Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made it possible for the duke and his eight-months pregnant duchess to rush back from Germany to Kensington Palace for the birth , putting up the royal cavalcade at his home in Shooter 's Hill on the way . |
| 2 | Fond farewells exchanged , we set off for home , our brains buzzing with new and exciting ideas to bring back to Wales ’ . |
| 3 | I thought Bobby Carter was a brave man to stand up to Billy , and him twice his size . ’ |
| 4 | Alexander assumed the throne of Montenegro in 1918 when the French government , in league with the Serbian , refused to allow the old man to go back to Montenegro after his wartime exile in France . |
| 5 | Locate in Scotland , the agency charged with luring foreign multinationals to set up in Scotland , is generally seen as competing with the Welsh Development Agency and the Irish Development Authority to secure these coveted new tenants . |
| 6 | GLENN Hoddle 's almost instant decision to walk out on Swindon and join the much richer Chelsea is not unexpected , but still a little disappointing . |
| 7 | Grant handed him his personal transceiver to clip on to Delaney 's webbing . |
| 8 | Er in fact it would take an entire evening to go out to Keighley . |
| 9 | ( They disport themselves to accommodate the next piece of mime , which consists of the PLAYER himself exhibiting an excitable anguish ( choreographed , stylized ) leading to an impassioned scene with the QUEEN ( cf. " The Closet Scene " , Shakespeare Act III , scene iv ) and a very stylized reconstruction of a POLONIUS figure being stabbed behind the arras ( the murdered KING to stand in for POLONIUS ) while the PLAYER himself continues his breathless commentary for the benefit of ROS and GUIL . ) |
| 10 | ‘ Did you have a productive session , by the way ? ’ she added , thinking that it would be nice to have some favourable comments to pass on to Iris . |
| 11 | There were no operational plans to join up with US and UK forces on the ground in Saudi Arabia , nor for any joint chain of command in the event of hostilities . |
| 12 | As he was a very intellectual artist , he was the ideal figure to take over from Metzinger the task of transmitting the principles of Cubism to the other painters ; and since he joined the group at a moment when the movement was striving for greater definition , his influence and importance can not be overestimated . |
| 13 | This marks the end of stage one of an ambitious plan to mark on to Carrog by 1993/4 and , finally Corwen by 1995/6 . |
| 14 | A £50,000 ‘ windfall ’ from Northern Arts is helping Cleveland Theatre Company carry out an ambitious plan to link up with Billingham 's Forum Theatre . |
| 15 | A farming community , existing as a hamlet in ancient times , it probably developed its agricultural resources to fit in with Kilham , which was at one time the chief market town in this part of the East Riding . |
| 16 | Anne felt that she would be willing to abandon the good times to settle down with John , although pride prevented her from admitting it . |
| 17 | The machine was n't fit for this purpose so he had to good case to go back to Dixons and ask either for a replacement or his money back . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've a good mind to go down to Mrs Wright 's now and get to the bottom of this , ’ said his Dad as Philip went upstairs . |
| 19 | There are so many beautiful designs available and would n't it be lovely to have a really good stock to draw on in September ? |
| 20 | She moved to Tonight , The Nine O'Clock News and The Six O'Clock News before leaving current affairs to stand in for Wogan . |
| 21 | From time to time he broke off his labours to return to the great court to look out for Tutilo returning . |
| 22 | Having had the good fortune to fall in with Gabriel outside Cat 's Coffee Shop as she was on her way home , he had seized his chance and asked her for an early supper . |
| 23 | On a recent visit to New Zealand , my wife and I had the good fortune to meet up with Alf and Muriel Newton . |
| 24 | In the Ubbelohde viscometer an aliquot of solution of known volume is pipetted into bulb D through A. The solution is then pumped into E , by applying a pressure down A with C closed off ; the pressure is released and C is opened to allow the excess solution to drain back into D. This leaves the end of the capillary open or suspended . |
| 25 | And the City took a long time to wake up to Europe 's moves towards monetary union ; its bid to host a European central bank was made later than most others . |
| 26 | CREWE are fighting a losing battle to hang on to Craig Hignett , their free-scoring midfield player who is being hailed as the new David Platt . |
| 27 | The Bank of England was forced to signal an increase in base rates to 15 per cent — the highest for eight years — after the Bundesbank lifted its own key rates by a full point to clamp down on West German inflation . |
| 28 | The fight was finally lost on Thursday after the Bundesbank lifted its key interest rates by a full point to clamp down on West German inflation . |
| 29 | Old Eddie Mosse had been a strange man to come out of Paradise Street . |
| 30 | ‘ In fact , they were given every encouragement by the Ulster coach , chairman of selectors , and important people at an Irish level to stay on at Queen 's . ’ |