Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trains had been laid on to despatch them to all parts of the country , so that for the rest of their lives they would be able to recall a few moments of honour , even glory . |
| 2 | Only thirty people were allowed in to see me at one time . |
| 3 | Sien came in to see him on visiting days , and she was keeping an eye on the studio . |
| 4 | The plants are trained up a string which is zig-zagged up and down to train it in one place . |
| 5 | MALCOLM ALLISON was back in managerial business last night when Dennis Rofe quit struggling Bristol Rovers after a row over the man brought in to guide him through troubled waters . |
| 6 | it may be flattering to be taken for the head of the firm if you are not , but it is not good business , and sound progress can not be made with anyone on a false footing , in fact , it must be obvious that the greater the respect you hold and encourage towards any of your seniors , the better the position they will be in to assist you in any difficulties which may arise . |
| 7 | Yeah , he only shoved ten pence in to tell me about that giro . |
| 8 | I did not take any of that seriously , though I would have had to be ice all through to hear it with utter in-difference . |
| 9 | Fixing me with a beady eye as soon as I had sat down , she leaned over to damn me with faint praise . |
| 10 | It was a press release following the Chief Environmental Health Officer preempting a report that was being made to the council going to be implemented for the use of the Environmental Protection Act , and goes on to list them in indented form . |
| 11 | Occasionally two or three rooks would straggle up to mob him from some tree or tiny patch of parkland they were trying to protect but he was going strongly and the wind was giving him support and direction . |
| 12 | She kept phoning me up to tell me about Crowded House tickets and that she could n't get any . |
| 13 | If you are not familiar with any of these , I have summarised them below so you can learn the fingering shapes and go on to practise them in all keys . |
| 14 | While it may be pleasant to have a young exuberant puppy bounding out to greet you with great enthusiasm , you do not want a large adult dog behaving in a similar fashion , leaping up and bowling people onto the floor . |
| 15 | Gateshead is now my favourite stadium ; the crowd is highly knowledgeable and turns out to support us in all weathers . |
| 16 | Well I 'm coming back to see you in two weeks ' time so could I maybe get the information off you then ? |
| 17 | As I passed the hall in a large comprehensive school , where notices proclaimed ‘ Quiet please : examination in progress ’ , the invigilator , a geography teacher , staggered out to engage me in slurred discussion of educational issues . |
| 18 | Nobody put themselves out to help me in any way at all , but I made it . |
| 19 | Compare this to how the largest fish move relatively slowly , selecting their food with the discrimination of a gourmet ; the subtle approach , the gaping of the cavernous mouth that does not , at times , close over the food but blows it out to rid it of foreign matter . |
| 20 | Experience was all , and I set out to grab it with both hands , drifting from country to country , from one relationship to another , a heedless , hedonistic round with never a thought for tomorrow . |
| 21 | Hands clutched out to get me from all sides . |
| 22 | The trouble is his background keeps coming back to haunt him like last night 's sushi . |
| 23 | I studied for the UCLI in Home Machine Knitting and , on passing both parts of the exam , went on to teach it for three years . |
| 24 | Applause rang out , and she twirled around to acknowledge it in demure delight , clapping the barman — and then being crushed against the ample bosom of the barman 's wife . |
| 25 | Y we put it in the garden and I got really cold hands and then was just about to put them into hot water when you said do n't cos you 'll get chilblains |
| 26 | The Cold War was reaching a point where , having reactivated the Anglo-American relationship , it was about to expose it to new strains and tensions . |
| 27 | " Nenna , I was just about to ring you on that number I called before , from Frankfurt . " |