Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kinloss was a pleasant environment and the locals were extremely kind to the alien invasion , but one felt so very much out of the hurly burly of wartime England , this was made particularly clear when pupils I had trained returned for their rest period , and one did get the message that my operational background was no longer valid or right to pass on to the crews coming forward for conversion to twin-engined aircraft . |
| 2 | FORMER Liberal leader Sir David Steel yesterday urged Labour to stand down for the Liberal-Democrats in seats they can not win at the next Election . |
| 3 | As a young person , I am often quite afraid to go out on the streets in case I am approached by one of these grey-haired vandals and informed how much worse the world is these days or interrogated as to why young people do n't have any respect anymore . |
| 4 | Free to smell again the sweat on the brow of the bourse ; free to bask in the slipstream of wide-bodied jets ; free to sit in on the counsels of the alleged good and the alleged great . |
| 5 | The reason I say it 's , it 's , the system 's too old to go back to the Japs and say get this sorted out , rewrite the software because they 're just gon na say not likely we have n't made it for ten years , or whatever seven or eight years or whatever it is , it 's out of date , they 're not gon na start working on the system that 's that old all they 'll want to do is to sell you a new one |
| 6 | And as he closed the window of his room against the night frost , he was afraid to look out on the hills in case he heard angels sing and the other folk in the home would dismiss the story because of the two , long drawn out drinks he had before sleep closed down another Christmas Day . |
| 7 | It may have become apparent to the counsellor that counsellees are ‘ locked ’ into feelings which are affecting the way they are leading their lives , but are apparently more content to hold on to the feelings than to resolve the difficulties which arise from them . |
| 8 | A puzzle war looks set to break out in the women 's magazine market following the launch of IPC 's Puzzle Weekly this week . |
| 9 | From what Davide could follow , he agreed with his father , rather than his friend ; but when he tried to voice an opinion he sounded to his own ears savourless and dull , eager to agree with authority , fearful to break out across the frontiers of duty and obedience and honour . |
| 10 | To him , even then , it had been history , and it somehow deserved ill-fortune ; in the heedless fashion of the American suburbs it seemed right to look down on the refugees from an old , superstition-riven world . |
| 11 | ‘ We must have a five-point plan for autumn safety : 1 ) Get all poisonous plants clearly labelled ; 2 ) Put government health warnings on toadstools ; 3 ) Secure all dangerous-looking branches ; 4 ) Spread polythene sheets beneath all major leaf-producing trees ; 5 ) Have a national warning system for cold days on which apples , conkers and so on , are much more likely to fall out of the trees and cause these horrendous injuries . ’ |
| 12 | He was suffering from an infected throat as a result of another poisoned tooth , and in November he was feeling too ill to go out in the evenings . |
| 13 | He had screeched to a halt in the residents ' parking bay in an unimpressed Hereford Road , let himself in , banged on his own door and , keeping his distance , ordered Jacqui to go off to the pictures for the afternoon . |
| 14 | Ben parked his newly acquired BMW at the roadside and hoped it would be there when he returned , reassuring himself that in this place of utter solitude car thieves were n't likely to creep out of the hedgerows with duplicate keys . |
| 15 | Although Newcastle is having to run very hard to catch up with the mechanics of community care , Roycroft thinks that in terms of the spirit of the act , the city is already way ahead . |
| 16 | They were supposed to come back to the offices and do a three hour training |
| 17 | Her father had been glad to get out to the woods where he led a gang , made a living and found , in his daughter Kitty , all he wanted for softer pleasures . |
| 18 | Many people are glad to get out of the towns with all the problems of vandalism . |
| 19 | Erm will you be glad to move out of the flats ? |
| 20 | The person in the centre who is most likely to link up with the systems verifier is the SCOTVEC co-ordinator . |
| 21 | Outliners have developed nicely over recent years and this program is sure to keep up with the trends as they develop . |
| 22 | Outliners have developed nicely over recent years and this program is sure to keep up with the trends as they change . |
| 23 | Pop had bought a large inflated life jacket for me to wear in case of our ship being sunk , in which case you were all to hold on to the cords round my waist , and he would swim round and act as a watchdog ! |
| 24 | It would probably be better to drop in at The Times ' party , see who he could find to have dinner with and take pot luck in a town not noted for its restaurants . |
| 25 | In a matter of minutes , the attackers had been routed , only a few surviving to run back into the streets where the morning had yet to dispel the darkness . |
| 26 | Nigger told him he was due to start back on the tugs on the following Monday . |
| 27 | During this period of numbness , people are perfectly able to carry on with the practicalities of living . |
| 28 | A single order may not be sufficient for this latter aim , and it is advisable to go back to the shelves some months after the new stock has reached them and decide whether a further order is necessary . |
| 29 | ‘ Some of the residents are still able to go over to the shops . |
| 30 | erm but , but certainly the , the er er the period has given the Communist Party er quite a large number of trained cadres which will be able to go out into the villages in a way that they had n't been able to in because it would , that was all too soon . |