Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When telling fibs , your child may stand awkwardly , holding her arms stiffly and covering her mouth or eyes fleetingly with a hand . |
| 2 | However , if you attempt to arrest any man or woman here on a charge of vagrancy I will see they are defended in your court — and in any higher court to which they may be sent for trial . |
| 3 | You should walk with a brisk step which indicates that you are interested in your job , never slouch along , droop your shoulders or flop awkwardly in a chair ; your head should be held high , your shoulders back ; you should walk gracefully with good body line , and sit and bend down elegantly . |
| 4 | ‘ Belonging to another ’ is proved by showing that the property was appropriated from someone having possession or control of it , e.g. the owner or tenant etc. of a dwelling house would have possession and control of all the personal property in the house , and the owner or driver of a car would have possession or control of the contents of the car . |
| 5 | A female that pairs monogamously with a male will get some help from him with rearing the chicks . |
| 6 | If Snotlings find themselves themselves further than 12″ away from a unit of Orcs or Goblins , and if they can not move to within 12″ of a unit during that movement phase , then they mill around in a confused mass . |
| 7 | He had it done in front of Martinho and myself in the courtyard of the prison , the men made to kneel rather than shot upright against a wall . |
| 8 | As a result , some words will provide more overlaps than others purely as a result of the length of their definitions . |
| 9 | Stir in the yoghurt and honey together in a bowl until they are thoroughly combined . |
| 10 | William Packer states : ‘ In this instance the paintings and drawings from the figure are all portraits — heads and shoulders only of a handful of his familiar models long fixed within his closest acquaintance ’ . |
| 11 | GERMANS in East and West reacted with disappointment and scepticism yesterday to a promise by the East German leaders to talk about change . |
| 12 | It is well-balanced and full-nosed yet with a cleanness to tickle the most fastidious palate . |
| 13 | In the mid-1980s a proposal to tie the dollar , yen and D-mark together in a system of exchange-rate target zones received a lot of attention . |
| 14 | Grammatical errors and grammatical variations can arise when you put words together into phrases and phrases together into a sentence . |
| 15 | ‘ Man and girl alone on a boat . |
| 16 | Massage hands and nails afterwards with a cream such as Cutex Hand & Nail Treatment ( £1.49 ) to help prevent excessive moisture loss . |
| 17 | Even twelve months ago , the issue was the political flavour of the month , of real concern and anxiety only to a half , a handful of parliamentarians and a bar full of lobby correspondents . |
| 18 | Stalin and Molotov suddenly at a meeting of the Council of Commissars … proposed that the control figures of the plan be increased twofold … in June 1930 , Stalin suddenly announced sharp increases in the goals — for pig iron , from 10 million to 17 million tons by the last year of the plan ; for tractors , from 55,000 to 170,000 ; for other agricultural machinery and trucks , an increase of more than 100 per cent . |
| 19 | Earls Court and Olympia together with a number of ancillary exhibition service companies . |
| 20 | I flew to Gibraltar on 19 December 1974 , and met up with Mick and Paddy , who had taken the Land Rover , wheelbarrow and kit there on a munitions ship . |
| 21 | Zeng was deeply affected by being exposed to a wider range of photographic influences and styles during these years , but it took an exhibition of Cartier-Bresson 's work in Peking in 1987 to finally convince him that photographs could actually carry meaning and profundities just as a painting or a piece of music can . |
| 22 | Post April 1993 , Briefing Sessions will be organised for relevant professionals and agencies both at a District level and Regionally . |
| 23 | His hair curled around his face , and he went to a small basin and swilled water from the tap , rubbing his face and head briskly with a towel . |
| 24 | Although FAB 3 is , as yet , only a prototype , and there are many months of intensive trials and development ahead before a class of lifeboats based on her can enter service , she is already showing great promise . |
| 25 | With bikes replacing horses and asphalt instead of a trail , this is a key rereading of the essence of the Western , with a younger Fonda ( Peter ) and frequent hired gun Dennis Hopper ( Gunfight At The OK Corral , From Hell To Texas ) as modern-day outlaws ( significantly named Wyatt and Billy ) . |
| 26 | Yeah so so you 've got to be slightly careful but I mean if you already can use theodolites and things then in a sense I mean what do they mean by experience ? |
| 27 | Nevertheless , she says that whenever she could persuade her scribe to let her dictate to him , ‘ she was hale and whole suddenly in a manner ’ . |
| 28 | A PARTY from Knapton accompanied by their wives and plenty of money , met up with colleagues from Louth and Grimsby recently for a night at the dogs . |
| 29 | I think you should change your shampoo and conditioner once in a while to avoid product build-up . |
| 30 | In many areas where they have been established , staying on rates have risen and they have proved to be popular with students and staff alike for a variety of reasons . |