Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] and [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a gallant wave of one hand he invited Melissa to sit down and with the other placed a small pile of well-thumbed paperbacks on a table in front of her . |
| 2 | The first loop , or sideways circle will be erratic and recovery somewhat haphazard : but just as with riding a bicycle , all the reactions begin to come naturally and in no time at all , even as early as the third flight , you will be diving and climbing at will . |
| 3 | New copper washers under the dome fixing nuts appears to have cured them but a new ‘ 0 ’ ring on the breather seat still allows the oil to pass through and over the engine . |
| 4 | Then erm , of course there were people who lectured on er gate courses on elementary German , there was a friend of Doctor , who used to go out and , to units and erm give lessons in German and erm there were , there was a unit of Polish erm soldiers stationed , they had an armoured train , believe it or not , which was erm parked at Saxmundham and erm every so often , particularly at night , they used to trample up and down the line . |
| 5 | She did n't say anything , she just gestured me to come up and into the studio and what was worst , I was red , and she was not . |
| 6 | The amendment by an expatriate Scot , George Cunningham ( Labour , Islington ) , by ensuring that a 40 per cent vote of the electorate ( not simply of those voting ) would have to be achieved for a devolution bill to go through and for a repeal order not to be tabled , made devolution , at least for Wales , virtually an impossibility . |
| 7 | A hole is then cut in the lid large enough for the powerhead intake to go through and into the pipe . |
| 8 | When you have tired of building sand castles and the donkeys are having a break , there are plenty of interesting places to visit in and around the town . |
| 9 | The infection thread continues to grow through and between the host plant 's root cells so that the bacteria in the infection thread are isolated and eventually released into the nodule cells . |
| 10 | Roll it out on a board , dusted with a little icing sugar , to a rough triangle large enough to wrap around and over the top of the cake . |
| 11 | It was against the law for him to do so and for the store to serve him . |
| 12 | The pilot would then be required to taxi round and round the launcher , gradually increasing speed . |
| 13 | He 'd have paid a small army of little boys a penny or two a day to run up and down the hill with buckets of the stuff . ’ |
| 14 | Then Douglas sent his thousand horsemen to ride round and round the perimeter of the castle , on its slight mound , shouting . |
| 15 | Cindy began to cry again and for a while the two of them sat in silence , gently swinging to and fro . |
| 16 | They need flat water to perform well and on no account should they be taken into waves , since , not only are they difficult to manoeuvre well , but they are also liable to snap because of their length . |
| 17 | The sky never seemed to wake up and about the middle of the day it darkened . |
| 18 | By some freak of the acoustics his name seemed to echo round and round the chamber . |
| 19 | Hot water was supposed to circulate beneath and above every floor . |
| 20 | It is as if the dead person had killed themselves in order to get away and as a punishment . |
| 21 | His career as a musician failed to take off and in a fit of depression one night he got drunk before he was due to on stage at a trawlermen 's club in Hull . |
| 22 | I did a length just to loosen up and by the end of it I was desperate for a cigarette . |
| 23 | This minor invention , which enables traffic to move smoothly and with a minimum of accidents , exploited a process need . |
| 24 | Burrow systems can be very complicated and some rabbits may never be cornered since they are able to move round and round the burrow systems — staying ahead of the ferret all the time and without the slightest inclination or pressure to leave the burrow . |
| 25 | What it does reflect is the willingness of the British government to increase the chances of criminalizing poor , oppressed , and sometimes inadequate individuals whilst leaving the rich corporate executive free to operate within and outside the law . |
| 26 | This involves working mentally and physically to keep distractions at bay , guarding the tongue to speak little and to the point , taking especial care not to misrepresent others , living as if death might come tomorrow and balancing the needs of the body with the longings of the spirit in discretion . |
| 27 | This is used to strike above and below the nose , and to the ribs . |
| 28 | What 's new is that the old defence , that a director did not ‘ knowingly or willingly ’ allow something to happen has been eroded and , Bell said , ‘ directors will have to show specifically and beyond a shadow of doubt they could not know what was happening or that they had minuted their protest ’ . |