Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet he could hardly finesse or cost-cut his way out of a serious downturn there . |
| 2 | Then , when it is ridden in the show ring , or it sees something possibly threatening , its anxiety peaks — it promptly stands on its hind legs or pulls its tongue back over the bit . |
| 3 | He therefore had the choice of making a new home somewhere or making his way back to a town about whose public feelings he could have no doubt , but knowing that if he did not change his ways the whole thing might happen again . |
| 4 | Some are looking to sell their practices or merge their way out of problems that have been brought on by the severest recession the UK has experienced since the 1930s . |
| 5 | But it was a tense trio that made its way back to Surrey . |
| 6 | I have a streak of economy in me , even when contemplating how to épater les bourgeois , and recipes that make their sauce out of a stock made at an earlier stage tend to appeal most . |
| 7 | There are some flaws , however , in her behaviour that make her turn out to be not so impressive . |
| 8 | Rather than break their eating up into discrete meals , they typically eat more or less continuously . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's a question of horses for courses , finding the best route forward and adopting the practices to fit that rather than bulldozing your way through without perhaps realising the wider environment in which this needs to work , ’ says John Catford , director of the Health Promotion Authority for Wales and professor of health promotion at the University of Wales . |
| 10 | Susan felt the gesture as if it had barely lapsed — felt his hand on the nape of her neck , the gentle pull that turned her face up to his — and she cried out , almost as if she hoped to be heard . |
| 11 | putting a lot more detail in , rather than , any Beano Annual you should buy , there is always things in the background that draw you eye in to the picture , so Amy 's putting a lot more detail into the picture as it coming up for re-drawing . |
| 12 | He would give them the benefit of his theories that letting their hair down at pop concerts and football matches would be a therapeutic and profitable use of their leisure time . |
| 13 | Stirling 's stated purpose in writing the memo was to suggest that recruiting his unit up to strength should take precedence over the equipping of these new battalions . |
| 14 | ‘ Probyn had something to prove and he proved it — the guy is a world-class scrummager , ran around like a 21-year-old and scored the try that brought his side back into the match at 20–23 . ’ |
| 15 | It was the thought of this that had her standing up after about half an hour in preparation to go to her room . |
| 16 | A few hours later it was a merry band that wended its way back to the hall and marked out sleeping spaces for the night . |
| 17 | Take what you want , have what you like , he had read somewhere , and drag your income along behind you . |
| 18 | She collapsed onto a stool and laid her head down among the bits of cotton wool and the sticks of greasepaint . |
| 19 | Doggett spurred away , followed by a reluctant Nosey , while Sharpe dismounted and led his horse back to the chestnut trees which grew at the road 's fork . |
| 20 | It 's remarkable how similar an owl hooting can sound to a homicidal , horny-clawed , hairy , fanged demon from the bowels of hell about to rip through the canvas and tear your throat out with a gurgling , raspy cackle . |
| 21 | After debriefing the other agencies and packing their equipment , the EOD team leave and make their way back to base . |
| 22 | He had turned captured Russian officers and allowed them to ‘ escape ’ and make their way back to Russia where they became his agents . |
| 23 | After about thirty seconds , I told her that she could switch the light on once more and make her way out of the cupboard and back to the hall . |
| 24 | If Fen had n't returned by morning she would have to pack a few essentials , lock up the boat and make her way back to Little Kirkton by public transport , and Fen would have achieved his objective — to be rid of her . |
| 25 | As you approach St Catherine 's Point and make your way up towards the Needles you 'll fully appreciate the true beauty of this much lonelier west and south section . |
| 26 | Cross field going north-east then bear left around the edge of the next field and make your way back to Selworthy . |
| 27 | From Sgwyd yr Eira head south to Dinas Rock , staying on the east side of the Mellte and make your way back to Pont-Nedd-Fechan . |
| 28 | I had no way of telling what time it was , but surely it might soon be possible for me to escape from my desert island and make my way back to the cottage and a warm bed . |
| 29 | I had thought that , if the worst came to the worst , I could always follow the hillside and make my way down to the bottom . |
| 30 | Speaking softly to the horse , he came alongside her neck , anxious to attach the halter as quickly as possible and make his way back to firm ground . |