Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although usually quite reasonable priced , the cost of using them tots up to a considerable amount over several days . |
| 2 | In consideration of your agreeing to make an offer , on behalf of our customer , [ client name ] for the whole of the issued share capital of a company known to both of us under the code name [ ] ' , we , [ name of Bank ] London Branch , [ address of Bank ] , hereby guarantee that our customer , [ client name ] have available to them funds up to a total amount of £ [ ] . |
| 3 | Mr Major and Mr Lamont did not eat their words out of a cavalier regard for the truth and a penchant for duplicity at election times . |
| 4 | " They 're always like that , gassing their heads off in a public shop . |
| 5 | On the other hand , poorer residents , in spite of their organisation and activity , could often do very little to press their demands through to a successful policy outcome . |
| 6 | Most accountants would be only too happy to go home and put their feet up after a long day at the office . |
| 7 | They win their parents over with a rose-tinted vision of the world which is decidedly reassuring . |
| 8 | While Ben went to get their luggage she led her guests over to a small building , separated from the main house by a large garage complex . |
| 9 | Many women need extra financial help from the state in order to bring their incomes up to a minimum figure and to help with their rent and rates . |
| 10 | My lodgings were in the comfortable Kirkapol Guest House which fronts on to a marvellous tempting beach . |
| 11 | So you could have paid a company five hundred , six hundred pounds , and have no surrender value whatsoever , in the first two years , cos they 'll take their charges out on a twenty year , a twenty five year contract . |
| 12 | Your physical response to her moves on to a different plane . |
| 13 | Kept waving her hands around like a Jewish air hostess . |
| 14 | Isabel pulled her hands out of a wooden bucket of sudsy water and dried them on her gown . |
| 15 | Teachers who have themselves learnt English as a foreign language may cast their minds back to an earlier stage in their own development ; experience of learning other languages may also provide some help . |
| 16 | ‘ Should I start by saying all the usual , very appropriate things ? ’ he asked lightly as he took their drinks over to a small table near the cavernous fireplace . |
| 17 | Similarly a London fireman 's widow sent her daughters round to an old lady after school . |
| 18 | And Doherty , the best Irish player at present on the professional circuit , did n't let his fans down with a comfortable 5–2 win over an out of touch Neal Foulds of England . |
| 19 | Nutty had manoeuvred through the rather narrow gate and was trying to keep Midnight from eating a lavender bush by the front door , and his feet out of a rosebed . |
| 20 | We have no problem going in , but if we are caught or seen then Odd-Knut will not be allowed to bring his dogs back without a lengthy and expensive quarantine . |
| 21 | With typical Dwarf stubbornness Duregar led his troops up onto a small mound , the remains of an ancient Dwarf tomb , to make his last stand . |
| 22 | At present every tenant makes as much hay as supports his stock in winter ; and has not only potatoes , cabbages , and meal in abundance for his family , but also frequently sells corn and potatoes , and feeds his cattle up to a third more weight than his predecessors were wont to do . |
| 23 | But when the first baiter led his teams on to an unploughed field he did not have to trouble his head about the width of the stetches : that had been fixed by long usage and probably appeared to him then as unalterable an aspect of the landscape as the roads and the hedges . |
| 24 | one who pretends to have picked up an apparently valuable ( but actually worthless ) ring which he palms off on an unwary buyer . |
| 25 | He stood there , shouting along and flapping his arms round like an over-excited seagull . |
| 26 | He had inherited his family 's respect for learning , and though not a savant himself , he nevertheless brought his children up with a healthy respect for books and the independence they instil . |
| 27 | It 's enabled us all to work and to conduct our cases in as an amiable atmosphere as the adversarial system allows , and we are grateful for that . |
| 28 | You say pick your anchors up in an old boat ? |
| 29 | It 's just the things you poke your hairs up on a sharp stick |
| 30 | You 're probably putting your feet up after a hard day , looking forward to a quiet evening in , perhaps ? |