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 .
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