Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [prep] a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But you 'll find them graced with looks which would complement a modern apartment or blend in self-confidently with a farmhouse kitchen . |
2 | We sat down together at a café table and went through some of them together . |
3 | WHEN 20 representatives of the South African Cricket Union and the National Sports Congress sit down together in a Johannesburg hotel tonight it is to be hoped that among them is someone with the wisdom of Solomon . |
4 | So I 've put us all in together as a group entry — sorry , Rainbow , not you , bubbeleh , you 're under the age limit — and I have costumes for you three girls upstairs . ’ |
5 | Reading this , I could have been forgiven for conjuring up a picture of the Queen Mother settling down comfortably by a television set at Sandringham , perhaps a daughter at her side , a corgi at feet and refreshment to hand , basking in the glow of my birthday tribute to her , and making a mental note to instruct the Private secretary in the morning to send a line of thanks to those concerned . |
6 | Veritas has arranged to support Destiny with a cut-down version of its file system dubbed the Journaling File System and aimed at the desktop : the full product will come along later as a server upgrade . |
7 | He puts it down carefully like a pet dog . |
8 | A children 's party will go down well with a background fragrance of bergamot , orange or lemon , and perhaps a touch of geranium . |
9 | He went on around the block , again and again , until a space opened up in a barely-lit alley and he slipped the car in ahead of a Mercedes driver who , to judge from how he leaned on the horn , was well along the way to a heart condition . |
10 | Sieve half the flour onto the eggs and fold in lightly with a metal spoon , then fold in half the butter , the remaining flour , then the remaining butter . |
11 | Do n't really have sirens on just for a chimney fire . |
12 | The outgoing administration was asked to stay on meanwhile in a caretaker capacity . |
13 | Mark Edwards , the ABA middleweight champion already in the Auckland squad , also won the vote of all three judges against Robert Buda , but the England captain Richie Woodhall got through only on a majority decision against his fellow Olympic bronze medal winner at light-middleweight . |
14 | This was the message coming over strongly at a UK gathering of the Group 's business chiefs on May 26–28 . |
15 | But they must prove themselves all over again against a Teddy McCarthy inspired Cork side . |
16 | To get away from the metropolitan elitism that The Late Show is still trying to live down , Artrageous ! kicks off tonight with a location report from Bradford on sculpture . |
17 | But he goes off just before a ship sails , without telling anyone . |
18 | The revaluation resulted in a £68m write-down of wholly-owned properties and a £34.7m write-down of property associates ' , both written off directly against a revaluation reserve of only £84m . |
19 | And that erm probably , possibly could run it off there as a P S Two mouse but erm I 've heard |
20 | Just then the noise increased dramatically , and was suddenly cut off again by a slamming door . |
21 | Mr Matthew Kelly , Mr Jeremy Beadle 's erstwhile co-presenter on the televisual feast Game For A Laugh , has apparently ‘ set up home with a drag queen ’ named ‘ Dave ’ . |
22 | A song thrush opted for a life on the road when it set up home on a pick-up truck at Harwell , see below . |
23 | An advertising poster for the clothing company Benetton which features a burning car has been put up close to a housing estate notorious for joyriders . |
24 | Well I 'm not actually signed up but I 'm going to start signing up now as a crew member . |
25 | Do n't they usually come up here on a Saturday night ? |
26 | No , know what he can do with it you 'll have to hoover up here in a minute Clare , get all this tobacco off , I 'm only joking , girl |
27 | Some see it and have sound explanations , like one Magar lady in rural west central Nepal who gave a ten-minute lecture to me on the problems of the transference of fertility from forest to arable land , and changing uses of crop residues with increasing population pressure , that would have stood up well in a graduate seminar . |
28 | rather be up there with them they sanctioned to go up there on a Friday night and they said that , that lot of them do er you know , what you call it , there you go up and everyone 's in the mood to sell you something , they let you , you know |
29 | Each leaf section will produce a small plant , which should be potted up initially into a 2–3in pot , and potted on as growth dictates . |
30 | She pushed past Julie Ndobe , grabbing a medkit from the woman 's hands , and running further into the smoke , only to fetch up hard against a metal barrier . |