Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To let herself out of the back she 'd either have to clamber over the seats or squeeze out of a window , and because of the shape of the doors the windows did n't even open all the way . |
| 2 | Then again they would just stand there , or squat down in the shade of a sand hill , their eyes fixed on the two endless parallels , following them out until they joined and lost themselves in the bush . |
| 3 | Or grind down to a powder if you want to add it to smooth sauces . |
| 4 | People will help themselves and save you a lot of work , as will buying paper plates for everyone to use and making the buffet a finger buffet with lots of little bits and pieces of food , and nothing that has to be served onto a plate with a spoon or cut up with a knife and fork . |
| 5 | They are particularly concerned that the poor , elderly and sick will be forced to run up debts or cut down on the amount of electricity , coal , oil and gas they use . |
| 6 | Essential for sets , you can sit back and relax with your favourite mag or catch up on the gossip with the girl under the next dryer ! |
| 7 | When we feel resentment or act out of a sense of duty it can sometimes be seen and felt by the person concerned . |
| 8 | After a time , all knew that the concourse was not going to turn sour or break up in a fight . |
| 9 | Now of course you may not be able to do anything to change the basic situation — you ca n't very well turn the children out onto the street or walk out on a job just because it is tedious . |
| 10 | If you are a countryman , you may sit by a stream and contemplate a may tree just coming into blossom , or climb up on the ramparts of an iron age hill fort and let your soul soar with the wind . |
| 11 | If you stand on a hill in winter when there is a thaw or look down from a motorway , especially in the Midlands , you can hardly miss the pattern of long parallel bands of snow , which are always the last to go from the hollows of the old ridge and furrow . |
| 12 | It is a kind of mystery tour , with an unimaginable destination ; not surprisingly many pupils fall asleep or jump off during the journey . |
| 13 | ‘ My mam says he 's prob'ly in prison or run off with a bit of stuff , ’ said one of the hostiles in the playground one milk-break . |
| 14 | The other Non-academic Parties will also notify the Lead Organization of the sale or transfer out of the Project of any capital equipment for which any claim for payment has been made under this Agreement . |
| 15 | Its heroes do not characteristically commit suicide or ride off into the sunset : they settle down , marry , and make comfortable and elaborate treaties with the world they live in . |
| 16 | This card may be placed next to the model or face up at the table edge to indicate that it is in play . |
| 17 | His mother would find him slumped across the keyboard or face down on the carpet where he had collapsed . |
| 18 | Nor did Mme Guérigny visit the cinema or theatre , or drop in on a neighbour . |
| 19 | Renew contacts with old friends Saturday or drop in on a parent or much loved relative . |
| 20 | Bryony come and stand over here or hang on to the buggy whichever you want to do . |
| 21 | Do you combine it with the weekly ‘ big shop ’ at Sainsbury 's , wait until you fall ill or hang on for the January sales ? |
| 22 | Or wake up with a stalker |
| 23 | Dogs can easily leap over it or get in through the hedge on the south side . |
| 24 | He did not , as usual , read or stare out of the window or make tea or do any of the things Robert assumed one usually caught teachers doing in off-duty moments . |
| 25 | As the last of the boys arrived I thought that maybe I could just make my way to the back of the queue , or sprint back to the changing room on one pretext or another and conveniently lose my place in the line . |
| 26 | John Dykstra , with Richard Edlund and others , was able to set up a camera rig that moved very precisely in metal tracks , with the camera on an arm that could move up and down , while the camera itself could pan from side to side or tilt up and down or any combination or roll over to the side and also change focus as needed . |
| 27 | For the new knitter there is an ‘ Introduction Day ’ on 26th September for anyone about to buy a machine or find out about the classes for beginners . |
| 28 | So , the perfectionist might be instructed to do something wrong at work , or deliberately blemish their appearance , or turn up to the group five minutes late . |
| 29 | Every winter large objects with large surface as get blown over ( or turn up by the roots ) . |
| 30 | If you tend to throw things , put objects away or go out into the garden . |