Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " 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 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 . |
| 11 | It is a kind of mystery tour , with an unimaginable destination ; not surprisingly many pupils fall asleep or jump off during the journey . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | This card may be placed next to the model or face up at the table edge to indicate that it is in play . |
| 16 | His mother would find him slumped across the keyboard or face down on the carpet where he had collapsed . |
| 17 | Nor did Mme Guérigny visit the cinema or theatre , or drop in on a neighbour . |
| 18 | Renew contacts with old friends Saturday or drop in on a parent or much loved relative . |
| 19 | Bryony come and stand over here or hang on to the buggy whichever you want to do . |
| 20 | Or wake up with a stalker |
| 21 | Dogs can easily leap over it or get in through the hedge on the south side . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | If you tend to throw things , put objects away or go out into the garden . |
| 27 | If the spacing between the strands is uneven , or if they curve or go off at an angle , the knotting is irregular , and denotes a poor quality rug . |
| 28 | At these heights , the first turn or so generally dictates whether you go up and get a climb , or go down for a landing . |
| 29 | Once in a while at least , the philosopher must be allowed to approach the psychologist as a counsellor and to say : if you leave the Sorbonne by the exit in the Rue Saint-Jacques , you can either turn up the hill or go down towards the river : if you go up , you will get to the Panthéon which is the resting place of a few great men , but if you go downhill then you 're bound to end up at the Préfecture de Police . |
| 30 | Stay out here or go back into the classroom , she did n't want to be found out there if by any chance Miss Graining the Head came by . |