Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] [adv] [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her life-long friend , Catherine Quinn , 23 , escaped serious injury because she had bent down to pick up a 20p piece , and she was flung over hand railings . |
| 2 | Barnet players have not been paid by the club for the past three weeks and , although the Professional Footballers ’ Association have moved in to pick up the £30,000 tab , £80,000 in promotion bonuses remains unpaid . |
| 3 | When Semple departed , Dalton Trumbo came in to build up the Dega character in line with the buddy-buddy movie trend . |
| 4 | The constable did n't inform Ulster detectives who were called in to investigate only a car theft . |
| 5 | Human Touch ( Columbia ) is the worst : an hour of express-way roar with only the odd shift down to break up the nose-to-bumper raunch . |
| 6 | Crew members and BA union representatives last night claimed Flight 149 carrying 367 passengers to Kuala Lumpur was a ‘ Trojan Horse ’ sent in to drop off an SAS squad behind enemy lines . |
| 7 | The sixth came after young Sarah Wade sneaked in to take on the Stockton defence in style . |
| 8 | Even before they had left , his PA , Caroline Amphlett , had come in to take away the tea cups and clear the table . |
| 9 | It is a clear indication of the quality of Vic Rouse 's goalkeeping ability that he succeeded the great Roy Bailey between the Palace posts , then went on to set up a club record 238 Football League goalkeeping appearances ( since exceeded only by the invincible John Jackson ) , and that it then took another goalkeeper destined for the 1st Division in Bill Glazier to oust him . |
| 10 | Where the road bears left continue straight on to pick up the coast path above Caerbwdy Bay — look out for the purple sandstone around the bay . |
| 11 | Chris Horn and his CCG staff of some 110 joined in the celebration last December , when the UK and French tunnel engineers broke through to link up the Channel Tunnel Marine Service Tunnel . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , Uniforum 's erstwhile executive director Ed Palmer , who 's due to retire next year , has moved over to head up the trade show and conferences , making way for his successor Richard Jarros ( UX No 410 ) . |
| 13 | Rangers responded with John Morrow and Trevor Steven linking up to set up a shooting chance for Gary Stevens but the fullback 's 20 yard effort flew over the top . |
| 14 | As I 'm not prepared to risk meeting Louis and his Mafia friends I ca n't go back to pick up the replacement VHF set — which means we might well be without radio contact all the way to Greece . ’ |
| 15 | She reached out to switch on the bedhead light and realised that the blackness of night had been replaced by grey gloom . |
| 16 | He put his hands out to take up the carving knife and fork and Amy Hall murmured something to her neighbour about Arthur always having wanted to be a surgeon really . |
| 17 | Together the men went out to push away the police car , which was blocking Vernage 's own Cortina . |
| 18 | Veronica Hanson describes the stages that the PPA proposal had to go through to be accepted by the Welsh Office and she goes on to describe how the county schemes are supported , managed and run now that they are in operation . |
| 19 | He yelled abuse at a dog that was about to turn up the garden path , doing it more for form 's sake than because he disliked dogs , and then Jim opened the door and unfortunately called the animal inside . |
| 20 | The cynics who have stopped by to check out the television cameras quip that Bill Clinton , the front-runner and Mr Brown 's target , will be along shortly . |
| 21 | That list when marketing group go round to sign up the estate agent for one or the other or both . |
| 22 | Let's have a look first all er just step back slightly to the time when the sales exec goes round to sign up the estate agent . |
| 23 | He created that sense of surprise on the ice , going on to become probably the skating world 's leading choreographer . |