Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where pipes turn corners with elbows or bends , do n't put them hard up against a wall . |
| 2 | By this time people were organising treks out of Burma and the chaplain 's wife begged me to take you three out by a plane leaving Shwebo next day , but you were all too sick , and so we stayed on and I hastily sewed boiler suits against mosquitoes if and when we could trek out . |
| 3 | This lack of consensus on the way semantically and grammatically related sentences should be characterized is itself troublesome enough to a sociolinguist seeking guidance from syntactic theory ; but to make things even more difficult , the very notion of semantic equivalence is a disputed one . |
| 4 | There is also the proviso that the theory of proton-antiproton collisions with which the experimental results were compared is itself uncertain numerically by a factor of two or three . |
| 5 | Are you secure enough as a parent , comfortable enough with your authority to use it empathetically — firmly when the occasion calls for it , lightly when it is appropriate to be tolerant ? |
| 6 | She had already thrown yesterday 's damp tea-leaves on to the parlour carpet , and when she had finished in the surgery would take a small , hard hand-brush and , down on her knees yet again , would painstakingly sweep them all up into a dustpan , to remove the previous day 's dirt and dust , Miss Mates said , and purify the air . |
| 7 | Of course , dustproof bags , cases for machines , and strong plastic covers for papers and boxes of computer disks can be a great help , but above all , keep a constant check on all your materials and if you are away from your house for a long time , lock them all up in a metal trunk or barrel and ask a local friend to check your house for termites from time to time . |
| 8 | You had to put them all on in a piece you see with the tube in it and er things became much easier when the wheel base trim came in . |
| 9 | We can not afford to get them all here for a costume call . ’ |
| 10 | Plod could herd them all together into a group , march them to and from their destinations , depriving them along the way of all alcohol ( not to mention all civil rights ) and beat the living daylights out of any who still insisted on stepping out of line . |
| 11 | There were other reasons for insecurity , too : no matter how much material prosperity had come a family 's way , there was still every chance that illness or a premature death might send them all back down a snake at a much faster speed than they had been able to climb up a ladder . |
| 12 | An old-fashioned green-painted bath on claw feet , a lot of bottles on the glass shelf in front of a gilded , slightly spotted mirror , everything tidy apart from a wad of used cotton wool on the edge of the sink . |
| 13 | If companies such as our own can be successful while maintaining standards I think we will attract people who will get something worthwhile out of a business career . |
| 14 | Nor is it stable enough for a faith without foundations . |
| 15 | To bone the turkey , put it breast-side down on a chopping board . |
| 16 | The Springers have now decided to sell and do it all again on a plot not far away — but this time with an indoor pool for year-round use and half-doors so children can be kept within sight of the kitchen and gym . |
| 17 | Mm I think if you try and do it here , so you make it into a shoe shape , you curl it all up into a shoe shape , where do you think it 's going to go ? |
| 18 | The tapes are erased afterwards what they do is somebody types it all up and erm then they build it all up on a computer . |
| 19 | Do n't you agree that you never know what you are going to find there but on the other hand if you ignore the expiry date and crunch it all up with a lot of jam , or even a lot of Nivea , it all goes down the red lane and things start to brighten up ? |
| 20 | While it is unremarkable to observe that although some people eat three meals a day , and others miss out breakfast and lunch altogether , taking all their food in the evenings , there is no such parallel during sleep — no normal person has been found who , for instance , takes all his or her REM sleep in one session of ninety minutes at the beginning of the night , or saves it all up for a session in the early hours of the morning . |
| 21 | Over the past year , I 've come across a dozen or more men of my age who are with women who simply are n't willing to give it all up for a baby . |
| 22 | How else should a person look , while , in the course of a single ceremony , he kisses everything goodbye — just blows it all away in a prodigal storm of confetti and rice ? |
| 23 | I do n't suppose I 'll be able to take it all in for a while . |
| 24 | I was ready to chuck it all in after a decision that flew in the face of reason . |
| 25 | Indeed Bob Arum , the promoter , who put it all down to a conflict of styles , recently dismissed his ranked middleweight Michael Nunn for such a negative performance . |
| 26 | Erlich wrote it all down in a pocket notebook , longhand . |
| 27 | The cream stucco on the houses — the imposing pillared porches with their black-and-white tiled steps ; she felt as if she had seen it all before in a dream . |
| 28 | And then I could put it all back in a ponytail except for a bit at the front dripping down . |
| 29 | Tossing it all together in a heap in a pan , and then hoping for the best , would produce another totally inedible meal . |
| 30 | Round it all off with a pair of boots to suit your level of walking , some gaiters to protect your lower leg and stop debris getting into your boots , and you 're ready for anything ! |