Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zelma , bless her , who has always regarded her son-in-law as a sort of concierge who somehow manages to throw up the odd masterpiece in between sitting at a desk , gazing uselessly out of the window and making endless messes in her kitchen with his coffee dregs and fag ash , had been popping into the study at fairly regular intervals , with unspecific enquiries . |
| 2 | Although I must admit … ’ he paused to slow the car down before turning off the road to come to a halt outside an attractive inn , thatched , gabled and wooden-beamed , its façade ablaze with baskets of flowers , its forecourt furnished with long trestle-tables and carved wooden chairs . |
| 3 | She brought a window down by pressing on a button . |
| 4 | After an admirable talk by Geoffrey in the morning , we were all given the afternoon off before reassembling for a hula-hula party in the evening ( when off duty , staid Scottish lawyers are inclined to let their hair down even further than their English counterparts ) . |
| 5 | By the end of yesterday , having had half of the region 's press beating a path to her cage door in deepest East Cowton ( and a simultaneous announcement of her existence was being made in New York ) , she was feeling distinctly tired but kept her pecker up by chewing on a favourite piece of banana . |
| 6 | But I remember having a day off from teaching at the time , probably because of the various strikes , and watching the lunchtime television . |
| 7 | Now , however a new layout has been agreed by the course bookmakers association and the racecourse executive which could take much of the hassle out of betting at the track . |
| 8 | But equally you can create suspense out of going to the very edge . |
| 9 | That was the first time I 'd had any money out of gigging in a year . |
| 10 | Taking the worry out of caring for the departed . |
| 11 | Buy a metal bulb planting tool while you 're at it to help take the frustration out of planting into the grass . |
| 12 | ‘ Somewhere , ’ he replied and switched the kettle on before rummaging through the drawers . |
| 13 | Wirral Association for Disability starts the scheme to take the strain out of shopping for the disabled next March . |
| 14 | In addition to doubts about the contracting process , we also take issue with Ham on his singling out of underfunding as the major problem for the future of the NHS . |
| 15 | Shirley , 54 , took a year off before returning to the stage . |
| 16 | Thus , leaving the graduated scheme out of account for a moment , the position we have reached today is that the state pays to all retired persons , without regard to means , a pension roughly of subsistence value . |
| 17 | Last year 's holiday was great , last year , and I might get a bit of enjoyment out of looking at the photographs , but I 'm still paying for one again this year ! |
| 18 | Skilled negotiators avoid using irritators such as these and keep the emotional temperature down by sticking to the facts . |
| 19 | And why had n't the attendant come and told the foreign autocrat off for coming in the wrong way ? |
| 20 | In Oz David Widgery took time off from musing on the revolution to provide an obituary for Jack Kerouac , one of the people with whom the entire movement had started . |
| 21 | Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman recorded for Shrapnel Records from 1981 to 1989 and has recently taken time out from working with the band to record a new solo album , ‘ Scenes ’ , for Shrapnel/Roadrunner Records . |