate liability , the change in the amount of rates to be paid by a business will be phased in probably over 5 years . |
| 19 | As with their choice of records , producers like to rely on their own opinion when they book bands . |
| 20 | Some other factory owners decide to stay on their old sites , even though transport is changing . |
| 21 | Just as he will not tolerate questions about his private life , so he will also go ballistic if bureacrats attempt to meddle in his creative decisions — something which Pierre Berge ( the chairman of Yves Saint Laurent ) found out when he became superintendent of Paris 's opera houses in 1988 and attempted to take Barenboim on over the conductor 's directorship of the new Opera-Bastille . |
| 22 | A car boot sale can earn you extra cash and save you money by reducing the load your removers have to take to your new home . |
| 23 | Sometimes , the Hartleys have to rely on their 10 dogs to find sheep covered over by snow blown off sheltering walls and rocks . |
| 24 | People want to read about something different and with Mainz central to the rest of Europe this is both an important and controversial plant site . |
| 25 | People try to cope on their own . |
| 26 | The , like the administrative people have to deal with your three pounds . |
| 27 | Such activity might be seen as part of the ‘ 15% free time ’ which most R & D directors say their staff have to work on their personal interests . |
| 28 | Females tend to remain in their natal units , which thereby increase gradually in size . |
| 29 | Whilst some theists like to bask in their own linguistic confusions , the more dangerous temptation is to pretend that some simple formula like ‘ love ’ or ‘ supreme being ’ — or even ‘ infinite potential ’ — can somehow solve all theological problems . |
| 30 | I think in the long view it is all to the good that the government have to look after their own chickens as they come home to roost , and get a lot of the dirt cleared before we come in . |