Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's just the same , ’ Maggie said and continued on about the nurses ' home while Sheila bit her tongue . |
| 2 | This will involve tone as much as doctrine , but he would be as ill-advised to go on about the Government 's intention of building a classless society , which it ca n't build anyway , as to adopt the easy belief that the climate of opinion can be left to look after itself while ministers get on with the practical business of government . |
| 3 | In explaining how he managed to escape active military service during the war by signing on for an officers ' programme , Mr Clinton apparently omitted to mention that he had already received his call-up notice when he sought to join the Reserve Officers ' Training Corps . |
| 4 | In homes across the States millions of Americans were switching on for an evening 's viewing . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's in there and you 're out here , carrying on for the children 's sake . |
| 6 | When the earl died without male issue in 1373 , he was taken on as a king 's knight by Edward III who , in addition to confirming the earl 's grant , awarded him an annuity for life of £50 . |
| 7 | The DHAC and NILP supporters sought to get back into the chamber ; finding the doors locked , they got in through the mayor 's parlour and were joined in the gallery by Alderman Hegarty and Councillor Friel . |
| 8 | The Inspirals settle down for a night 's kip on the 800 mile drive up to the moonlit coast to Seattle for tomorrow 's gig . |
| 9 | In the old days before the distracting influences of radio and television , the fixed routine of the adult inhabitants after the day 's work was done was to settle down for an evening 's knitting , a craft both men and women practised assiduously , on the outside galleries in summer and by candlelight in front of a peat fire in winter . |
| 10 | This switch was intended to enable Roshanara to retain her influence by stepping in as the child 's regent . |
| 11 | The tale is in fact carefully tied in as the Shipman 's Tale at the beginning of fragment VII , with an endlink that binds it to the Prioress 's Tale that follows it . |
| 12 | Alain came in as the doctor 's car left the house and he stood at the foot of the bed and regarded her sternly . |
| 13 | On Feb. 21 Nakasone stepped down as the faction 's leader in favour of Michio Watanabe . |
| 14 | PUPILS at a Middlesbrough school welcomed the Bishop of Whitby into their classrooms when he called in for a day 's visit . |
| 15 | Outside Israel , passengers can check in for a rival 's flight later and without so much hassle . |
| 16 | Send the form to your local social security office , and you 'll be sent claim form BW 1 to be completed in order to receive the book of orders to cash in for the widow 's allowance . |
| 17 | If there 's any oil or gas , they 'll hit it in about a fortnight 's time at 4,000ft — 5,000ft : |
| 18 | ‘ In about a month 's time . ’ |
| 19 | Probably the paper did n't even have wire service , and if it did , he 'd bet a dime that anything which had come in about the book 's author had simply been buried in the chaos then reigning in the newspaper office . |
| 20 | Arthur Scargill , president of the National Union of Mineworkers , has called on other trade unionists to take action today to defend the coal industry , which is being run down despite the Government 's rescue package reprieving 12 of the original 31 pits earmarked for closure . |
| 21 | Very slowly , and keeping down below the seals ' horizon , I crept forward towards the sound of singing . |
| 22 | Then she produces a key from her own jacket pocket , and lets herself in , to crouch down behind the driver 's seat . |
| 23 | The Child 's Game is basically a free play situation where the child chooses any series of activities for 10–15 minutes during which the parent will join in under the child 's direction . |
| 24 | Returning to the bedroom she crept back to the bed , raised the knife and without a moment 's thought drove it down into the sleeper 's chest . |
| 25 | Dr Martin O'Reilly stared down into the child 's face and sighed . |
| 26 | She came to it and stood and looked down into the dragon 's mouth . |
| 27 | From his discovery things had followed an inexorable path , like the water 's tight spiral down into the whirlpool 's mouth . |
| 28 | He had talked with two colleagues about the possibility of fusion occurring when water is drawn down into the Earth 's mantle at boundaries between tectonic plates . |
| 29 | In the middle of the window was a shiny red car you could sit in with a driver 's wheel you could turn and a horn you could peep . |
| 30 | I 've got a chance to go in with a women 's group up Manchester way . |