Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hole saw looks like a hacksaw blade curled into a circle and fits on to a twist drill ( typically 6mm ) and can be used with an electric drill . |
| 2 | These are not paintings employing the wonderful accidental effects of free watercolour washes that so many artists adopt , though most of this goes on with the underneath base washes . |
| 3 | A great inducement of ‘ start-ups ’ or ‘ green-field projects ’ , where the original investors are in on the ground floor , is that they will make a killing if the company one day goes on to the Stock Exchange , or is gobbled up by a predator in a takeover bid . |
| 4 | with primer on , spraying inside and the outside , taking off both the wings and bump bit where the bonnet goes on to the slam pan , got ta take the er the wings out , I mean the , the lights out anyway . |
| 5 | ‘ And , you know , I have n't the faintest idea of what actually goes on at a baby farm . |
| 6 | Stephen Silk turns vigilante and is amazed at what goes on beside the railroad tracks |
| 7 | ’ We ca n't attend their committee meetings which is where all the real decisions are made , and we ca n't get information about what goes on in a committee meeting . |
| 8 | Further , a family member may find it difficult to " let go " of the primary sufferer while he or she is in treatment and may still want to find out everything that goes on in a treatment centre on a day-to-day basis and there by continue to " fix " by proxy . |
| 9 | How how can we tell , because as an officer , and this is this is Richard 's point , as an officer how do you know what goes on in the barrack room ? |
| 10 | The law is too rigid and recognises too little of what goes on in the housing estates and back alleys of industrial towns . |
| 11 | The origins are often to be found by watching and listening to what goes on in the Soccer Specials — the trains and coaches which fans hire to transport themselves to away games . |
| 12 | Or , though the process or institution may be , so to speak , on the doorstep , its accessibility may be limited : what goes on inside a defence research establishment or a Masonic Lodge are obvious examples . |
| 13 | Most of the exchange of information goes on before the Christmas holiday — like yesterday and today when 12 people were at their computers . |
| 14 | Everyone claps a little and Peter sits down on the drum stool . |
| 15 | if you like the germ of the idea of the poem is alive in his mind because he sits down at the page thinking I 'm going to write a poem . |
| 16 | When his mind 's on fisticuffs he sits in on the training sessions there . |
| 17 | John King makes a late shuffle after Neil McNab goes down with a stomach upset . |
| 18 | And when it goes down to a water hole to drink it crouches down and awkwardly sips with its mouth . |
| 19 | and she , he , she goes down to the abortion centre right after and he dies ! |
| 20 | Between the admirable houses in the so-called Quartier de la Barre , which goes down to the harbour mouth , and the sandy beach , a dike has been built up , twelve or fifteen feet high , to protect the town from the waves . |
| 21 | Who goes up and who goes down in the rugby union leagues has still to be sorted out too … |
| 22 | Then MARK GOODIER clangs along with The Wedding Present , Number Six escapes to London — or does he ? — in THE PRISONER and America 's finest living poet and ‘ reformed ’ coke head storms Las Vegas in SMOKEY ROBINSON IN CONCERT . |
| 23 | So the weaver rocks from side to side in the float as it is transported down the road , the cribber latches on to a fence post between mouthfuls of food , and the wind-sucker , out in a large paddock with other horses , may prefer to swallow air rather than eat the grass . |
| 24 | Bruce shows how he holds on with a metal clip … |
| 25 | His name lives on in the Fairbairn Centre for the Deaf , Southampton , where he was a committee member for many years . |
| 26 | Tiger Moth pilot Tony drops in for a pub pint |
| 27 | Judi Goodwin drops in for a mince pie and soaks up the atmosphere of this warm , family home . |
| 28 | These wide , panoramic views are usually extremely compatible , as Natassa combines views of two of the Tyne Bridges in one double shot ; looks down at the field pattern provided by the flagstones at the corner of the street ; looks back on-shore , from the water 's edge ; or concentres on old rotting timbers out to sea . |
| 29 | He looks down at the fag packet and taps it round another couple of revolutions on the table . |
| 30 | Now , suddenly , a jay looks down from a hiding place in a lichened oak and slips away without breaking the silence : stealthy , cunning , typical of the inveterate egg thief . |