Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've sent my sister in to look after the other lads . ’ |
| 2 | She put her name down to speak in the great debate about the state of the English Faculty that was held in the University Senate ; and in the Cambridge University Reporter for the 18th February , 1981 , occupying a column and a half of small print , sandwiched between contributions from two of the University 's most distinguished professors , you may find Robyn 's impassioned plea for a radical theorization of the syllabus . |
| 3 | I allowed my eyes to travel slowly up the length of the chimney breast , tilting my head back to take in the upper reaches , and my hat fell off . |
| 4 | Elsewhere , with many teachers engaged in the fifty mile protest , hundreds of youngsters used their day out to protest at the green line barrier separating Greek and Turkish communities . |
| 5 | There may be a second , or even a third rabbit about to emerge from the one hole and you must be ready to ensure that no opportunities are missed . |
| 6 | Remember that even if the precinct appears brightly lit to the eye , your camcorder will probably be working flat out to expose for the wide shots . |
| 7 | He was relegated to the back of the grid , but fought his way through to finish in the top 10 . |
| 8 | He 's a pleasant enough chap , though , and generally looks in to say hullo and have a glass of sherry on his way out to tramp over the common looking for flowers . |
| 9 | ‘ Buzzing , ’ he replied , turning the couchette over to get at the narrow bed . |
| 10 | To answer this they brought the sodium iodide detector over to look for the tell-tale gamma rays . |
| 11 | She leant her painted face back to look at the two men standing at the sideboard , and it said much for George Banks who , turning to the old lady , said , ‘ I feel you would always be welcome in whatever company you choose , ma'am . ’ |
| 12 | The abbeys and priories I passed slumbered gently in the lee of fresh green hills , unaware of the destruction about to crawl from the hellish pit of Henry 's lusts . |