Example sentences of "[noun] [vb infin] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the currently flourishing Pinnacle Distribution did a kamikaze act just a few years ago , decimating the indie scene . |
| 2 | To be able to compare results from the simulator with those previously obtained on the road it was decided to have subjects perform precisely the same judgment tasks that had been used in Study 1 , giving ratings of subjective risk and estimates of accident statistics . |
| 3 | You can feel the G-force by just watching the cars roar up the famous Prescott Hill . |
| 4 | Christianson and Loftus ( 1987 ) had subjects write down the central detail from each slide and Christianson and Loftus ( 1991 ) had them evaluate the affective quality of each slide , both these studies showed results which appeared to be consistent with Easterbrook 's hypothesis . |
| 5 | He let his mind wander down the twenty yards of landing and the three stairs to the back bedroom where his sixteen-year-old daughter lay . |
| 6 | The problem then arises : does the question cover also the general rule against suing for damages for breach of an illegal contract ? |
| 7 | Do n't forget to let your old auntie know how the other things are progressing , but I 'm sure everything will work out just fine . ’ |
| 8 | The imagery and language help conjure up the bleak picture of death in the two poems . |
| 9 | The purpose of the intervention is not just to help parents sort out a specific behaviour problem . |
| 10 | Only rarely — in the gymnasium , at a night-club , perhaps — does Philadelphia take on a physical presence . |
| 11 | Firstly , to make a motif come out the same way round as depicted on your graph , turn the graph upside down . |
| 12 | I do n't remember the carpet coming up to hit me , nor finding it hard to breathe , nor at that moment did the judge put on the black cap and say that I must swing by the neck until I was dead . |
| 13 | p.s. saw Celtic play here a few weeks ago — a really SHITE team at the moment . |
| 14 | Conventional railways may of course provide only a partial answer to congestion-busting , and Regional Railways is happy to co-operate with the promoters of the proliferating light rail schemes . |
| 15 | Why did she feel no embarrassment or fear at letting her fingers trace down the hair-roughened muscles of his chest to skim the flat planes of his stomach and then move on ? |
| 16 | Based on a syllabus for children in their first year of English , Wizadora helps the teacher conjure up a rich learning experience from the basic elements of language covered at primary level . |
| 17 | In Moscow yesterday Mr Yeltsin — whose mother died at the weekend — stayed out of public view for the second day , letting his aides keep up the political pressure . |
| 18 | US demand was strong , and new products like the Ultrascreen electronic water filter have helped Kenwood carve out a bigger share of the UK market . |
| 19 | Let the vegetables soften over a low heat . |
| 20 | Can my right hon. Friend explain why the hon. Gentleman 's party suggests that we should increase the differences between those of us who live north and south of the border in the United Kingdom ? |
| 21 | Even better I thought to find a society that automatically lets its existing investors know when a better deal becomes available . |
| 22 | Even though she 'd told herself that she was n't going to have any thoughts or feelings on the subject at all , the sight of Alina looking so good made Diane feel just a little bit sick . |
| 23 | But at what point in the isolation of elements does a person become merely a mad torso with head attached ? |
| 24 | ‘ Feel worse , ’ I said glumly , watching the water cascade down the concrete stair-case of the spillway . |
| 25 | With the wind advantage in the second half , St Aloysius took command and on only two occasions did Galashiels set up a sustained attack . |
| 26 | So erm yes I think everybody 's very very disappointed as I think we probably heard with Paul Simpson because United certainly in my books , played some of the best football I 've seen them play since they 've been back in the second division in the erm first half , but really did let things slip away a little bit in the second . |
| 27 | Those of you who still do not know the difference , I hope will one day find out the good news , and meet the girl of their dreams . |
| 28 | Every shift , they face people who have lost lovers , lost jobs or lost families through AIDS or ( more often ) the fear of AIDS ; every shift they have to help people think through the new consequences of future sex or face the possible results of past ignorance . |
| 29 | Should the ENP carry out the nursing care/treatment of all her patients , or should she delegate some of this work ( such as dressings or plastering ) to other nurses ? |
| 30 | Robodoc , a mechanical arm with a drill on the end , helped surgeons carry out a complicated hip replacement . |