Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The emphasis is rather the effect of the war on an American community ; the final scene , in which survivors sit round a table singing ‘ God Bless America ’ , is crucial , and symbolises the regenerative powers of an America that had survived both Vietnam and Watergate . |
| 2 | The pool is filled with water and bubbles and the kids scoot down the slide attached to the climbing frame into the bubble bath and the arms of a playworker who picks up one of the children and kisses his little red bum . |
| 3 | As the two fighters move around the area looking for an opening in each other 's defence , various manoeuvres to distract and break the opponent 's concentration can be employed . |
| 4 | One reason for the ubiquity of chants lies in the fact that a large number of fans move around the country to support their team at away games . |
| 5 | The piste groomers work around the clock to grind up the snow which , because it possesses a denser molecular structure than the real thing , compacts easily into ice . |
| 6 | In effect governments take on a commitment to support a part of the costs of several hundred projects at any one time , such ‘ counterpart funding ’ in countries like Kenya or Tanzania frequently amounts to a nominal commitment of about $200 million per year . |
| 7 | When will the right hon. Gentleman summon up the courage to make a decision on the applications ? |
| 8 | The Buddy Bear Centre — a former school — is currently without public funding , until the Department of Education carry out an inspection to assess it . |
| 9 | lot 's of people dig up the pavement do n't they ? |
| 10 | The protesters shut down the bridge to bring attention to the ’ business as usual ’ attitude which has prevailed during the AIDS crisis . |
| 11 | How can a demoralised off-licence manager work up the enthusiasm to sell what an increasingly adventurous customer has no desire to buy ? |
| 12 | Scientists click over a way to save dolphins |
| 13 | The karate bout has some similarities with a boxing match in so far as both contestants move around the ring exchanging blows . |
| 14 | Once at Stonham the primary school pupils get off the bus leaving room downstairs which is soon filled by some of the people who have been sitting upstairs . |
| 15 | The criterion is the number of years before the pre-tax cash receipts from the project pay back the capital invested . |
| 16 | From the farm continue along a trackway leading northwards over a bridge spanning Scandale Beck . |
| 17 | Robert Sherwood ‘ could not detect a single flaw — not one error of taste or of authenticity ’ and he particularly appreciated the absence of ‘ scenes wherein the doughboys dash over the top carrying the American flag ’ . |
| 18 | Men take on an obligation to maintain their children and their wives , and refusal to take paid employment in order to do so can in the last resort lead to imprisonment . |
| 19 | And not a snigger is heard as a group of teenage boys sit around the table talking about sex . |
| 20 | Then heavy Clouds send down the feather 'd Snow ; |
| 21 | Some have emigrated , and yet others eke out a living selling contraband toothpaste or soap from neighbouring Chile or Peru . |
| 22 | Twenty or so young adults armed with pickaxe handles set up a road-block sealing off Sidi Hasan , the Zuwaya ward in the south-west of the town , for two days . |
| 23 | The women set up a project to make cheap , home-built latrines with local materials . |
| 24 | 15 army trucks arrived and the soldiers set up an ambush to try and kill us all . |
| 25 | As reported in the October issue of Wood News , TESL 's operations revolve around a system called MERCAD [ Measurements Electronically Recorded Computer Automated Draughting ] . |
| 26 | Under these conditions , certain species of bacteria break down the waste to form methane gas . |
| 27 | Where the roots stick out the bank gives way to a hollow where the buffaloes are tethered during the day . |
| 28 | Montage by Graham Rawle Button up a package deal THE SEASONED traveller can be identified at check-in by a conspicuous absence of specially designed leisure clothes festooned with pockets , zips and velcro . |