Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb -s] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Just when you think you 've got it straight , along comes the Fool with his pig 's bladder and whops you on the nose . |
2 | The operation of the wheel is unusual , being a variation on the overshot type in which water falls on to the top of the wheel and turns it in the same direction as the water 's flow . |
3 | This practical 2-day course highlights the risks and provides you with the knowledge to contain them . |
4 | This guy , yeah , he falls in love with this woman , takes her to his apartment and slowly , he 's a surgeon and he slowly amputates all her arms and legs and keeps her in a box . |
5 | Frodo the Ring bearer does not really want to carry the Ring and offers it to the elf-queen Galadriel . |
6 | ‘ Next moment , he pulls out this hammer and puts it through the glass . ’ |
7 | A digital television immediately decodes the incoming sound and picture signals and converts them into an 8-bit digital code . |
8 | The Chinese believe that to stand on one leg while kicking with the other unbalances the practitioner and places him at a disadvantage . |
9 | Hall takes a Schumpeterian view of long waves and translates it into a geographical context . |
10 | ‘ Pièce Touchée ’ by Martin Arnold , a winner of prizes from a number of festivals including Cannes — it takes a short scene from an American B movie and manipulates it into an erotic dance to hilarious effect . |
11 | Stanley sees through her facade and sees her as a threat to his marriage , and his affection for Stella . |
12 | The bar chart , built up as you go , shows you how you are keeping up to programme and teaches you about the idiosyncrasies of bar charts ! |
13 | To undertake strategic research , which takes the new ideas coming out of basic research and develops them to the point where the possibility of commercial application can be identified . |
14 | To ‘ freeze-dry ’ his wigs , David simply applies gel to the wigs and places them in the freezer for 30 minutes ! |
15 | With horror and doubt on his face , the elder seizes a pitchfork and hurls it into the gangster 's back ’ It could be argued from the Kantian standpoint that the elder had failed in his duty by not upholding the sect 's fundamental principle of non-violence . |
16 | His business licenses him to fraternise with the enemy and casts him in the role of a Microsoft independent software developer-come-OEM , complete with an early access copy of Microsoft NT . |
17 | At Skouriotissa a bulldozer scoops up ancient slag and dumps it on a new road . |
18 | In the second the end user develops an idea for a new product that is beyond the present vision of the industry and brings it to the attention of a manufacturer or industry . |
19 | She puts her hands on my shoulders and steers me to the chair . |
20 | He brings the teddy bear and sits it on the windowsill where it can watch us . |
21 | This product grabs Windows by the lapels and uses it in a whole new way . |
22 | A secondary stage follows after a few more months and manifests itself by a rash on the face and body . |
23 | It was painful , beautiful and obscure , a not uncommon state of affairs when the creator also directs , gives a running commentary on the action and writes himself into the story at the end . |
24 | To write a computer program , the student selects appropriate labels and puts them in a tray . |
25 | A sheep farmer produces raw wool and sells it to a mill for £10 . |
26 | She makes her own glazes from vegetable ash and fires them in a small wood-burning kiln we built together . ’ |
27 | Other patients give a negative skin-prick test but respond positively to an intradermal test ( see p 288 ) , which is more ‘ sensitive ’ because it uses more antigen and places it in a deeper layer of the skin . |
28 | And throws it all in puts it all on the plate cold and puts it in the microwave . |
29 | ‘ It makes them more responsible for their own work and gets them into the idea that they have to work outside normal school hours . |
30 | The PROFITBOSS takes the paper out of management and gives it to the administrators . |