Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [coord] [vb base] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn back the flaps , allow the moisture time to dry , then brush a mastic compound on to the roof boards and press down the flaps firmly . |
| 2 | They raid research labs and let out the animals , that sort of thing . |
| 3 | Pete suggested that in a few days ' time he could take her out to the nearest big town on the coast , and there she could look for clothes in the department stores and check out the library for the addresses of any useful organisations or people to contact . |
| 4 | Add chicken portions and cook over a high heat for a few mins on each side until brown . |
| 5 | You ask for a chair and four telephone directories and rig up an impromptu table near the only plug — and ask all your prospective clients to turn their heads around . |
| 6 | The computer is very fast ; it can be set to scan the text of journal articles and print out the titles of all which use significant key words more than a stated number of times , and it can be set to tell us how many times Shakespeare used a particular expression , and in each case it can give the results quite astonishingly quickly . |
| 7 | ‘ I am fully committed to implement the Panama Canal treaties and turn over the canal to Panama in the year 2000 … |
| 8 | Glasses clash and cutlery clatters in the all-night cantinas where drunken revellers confuse the robot waiters and flee along the colonnades , their bills unpaid , their breath steaming in the thin and wintry air . |
| 9 | Soul II Soul take a British approach to race relations and pull off the difficult trick of combining black pride sentiments with a benevolent multiracialism . |
| 10 | But , ironically enough , pull on your walking boots and dig out an anorak because you can still see far more sleeper-skeletal evidence of their trackbeds today than those standard gauge lines of the lowland travelled by people in recent memory . |
| 11 | They 've used all their timber stores and cut up every bucket and table and door to make all those fighting platforms and towers , so they can hardly have plugs for their cannon , and they wo n't have any fuel except dung . |
| 12 | Cut the remaining sheet of pastry into diamond shapes and scatter over the top . |
| 13 | Drill pilot holes and screw down the face plate , then fit escutcheon plates and door handle . |
| 14 | The stories of the Last Days , when the Summoner would open up the Dark Reaches of the Spirit Lands and call down the worst of the manitous to lay waste the worlds of the white man and the red . |
| 15 | Most mammals use their sense of smell to find food , and all rely on smell to supplement their taste buds and bring out the full flavour of food , as anyone with a heavy cold will know . |
| 16 | It is possible , for example , to change the format of dates and times , map colours , set latitude and longitude lines , show city names and turn off the sunlight display . |
| 17 | It is possible , for example , to change the format of dates and times , map colours , set latitude and longitude lines , show city names and turn off the sunlight display . |
| 18 | Choose one of the history units and carry out a detailed audit of the possibilities for cross-curricular links . |
| 19 | Roll out the reserved black fondant trimmings and cut out a strip the length of the roof and about 2·5cm ( 1inch ) wide . |
| 20 | Self-massage with essential oils , combined with skin-brushing ( described at the beginning of this chapter ) and aromatic baths will increase your energy levels and bring about a sense of well-being — almost equivalent to a professional aromatherapy massage ! |
| 21 | Halve the Charentais and the Ogen melons and scoop out the seeds . |