Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The next day , place the black fondant tiles all over the roof , in neat overlapping rows , securing them on with a little water or royal icing . |
2 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
3 | ‘ I 've been thinking about Simon , ’ he said , as he began to eat , ‘ and I 'd be grateful if you could fill me in on a few things . ’ |
4 | She measures out her guarded replies to him in neat , carefully checked words , as once she had suggested , from the top of the steps outside their front door , that Millie might like to invite me in for a few minutes . |
5 | All right , I was Marius ’ personal assistant and there 's no reason to assume that Nigel would want to take me over in the same role . |
6 | None of the usual tricks for shutting off memory would work now ; whatever he did , whichever way he diverted his attention it would only come wandering back , like a man in a maze who continually finds himself back in the same spot . |
7 | Dexter believed Jane Pargeter was more interested in David Parkin 's affair than she pretended : you ca n't be someone 's lover for three years and then cast them off with the same indifference as an old pair of socks . |
8 | It fills you up okay but runs you down at the same time . |
9 | ‘ It 'll switch itself off in a few seconds . ’ |
10 | As I have to come back to the airport to pick up a member of tonight 's convention it will be easy to drop you off at the same time . ’ |
11 | Shall I pick you up at the same time as I did this morning ? ’ |
12 | We 'd sure love to put you up for a few days . ’ |
13 | The high speed turn at the bottom of the wave which brings you back up the same wave enabling you to continue your ride in . |
14 | I was getting DF118s — painkillers but they knock you out at the same time . |
15 | It will no doubt sort itself out in a few days . ’ |
16 | Incidentally , the last I heard , that weekly coach to the Upper Witham was still running — under the name of Heeley Angling Club and , even more surprising , I understand that ’ Jock ’ was still driving them up to a few years ago . |
17 | The overall goal is to bring them up to the same standards as the western part of the country by the end of the century . |
18 | In the past a Welsh dealer had brought ponies and kept them on the moors at Hartshead to fatten them up for a few weeks prior to the fair , and Mr Rawson had often helped to drive them from there to Lee Gap . |
19 | John Taub and others at the University of California School of Medicine required subjects to sleep an hour or more longer than usual , by putting them to bed at either II p.m. or I a.m. , but getting them up at the same time — 9 a.m . |
20 | ‘ A lot of the simpler souls ’ , said Quigley , ‘ probably think a great big snake is going to slither out at them and start gobbling them up in a few years . ’ |
21 | ‘ I was hoping Kenny could put me up for a few days until I 'd sorted things out with my parents . |
22 | had this one on for a few days . |
23 | A yellow and a pink one up in the same plant . |
24 | ‘ I hope to meet with the CAA in the next 10 days and we might be able to tie everything up within a few weeks , ’ he said . |
25 | But still United pushed forward , Simpson a free kick went over the cross bar in the twenty third minute and then , just as I was giving a flash to Radio Oxford listeners , United pulled one back on the half hour . |
26 | Then the company puts them back on the same job and they further injure themselves . |
27 | I shall not , however , let my hon. Friend hold me back during the few minutes that I shall use to unbridle myself . |
28 | ‘ Expect me back in a few minutes , ’ she heard him say distantly . |
29 | They agreed to phase them out on the same timetable applying in their own countries , and faster than required by the Montreal Protocol ( the international agreement on protecting the ozone layer — see ED 52 ] . |
30 | The state of mind of day-dream escapers was not simple and they both believed in their plans and knew quite well that they would never carry them out at the same time . |