Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb base] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will she send out a message to those who oppose smoking and belong to the brigade who say , ’ Do as I say and as I instruct you , ’ to the effect that they should leave ordinary people to get on with the job of smoking and supporting the economy ? |
| 2 | The important experimental point to remember is that dust will also scatter light and contribute to the scattering intensity . |
| 3 | Sitting with legs apart , stretch your arms up high and twist at the waist . |
| 4 | Stretch up high and twist at the waist . |
| 5 | Not that these two , makers of last year 's spunky , delirious , wankable ‘ Love And Life ’ album , are likely to get one , this being too bass-heavy and reggaeish for the world of Our Tune . |
| 6 | We would rather be free and live in a mess . |
| 7 | Some of these phases may dissolve and the coatings will break down by a combination of solution and particle attrition as less soluble particles break free and migrate into the body . |
| 8 | I must be free and stand as a Conservative ; I could not serve under L.G. again . |
| 9 | He focused again on the patterns made by damp and mould on a patch of distempered mortar level with his eyes — a piece of coastline seen from a hill , headlands enclosing a bay with a wide curve . |
| 10 | And , like a little child , he stopped being careful and tense for a moment and said what was in his head , quite simply . |
| 11 | Never mind , as long as you 're careful and tread on the drugget . ’ |
| 12 | For this , you don a neoprene suit , boots , flippers and life-jacket and take to the water in a specially adapted inflated lorry inner tube . |
| 13 | So what happens if we do something similar and look at the world through a single object — the humble apple , for instance ? |
| 14 | The hours of the examination are not something distinct and separate from the rest of your preparation , but are more like the final short sprint to the tape . |
| 15 | Take out the joint and remove from the tin while you layer the potatoes and onions in the juices . |
| 16 | He pulled out of the dive and cleared the target area , every joint and spar in the aeroplane shuddering under the strain . |
| 17 | Arrange the tomatoes and melon wedges decoratively on the couscous and accompany with a lemon wedge . |
| 18 | ‘ Oliver , Oliver … ‘ , creeping along delicate and tense as a stalking cat . |
| 19 | But why start early and finish in the middle of the day ? |
| 20 | ‘ And when assembly lasts too long they start getting bored and roll on the floor or play Pat-a-cake . ’ |
| 21 | The Monday 's carnival procession will leave the Butts Green as usual and proceed through the town to Anstey Park , where the entertainment is expected to be bigger and better than ever . |
| 22 | Push the crate left to hit the switch , go down , collect the star and fly up , left and then down , go left , collect the star , fly straight right , then fly up , land on one of the platforms on the side of the wall , jump up and go right on the chair-lifts , go down , right through the wall , climb up the blocks , push the crate down two platforms and go back through the wall , go left , down , right and jump onto the boat , go right , up and left into the tent to complete the game . |
| 23 | The important thing is to steady yourself as much as possible and reach for the ground with one hand . |
| 24 | Slice the cheese as thinly as possible and place in the centre of the plate . |
| 25 | These provisions had loopholes and proved technical and obscure with the result that enforcement was difficult . |
| 26 | Stephanie advises letting her lie on your tummy when you 're pregnant and listen to the life within . |
| 27 | ‘ Let's not be too hasty and come to a conclusion before we 've got all the facts . ’ |
| 28 | There was a real fear that an amendment which satisfied developers would seriously weaken or even wreck the planning machine ; the scheme was part of a complex of planning controls which might easily be upset and result in a return to the very problems which the 1947 Act was designed to solve . |
| 29 | You pull the chain down really low and pee on the edge of them . |
| 30 | Here , the English Tourist Board and the local authority decided the magnificent fifteenth-century castle , if it was to remain intact and open to the public , would not find a purchaser without permission for development . |