Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] [adv] [adv] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | when we played CBGB 's this guy who 's some sort of junior manager for Marvel came up afterwards and said he really liked the band and that it was a shit thing they sued us . ’ |
| 2 | As all readers will appreciate , this change of course occurs quite frequently and sometimes has to be decided upon very quickly . |
| 3 | That 's an immense chunk of grant to allocate early on but it allows you to budget carefully the meagre remains . |
| 4 | The copies of Vogue slipped slowly sideways and upwards , and disappeared into darkness … |
| 5 | The din was intolerable : overlapping dialogue in several languages , dowagers with laughter like painted nails down a blackboard , the endless rattle of the wheels , occasional gunshots , screams of unknown origin , the gravel-under-waves chink of piles of money turning over again and again , the shouts of losers . |
| 6 | ‘ It was very muddled because she 'd pieced it together out of bits of gossip picked up here and there . |
| 7 | I am grateful for my hon. Friend 's comments , because the significant fact about St. Ivel 's sponsorship is that it is a perfect example of sponsorship working very well and of the use of the business sponsorship incentive scheme , which I just mentioned . |
| 8 | New varieties of cotton grow more rapidly and quickly pass through their most vulnerable phase ( when the carpal surrounding the cotton is thin ) . |
| 9 | The overall volume of transport decreases both up and down the beach from this zone . |
| 10 | ‘ A few years ago one of the old boys from Ham was doing a bit of rabbit poaching up here and a headless horseman went riding by as cool as you please . |
| 11 | Actually it was only a matter of perhaps fifty seconds before the first convulsive rattle of protest shook his ribs , and then she felt the first thread of breath drawn out long and fine under her coaxing fingers as she sat back from him . |
| 12 | External libraries Four of the six departments use external libraries although the amount of use ranges quite widely and the reasons for their use differ . |
| 13 | How could the Secretary of State dismiss so lightly and in advance a report which had not even been written at that date ? |
| 14 | ( Gledhill 1954 , p. 44 ) This demand for a wider and less myopic frame of analysis has only recently and partially begun to be met , primarily in a shift towards an interest in actual spectatorship , but also in related issues such as the experience of viewing and the role of cultural differences in film reception and production . |
| 15 | We have to find ways of managing waiting more effectively and keeping the customer ( be it general practitioner or patient ) informed . |
| 16 | But then the columns of moulding moved in soundlessly and it was n't a tent after all . |
| 17 | With Speed pushing right up and supporting the 2 forward … would enable him to make his runs into the box , also get on both flanks to cross , or get on the end of Wallace crosses … |
| 18 | When it aids the excitation field , the entry into saturation occurs slightly earlier and the departure from saturation occurs slightly later than would be the case . |
| 19 | Only retail showed continued rises with rental values up slightly and capital values 0.6 per cent higher , pushing the annual total return up from 10.2 per cent to 10.7 per cent . |
| 20 | This arose from discontent voiced both outside and within the Survey . |
| 21 | How could a man dressed in chainmail move so quickly and silently ? she asked mutely , watching as he took the soft linen in one big hand and carefully freed the material . |
| 22 | The hand that held the rein tightened without even a start , the head that had been inclined easily forward in thought came up smoothly and instantly , every muscle in formidable control . |
| 23 | The common use of the rose in heraldry illustrates how deeply and firmly it became associated with and identified as a symbol of family arms and crest , class and dynasty . |
| 24 | We will also provide pastoral support to help those already in mission to function more effectively and we hope to do some more pastoral training to help us in this area of work . |
| 25 | Thus , under the name of trusts , equitable rights in land grew up again and flourished . |
| 26 | I have dwelt upon this small piece of local topography in order to show how here and there , and possibly oftener than we think , roads came into existence to serve a special and limited purpose . |