Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they munched hungrily he learned how Tommy at the age of eighteen had been given the choice of two years at His Majesty 's pleasure or volunteering to fight for King and country . |
| 2 | In Phillips v. Brooks ( 1919 K.B. ) a rogue called North entered a jeweller 's shop , selected some items including a ring and asked to pay by cheque and to take the ring with him . |
| 3 | He 's caught some bug and has to stay in bed , ’ said Pete . |
| 4 | In brainstorming , you liberate your mind and try to react without inhibition to your subject , allowing room for any and every idea that bubbles to the surface of your mind . |
| 5 | The engine stopped its fretful clacking and began to bellow with satisfaction as the air became stronger . |
| 6 | Positive Answers emphasises the need for the residential sector to highlight good practice and to continue to push for change and improvements . |
| 7 | The man has convictions for violence and failed to return from home leave three weeks ago . |
| 8 | Lastly , Medeva had to secure a stream of new products which , as a small company , it could not do through research but had to do by acquisition and development . |
| 9 | He acknowledges that liturgy is not a museum piece but needs to evolve as part of a living tradition . |
| 10 | He told the reporter that he later lived for two years on a barge near Shrewsbury , during which time he suffered a stroke but refused to go to hospital . |
| 11 | Er I think one of the greatest er causes of s absenteeism , it was n't so much ill health er not on the part of the pupil , I think it was more er if something was wrong within th family , particularly if you was an elder daughter or an elder boy , you see and erm , if your mother was ill or or confined you see , you were probably kept at home er for those sort of reasons to either look after the the younger children at home or to help to look after home . |
| 12 | The Founders and the closely allied management team , recently formed from the old executive committee and resolved to work by consensus , began to close ranks against Hayling and the intruding alien business world which he came to represent . |
| 13 | Fiona looked at the seating plan and said to meet at table six . |
| 14 | The living animal has by this process been transformed into something approximating a circuit board in a computer , and the researchers can go about exploring its properties rather as if they were electrical engineers , presented with a novel piece of equipment and trying to understand from scratch how its circuits function . |
| 15 | The other , which is no longer turned toward the origin , affirms play and tries to pass beyond man and humanism … |
| 16 | During the three days when Cresson was ricocheting between Matignon and the Elysee , arguing her case and fighting to stay in office , she maintained her usual impeccable Parisian tenue de ville , hair and make-up perfectly in order at all times . |
| 17 | He went behind the settee and pretended to go to sleep . |
| 18 | Transgressors would see the enormous snake bearing down on them , so they would break camp and attempt to hide in water holes or caverns . |
| 19 | In reality that would only increase white racism and try to solve with money a problem that can not be bribed away . |
| 20 | We will introduce rebates for small businesses to protect those who are setting up in business or struggling to stay in business . |
| 21 | The Feldwebel suddenly pulled the helmet sideways over one eye and began to sing in English : |
| 22 | They are given advice , counselling and work to do at home . |
| 23 | In a formal report submitted to the UN in late July Van der Stoel had charged Iraq with massive human rights violations against the Shia population and failing to comply with Resolution 688 ordering Iraq to end the repression of its civilian minorities . |
| 24 | Pupils who have done well at Standard Grade and wish to specialise in computing may study for Higher Computing Studies or even Certificate of Sixth Year Studies Computing . |
| 25 | She has to climb the stairs with the aid of her husband and has to lie in bed in agony most nights . |
| 26 | Just a month later , when James Russell sold his business and went to settle in Contention , he took the boy with him and gave him his American name , John Russell . |
| 27 | Pool Bank has its own ghost , that of an unfortunate wife who was walled up in a small room and left to starve to death . |
| 28 | The second activity will not be related to specific lesson preparation but have to do with language work related to modes of language use . |
| 29 | There was not a noise but seemed to tell of danger . |
| 30 | Having finally reached the small intestine , they sink their hooks into the gut wall and start to feed on blood . |