Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [coord] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 That I think perhaps is one of the striking differences between that and living in a house in Harlow , where you may or may not know your immediate neighbours .
2 Girls , money , fast cars — it was the choice between that and working in a factory for the rest of your life , and I went for the girls — ‘ I 'll have the girls and all the money , please . ’
3 Preston thought about this and came to no satisfactory conclusion .
4 I thought about this and came to the conclusion that it seemed a very good philosophy .
5 Care assistants need to be sensitive about this and withdraw from the person while they are using the toilet .
6 Much of the initial cost of setting up the campaign was covered either by various committee members somehow doing things for free or came from the remainder of the money raised at the Comedy Store .
7 It starts as for Ziggerat , climbs direct to the first roof , pulls through this and continues up the steep wall to the next roof which is passed by very difficult bridging .
8 Go through this and continue on the good track into the woodland , passing a ‘ crossroads ’ with a wall and gate on the right .
9 She arrived in Bamford a little after eleven and parked in the almost empty car park to the rear of the supermarket .
10 He took the wheel after that and drove at a furious speed back to San José , where he turned right on to the Pan-Am .
11 He grew morose after that and growled at the customers , it seems — so most took themselves to the next village for their ale .
12 These 450 dwellings were an important part of the 2500 private sector dwellings built after 1981 and correspond to the subsidized private sector construction of the 1920s .
13 By 8 August he was in Barcelona , unable to speak a word of Spanish but armed with a press card .
14 But somehow they are wrong , for at every stage of this incredible race — at every stage , that is , bar the one that matters , at the winning post — the only rightful winner had to be Crisp , whose astonishing display of galloping and jumping in the toughest race in the calendar must , were there any justice in the world , have been blessed with success .
15 In tests with intragastric administration of bFGF , the peptide was dissolved in 1 ml of saline and instilled into the stomach via the cannula of the gastric fistula and the fistula was closed for 30 minutes .
16 The process began with the Serbian revolt of 1804 and culminated in the rebirth of Poland and the creation of the new Czechoslovak and Yugoslav states in 1918 .
17 A number of matters which were implemented towards the end of 1991 and concluded at the beginning of 1992 were touched upon in last year 's report .
18 Simpson signed for Palace in the summer of 1929 and came into the team for the fifth match of the 1929–30 season , on 14 September for the home match with Norwich City .
19 These are by Platzer of 1759 and serve as a reminder of the wealth of the silver mines in Bohemia and Silesia .
20 The grown ups having gone out for the evening we then kept awake alternately for half-hour shifts by one of the boy 's watches until at long last we were rewarded by the sound of creaking and thumps from the stairs , accompanied by slurry avuncular curses and " shushes " from the aunts .
21 Children can be involved in the design of these and consulted about the sort of games that they would like to have organised for them in break times .
22 Carol White , at the age of three and faced with the escape of the Flopsy Bunnies , said : ‘ Poor Mr McGregor , he wo n't have any dinner . ’
23 The juices are sold in packs of three and come in a choice of apple and banana , grape and orange , and apple and blackcurrant flavours .
24 Elfriede came to England at the age of three and stayed with the Lewis family in Newport , Monmouthshire .
25 Those of a pike have become elegant filmy sculls , rotating slowly back and forth from a joint within the body , so that the fish can compensate for the tiniest variation of current and hang above a rock as though it were suspended from an invisible wire .
26 He performed military service during the king 's Flemish campaign of 1315 and died at the abbey of Maubuisson , near Pontoise , on 13 December of that year .
27 He was cremated and buried up at Creeting in my parents ' grave and that 's what 's going to happen to me , you see I will be cremated because erm , you know they make a sort of well and take off the top stone and the pebbles and things and er and then the ashes go in the and so in a casket do n't they and you see and so we shall
28 This last point could assume importance if , say , you were over the age of 50 or working in a field where the supply of skills exceeds demand .
29 This last point could assume importance if , say , you were over the age of 50 or working in a field where the supply of skills exceeds demand .
30 Why then has a divorced man , who cheerfully admits he is the wrong side of 50 and used to a fairly fancy-free existence , decided to play Good Samaritan to Bosnian refugees ?
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