Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [coord] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Believe me it is the sense of double standards , and this alone , which infuriates the Pakistanis and brings out the bad feelings . |
| 2 | Some of the above criticisms have been recognised by the SIB , and a restructuring of the rule books is occurring with the aim of simplifying the rules and setting out a set of core rules . |
| 3 | Stuff the jacuzzi and send back the limo — Bivouac just wan na plod ! |
| 4 | The Marshal had made a point of checking on that because although the Florentines spent a small fortune on electronic locks , bars , security doors and burglar alarms they quite open pressed the switches and opened up the lot to anybody with the wit to ring the bell and call ‘ Telegramtne ! ’ |
| 5 | Knowing the mountains were there , Martha passed hours gazing upwards , waiting for a break in the curtain of vapour that would give her a view to the summit , her attention fixed at that mysterious level where the mist descended on the tree-tops and blotted out the perspective entirely . |
| 6 | It 's nearly time to give up the tights and get out the sandals . |
| 7 | ‘ If you leave it with me for an hour , I 'll pencil in the vowels and divide up the words at the end of the sentences . ’ |
| 8 | He turned to the Highlanders and stretched out a hand . |
| 9 | After slipping the clip carefully into her anorak pocket and zipping it closed she descended the steps and scooped up the fallen FN FAL . |
| 10 | Its engine stopped , the door slid open and a courier-woman in high heels came down the steps and put up an umbrella . |
| 11 | Grease a large baking dish , coat with the breadcrumbs and shake out the excess . |
| 12 | Some may even be clinging to the arching aerial roots of the mangroves or clambering up the trunks . |
| 13 | After sewing the neck shape I either overlock the shoulders or pick up the stitches on a darning needle using the same colour yarn . |
| 14 | Of course safeguards are necessary for the environment , for local residents , for local communities and for the right to a decent quality of life , so I warmly welcome the transport and works Bill , which will defend the safeguards but speed up the decision process . |
| 15 | Add the almonds and cook over a high heat until golden . |
| 16 | All around him , squatting on the ground , were his followers ; and beyond them , around the outskirts and blocking up the mouths of the little streets which gave on to the square , was a wider , more disinterested audience . |
| 17 | If Simon had gone to the stables and let out the horses , it would be difficult to prove it . |
| 18 | The ‘ Economist ’ , in March ‘ 78 , doubted whether Thatcher could ‘ forge a new majority of the right ’ and reckoned that her ‘ crusade to balance the books and roll back the government ’ was not finding much popular resonance . |
| 19 | Her aim was simple ; to head up the coast under cover of the bushes and seek out the first help she could . |
| 20 | She closed her eyes to the image , waiting to hear only the words and shut out the pain . |
| 21 | He could see the separate strands of spray thrown aside by the bows and make out the shadow of the helmsman in the wheelhouse . |
| 22 | Some of these might , I am sure , change their opinion as Wheen fills in the gaps and rounds off an account of a long career that began in 1920s aesthetic Oxford and finished in a heart attack in a London taxi almost 50 years later . |
| 23 | His young boss was catching the little animals and handing them to Rory who held them upside down , gripped between his thighs with their legs apart , and as I quickly incised the scrotums and drew out the testicles my blade almost touched the rough material of his trouser crutch . |
| 24 | Clear all the effects and try out the EQ , sweep the mid-frequencies and listen to how it changes the character of your instrument . |
| 25 | I wander through the newsagents and check out the chicks in the magazines . |
| 26 | These squares now expand at the corners and erode along the sides , returning to square shape after another doubling of total generations . |
| 27 | Has he also noted the Labour party 's policy proposal to reverse the decision of the parents and to claw back the education funds concerned to a centralised bureaucracy ? |
| 28 | The man with the ‘ Go Dawgs ’ hat saw our rebel flag at the spreaders and let out an approving yell that sent two gulls squawking up from the garbage cans behind McIllvanney 's office . |
| 29 | Mr Paul Wolfowitz , under-secretary for defence policy , warned against trying to cash in the potential defence savings too early , by bringing home the troops and scaling down the armed forces before the situation in Europe had stabilised to the point where a sensible long-term policy could be drafted . |
| 30 | He had been ready to defy the conventions and take on the world — and win ! he thought . |