Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the lamp remains on for a longer time it is possible that the incorrect outer ( track ) connection to the rotary potentiometer VR2 has been used . |
| 2 | Furthermore , even if a woman paid in for a full pension she had to pass the ‘ half test ’ ; that is , she had to work for at least half of her married life before she could count in her contributions both before and after marriage ( Groves , 1983 , pp. 45–7 ) . |
| 3 | We managed to decrease the noise by backing off the low-mid rumble point and the 11kHz hiss by about 13dB , but to attenuate the DI output down to a reasonable level we 'd have had to use a separate DI box , and that means making up a special XLR-to-jack lead . |
| 4 | Swooping in on a spilled pass he gathered one-handed on the run for the winners ' fourth try , one that Rees just failed to convert . |
| 5 | A heron appears , flapping ponderously across the voe and drops down beside a second bird I have n't seen , which is standing motionless in the shallows . |
| 6 | You had to be in at a certain time you know , you had very standard cuisine , it was , it had become if you like , ridiculed in jokes and things of this nature . |
| 7 | It 's obvious from the record that I was weighted down by an incredible burden I did n't know was mine or not. , |
| 8 | I thought he had seen the enemy aircraft and , as he winged over into a steep dive I followed him without question . |
| 9 | She used to ride over on a white mare she borrowed and tether it somewhere over there by that tree . ’ |
| 10 | Well this , this is what I 'm saying , if it had been picked up and followed through at an earlier stage he would have been ensconced |
| 11 | Even if someone else comes up to us and tips us off about a possible shoplifter we can only act if we see the person steal again , ’ she adds . |
| 12 | They had taken an early lead with four points from Damien Short but when Oliver Lennon was sent off for a high challenge they were plunged into temporary disarray . |
| 13 | If I were sending you off without a decent breakfast you could say that , but as it is … ’ |
| 14 | Before setting off on a coastal paddle it is important to check the charts for military ranges , amongst other dangers . |
| 15 | We went off to a little restaurant she knew near Leicester Square . |
| 16 | The reason for this difference is very much because of its funding : set up as a developmental project it needed to test the market for its services without putting too many financial obstacles in the way of the users of the services . |
| 17 | Or shacked up with a new girl you wanted to keep to yourself or something . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Once Annie has come up with a tartan design it can be used on many products such as bags and logos , not just carpets and furnishings . |
| 19 | Before he could come up with a satisfactory formulation they were joined by Georgina , the chairman 's daughter by his first marriage . |
| 20 | It means that if the engineer comes up with a different story they can use this to embarrass the plaintiff at trial . |
| 21 | But I was brought up in a Catholic Home you see . |
| 22 | Coming up in a little while we 'll be talking greyhounds , but for now we 'll go back to football and deal with the local classified results with all the local leagues . |
| 23 | High up on a wrought-plasteel balcony he posed implacably , beholding the execution by Fists of an unending stream of aliens and heretics . |
| 24 | Having just finished a talk to a class of candidates for the ministry in a major denomination I was ‘ verbally assaulted ’ by the principal of the theological college concerned who picked up on a brief reference I made to Creation and Evolution and proceeded to state in the strongest possible terms that many true Christians believe in the theory of evolution and reject the biblical account of a literal six day creation as recorded in Genesis . |
| 25 | ‘ The money I get for the scrap is paid into the Finance Department , and when the fund has built up to a worthwhile sum I 'll be calling for suggestions for a local charity to whom we can donate the cash . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We all have to play with the hand we 're dealt , and up to a certain point we can put the blame on the dealer , but that point passed for Jamie Swift thirty years ago . ’ |
| 27 | Up to a certain point I was succeeding in both roles , driven as I was towards success by anxiety and the fear of failure . |
| 28 | But what you 're actually going to find is that what they 've divorced themselves from is the assistance and the technical help that comes from the County Council , and whilst you may have your teachers trained up to a certain point you therefore have at that particular time you you have them fully trained , and then you say oh well I do n't need any training for the next couple of years so I can step back and save on that area . |
| 29 | No , well up to a certain extent I am afraid , not all the way . |
| 30 | that was a fruit shop she said it 's loaded out as a cheap shop she said and erm , she wo n't go in there because bloke 's stood in there , she said she do n't mind going in and paying fifty , because , well they do n't do that do they ? |