Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it be objected that no beginning writer shops around in this way among the idioms handed down to him from the past , the evidence is that certain beginning writers do shop around in just this way ; Ezra Pound was one of them , and he is by no means so exceptional as is supposed . |
| 2 | If the pilot light goes out for any reason , a heat-sensing thermocouple detects the fault and prevents the main gas supply from operating . |
| 3 | ‘ Jerry here will snore his afternoon beer-snore , so I am jus ’ gon na have to put a pillow over my head and pray to God the roof stays on for another winter . ’ |
| 4 | PM faces up to another shambles |
| 5 | Each and every act of every agent comes out of this machine . ’ |
| 6 | However , because all the seismic stations have been placed on the near side the wave speeds down to this depth only reliably apply to the near side . |
| 7 | The Queen goes up to that girl with the eyebrows , and she goes , and how are you today ? |
| 8 | There were n't that many rehearsal places around at that time which we could afford . |
| 9 | The speeches are short ( perhaps the school prize-giving metaphor breaks down at this point ) and the polished public school tones of the Synod have given way to nasal northern echoes . |
| 10 | The day is gone when a girl waits around till some man needs a wife . |
| 11 | The other characteristic is that their influence seems out of all proportion to the amount present : a little goes a long way . |
| 12 | There 's a pause while a young constable comes in with some tea ; the man at the door gets his cup , and McDunn and I sip ours . |
| 13 | The sun comes back on that day . |
| 14 | We can therefore interpret our findings as evidence that what the community agrees on in this case is a pattern of stable differentiation over two generations between male and female usage . |
| 15 | erm we 're not gon na go mad knocking picture frames down in that room , it 's too much of a big job |
| 16 | Until the international community faces up to that fact , the humanitarian lifeline to trapped civilians will remain precarious , whether it goes by land or by air . |
| 17 | Er , I ca n't say definitely yet , because the meeting comes up after this meeting , but I 've had a lot of positive noises . |
| 18 | Farming comes in for much criticism , largely it appears because farmers have responded to the need to make a livelihood from the land by producing more primary commodities using industrial techniques . |
| 19 | Unfortunately the author comes up with this approach only eight pages before the end and gives himself insufficient space to spell out his solution , so in the end he fails to satisfy our hopes . |
| 20 | Now , the , there , it appears that there 's a whole variety of phenomena er which suggests that sentence divides up in this way and that can be explained on hypothesis we just call such a division a constituent , and then we stipulate that , as certain operations can only apply to constituents . |
| 21 | Another character turns up at this stage in the obese and blustering form of Judge Sir John Popham . |
| 22 | But this bearing goes up to this price . |
| 23 | Those are the policies that the right hon. Gentleman sets out before this nation . |
| 24 | I must just run up to the Casa to make sure the lorry comes back for another load . |
| 25 | As a seller , it costs you £25 to cover lost legal fees of up to £300 if your buyer pulls out for any reason other than an adverse survey , a defect in title , or unreasonable delay on your part . |
| 26 | They probably change shifts round about this time . |
| 27 | Hardly an issue of a computer magazine goes by without some mention , editorial or advertisement , of desktop publishing . |
| 28 | Tommy 's record as a manager stands up to any scrutiny ; two championships , three Bass Cups , ten other trophies and regular jaunts to Europe . |
| 29 | The song builds up with each person adding a verse until ending with |
| 30 | But for the vast majority in Northern Ireland life goes on with little inconvenience from the depredations of the IRA . |