Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An occasional surfer , Parrish eats Indian food , listens to everything from Metallica to Motown and hangs out with friends and family in his valley home . |
| 2 | She sticks the cigarette in her mouth and looks around for matches . |
| 3 | Slightly irritated he thinks that there is something wrong with the lock and goes down to reception for assistance . |
| 4 | One classic route follows Gunnerside Gill to the dams at Blakethwaite and returns back to Gunnerside by Hard Level , Old Gang and the track over Brownsey Moor by Long Brae to Potting . |
| 5 | ( Robyn kicks off the duvet and gets out of bed . |
| 6 | Take the right hand path which cuts over the shoulder of Sail Liath and drops down to Shenavall , near the head of Loch na Sealga . |
| 7 | Asked to name the title of the first episode of Monty Python 's Flying Circus on BBCTV , only three readers correctly answered ‘ Whither Canada ’ ; many more correctly completed the Lumberjack Song verse as ‘ he puts on women 's clothing and hangs around in bars ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ When Brad escapes from the Nebulan experiment lab and sets off with Cord and Tara to immobilize the directed-energy scythe on the Xerxian attack ship — where 's Chelsi ? ’ |
| 9 | The central character in this story of the times is a seventeen-year-old runaway from New York City , who is taken by the whole current youth philosophy and ends up in California , where she tries to locate her brother who also headed for San Francisco . |
| 10 | This one is n't a novel , but a personal travelogue whose scenario can be summed-up thus : successful , celebrated author buys an old biplane and sets off across America to recreate the old barnstorming days while rediscovering himself and his country and … |
| 11 | Gabriel becomes a Senderista and ends up in prison , from which he finally escapes to go in search of Elena . |
| 12 | With Sironi 's inclusion in the Tate Gallery 's ‘ On Classic Ground ’ , and a general reappraisal of European art between the wars , it is a timely decision and brings out of retirement Estorick , now eighty and recently living in New York and Barbados , who built his reputation in the art market by buying Futurist and Surrealist paintings shortly after the conclusion of World War II . |
| 13 | In pursuit of these , Mopsus proposes marriage to a fine lady and is beaten by her servants ; he steals his father 's rent money and sets out for London where he is robbed by a prostitute and thrown into gaol ; his father sends more money which he uses to bribe the gaoler ; he is tricked into marrying an aristocrat 's mistress who promptly gives birth ; the woman leaves and the baby dies ; the prodigal returns to his father . |
| 14 | If you are sitting in a very large house on your own , which is draining away your resources because it still has mortgage payments to be met and it takes a lot of money to heat and light every year , you must seriously consider cashing in on your assets by moving to a smaller house that eliminates your mortgage and cuts down on running costs , or by taking out an annuity on your house . |
| 15 | The journey today parallels the Long Island Sound and continues on through Hartford . |
| 16 | The scenic Lake Vyrnwy Nature Trail begins at the ornate Victorian dam and leads up through woodland , both deciduous and coniferous , into the heathery hills . |
| 17 | I have sat up all night attempting to watch the fish in the dark with the aid of a torch and the Orange Spot does venture out of the bogwood and hunts around for food . |
| 18 | Here then is an act that combines humility and repentance and stands along with baptism and communion as heavily symbolic ceremonies which require simple elements to carry them out . |
| 19 | True , there is a stream Kingsdale Beck , draining the slopes of Whernside at the head of the valley and accompanying the road down but for much of its early journey it prefers to travel under rather than on its limestone bed and remains out of sight and hearing . |
| 20 | [ BELVILLE gropes his way to he bed and gets in beside PAMELA . ] |
| 21 | Now when Mike gets up each morning for breakfast Natasha jumps into their bed and nestles up to Diana . |
| 22 | The whole mechanical package is fully enclosed in composite bodywork and weighs in at 121lb . |
| 23 | This is the book of the exhibition which travelled from Germany to London this year and moves on to Dublin ( Irish Museum of Modern Art , 21 November-10 January ) before reaching America , and represents the most complete survey of his work to date . |
| 24 | Gilles Peyroulet is opening a new space on 16 January at 7 rue Debelleyme and kicks off with sculpture by Jurgen Albrecht , simple geometric forms of paper and card which reflect and absorb light . |
| 25 | I used to take bass for granted , because I did n't really understand it , but having been around Sara I 've got a much deeper appreciation for the way she fits into the rhythm section and comes up with lines that move around underneath the melody . |
| 26 | Such rigidities can be observed in organizations and institutions as well as whole cultures : the small , traditional engineering or textile firm which fails to adapt to the market and goes out of business ; the political party caught between renewal and betrayal ; the institution so deeply set in its ways that it is hardly aware of them . |
| 27 | Crossing the road it follows a path across country to a small road leading to Ballagh Cross and goes on to Armagh Manor . |
| 28 | In The Favour , The Watch And The Very Big Fish Bob Hoskins plays a Paris photographer of religious themes who has to find a model for Christ on the cross and comes up with Jeff Goldblum , an ex-convict and former lover of an actress ( Natasha Richardson ) , who he meets at a pornographic dubbing studio . |