Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind yer , Billy 's bin on about openin' up a gymnasium for the young lads around 'ere . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , you see , the thing is , there are very few people in our class or any group I 'm in [ O level ] that seem to go in for playing up the teachers , but I know that in some other classes there are . |
| 3 | He had a blackboard on each wall with only tiny windows in between to let in the light . |
| 4 | Finding one was Coleman 's first assignment for Operation Goldenrod , in between setting up a NARCOG listening post in his back bedroom and instructing the Cypriot Police Force Narcotics Squad ( CPFNS ) in electronic surveillance . |
| 5 | But so far , the first two episodes have been bogged down with setting up the premise and too many location scenes . |
| 6 | He sat down without drawing back the curtains . |
| 7 | Last night a Vauxhall Astra careered up and down outside crashing down the garden fence . |
| 8 | Madeleine kept repeating that she 'd get down to hacking back the brambles one of these days but on the other hand she did n't have the time . |
| 9 | It reawakened his curiosity , the fact that Blackbeard had been willing to hand them all over for getting back a wallet that otherwise contained only a letter . |
| 10 | Islip was sent off after bringing down the goalkeeper Iremonger ( they were ‘ probably two of the most hot-headed players in the League , ’ said the Examiner ) , then Mint of Notts County was also sent off for attacking Smith . |
| 11 | In December the United Nations urged governments to get on with setting up a satellite system . |
| 12 | The man who succeeded him as Secretary General of the Young Communists , Carlos Contreras Maluje , was picked up after putting up a struggle in the street . |
| 13 | Her mind was taken up with puzzling over a fact which had become increasingly clear the longer she stayed in the apartment . |
| 14 | If all input owners have a say in all decisions , decision-making is a costly process : the greater the number of decision-makers , the more resources are used up in sending out the information needed to make the decision ; and the more time is needed , in total , to give each person the opportunity to argue his preferred solution to any problem . |
| 15 | Sophie looked up from counting out the vaccination cards . |
| 16 | Now a podgy , desperately unfit bar-fly , he simply was n't up to taking on the Man of Action role that he craved . |
| 17 | Move the magnified area up by holding down the mouse button on the up arrow and stop at row 39 . |
| 18 | Bismarck followed it up by putting out a feeler to Great Britain , but nothing came of it . |
| 19 | So what he had to do , the the the the customer in fact , is end up by climbing up the bannister to get to the top so that he could get hold of the lad that was at the top get hold of him by the feet and pull him upwards and over and er finally free the man at the bottom . |
| 20 | We 've added controls which take full advantage of the instant responsiveness and controllability of gas , so you need n't make a meal out of cooking up a snack . |
| 21 | KnitLeader owners can use any suitable block , but the number of rows to be knitted in each piece has to be worked out before setting up the garter carriage . |
| 22 | ‘ Prime Minister out for a duck , ’ he muttered as he drew back from picking up a china duck at an Accrington factory . |
| 23 | He went back to looking out the window , sometimes watching the reflection of the room in it . |
| 24 | I went back to sorting out a schedule for the day with Simon , the proprietor of Snogogram International . |
| 25 | As the body tension is eased out by working out the body , muscles relax and a good sleep induced . |
| 26 | Only gradually can the range be increased thus lending support to the theory that the birds find their way back by progressing along a line of recognised landmarks rather than by solar or lunar navigation . |