Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The talking that accompanies play with such materials as water , sand , clay , junk materials , and bricks , with dramatic role-play in the Wendy house and the model shop , and with imaginative play with miniature animals , people , and vehicles — all of this builds up spoken vocabulary . |
| 2 | But if you 're thinking of doing the same , make sure you get a recording that can be sung-along with and not one of those dragged out funereal dirge versions . |
| 3 | A two-year course in a Soviet General Staff academy appears to be mandatory for those taking up senior appointment . |
| 4 | By the time of Napoleon 's war against Prussia and his defeat of Frederick William III 's armies at Jena and Auerstadt in 1806 , the people of Danzig were far from disloyal to the Prussian cause , far from willing to throw off Prussian rule , lest they be handed over to some form of Polish domination . |
| 5 | Is n't that what we 've come to expect from this worn out useless Government , that at the moment of decision making they run away ? |
| 6 | The United States House of Representatives on June 20 voted by 410 to eight to cut off military aid to Jordan worth US$27,000,000 , pending assurances that " the government of Jordan has taken steps to advance the peace process in the Middle East " [ see p. 38119 ] . |
| 7 | Changing a manager 's perception of a glass from half-full to half-empty opens up big innovation opportunities . |
| 8 | Fucking twenty five to three clamped up fucking arsehole , about to stick one on tramp . |
| 9 | Twenty-five was about the average age of marriage for Scottish women , — and it does appear to be the case that with the notable exception of Dundee ( where a large number of women continued working ) it was usual throughout the period up to 1914 to give up regular employment on marriage and to return to it only if widowed or in great hardship . |
| 10 | The centre was established last autumn with SFr40 million ( US $30 million ) from the Swiss government and has an NEC SX-3 vector-processing supercomputer linked to the high-capacity Swiss education and research network ( SWITCH ) and to those carrying out joint research with Swiss government organizations . |