Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I make it my business to acquaint myself with where objects properly belong in a house . |
| 2 | The Germans naturally excelled at a style developed by themselves ; most commonly this was a simplification of Gothic features . |
| 3 | Although these activities only relate to a fraction of the total number of UK library authorities , it may be hoped that they foreshadow a revival of interest in an essential and much neglected component of the book provision process . |
| 4 | As the weeks passed she became accustomed to seeing Luke already at his desk when she arrived , immaculately suited , his dark head , with that one dramatic streak of white hair , perfectly groomed , his long , square-tipped fingers idly toying with a gold fountain-pen as he frowned over his mail . |
| 5 | If a mutant batch of tadpoles with cannibalistic tendencies suddenly arose in a spadefoot population , they would tend to survive much better on those occasions when the pond was quickly drying out . |
| 6 | The beautiful blooms only last for a day or two , but there 's a continuous succession from spring to autumn . |
| 7 | If ‘ The Hollow Men ’ traces the degeneration of ritual to a final babyish ‘ whimper ’ , then Sweeney Agonistes attempts to reconstruct the most basic rituals only to end in a bang . |
| 8 | Her fingers suddenly brushed against a plastic wrapper . |
| 9 | In its question ( 4 ) referred to the court for a preliminary ruling in the Factortame case ( Case C 221/89 ) , the national court seeks essentially to establish whether the principle of legitimate expectation precludes the introduction of new registration conditions such as those at issue from having the effect that fishing vessels duly registered in a member state have their registration withdrawn and hence their right to fish and to fish against the catch quotas allocated to that member state . |
| 10 | The disorder that had seemed to him for decades to determine the course of events regrouped itself like a pile of iron filings suddenly organized by a magnet , and he had a flash of optimism when it appeared quite possible that men in the days to come might wish to find out more than concerned them at the moment . |
| 11 | Inside , a slippery walk soon leads to a stream flowing across the line of approach : this , followed to the left , vanishes under a wall of rock , but a few paces upstream bring as a reward a vision of beauty . |
| 12 | Much heralded , the comics renaissance of the last five years has worn its For Mature Readers Only label like a badge of honour and serious intent . |
| 13 | MAS may be asked to contact potential acquisition candidates already identified by a client . |
| 14 | She gave the money for the words not used to a boy with ringworm throwing stones at a cat on a wall . |
| 15 | Punitive methods persistently used against a background of rejecting , hostile parental attitudes lead , in the long term , to trouble . |
| 16 | It is fruitless trying to revise subjects already represented in a scheme unless a notation can be appended to accommodate any new or modified subjects . |
| 17 | Tape units usually come with a back-up utility of their own ; presumably one that takes the fullest advantage of the functions of the hardware . |
| 18 | She was sitting on the veranda , her ears still straining for a sound of the departing plane . |
| 19 | Those eyes still burned with a reflection of the fires of youth . |
| 20 | Accelerated runoff and nutrient losses also occur as a result of thinning and especially clear felling . |
| 21 | It 's not just ice hockey players ; there are several teams of figure skaters now left without a rink to practice or compete on . |
| 22 | The issue of equities inevitably results in a spread in ownership initially . |
| 23 | Her ruined face where her eyes now stared from a distance , like a reflection of a look in a pond , not the look itself , would wrinkle up even more tightly . |
| 24 | Suzanne left school eight months ago to look for a job . |
| 25 | Mrs Cartwright was getting on in years , shapeless as a stuffed pillow , hands and arms scarred with the shiny tissue of a myriad burns , and eyes seemingly closed against a lifetime of hissing steam . |
| 26 | Then , their chest cavities simply burst in a mass of bone and blood and repulsive , wriggling leeches explode forth , ten from each body . |
| 27 | Most of us will have our cars regularly serviced as a precaution against mechanical breakdowns and , in industry , there are many rules and regulations to stop accidents ever taking place . |
| 28 | They were the first words spoken since the horrifying , shrieking tumult had begun and the word registered strongly with Cardiff for those shrieking , howling , tormented voices indeed sounded like a horde of the damned from Hell . |
| 29 | The pattern of attacks has not really changed at all ; the Iraqis go for the Iranian oil tankers on the shuttle from Kharg Island to Larak Island , and the Iranians then retaliate with a burst of rocket-propelled grenades and machine gun fire against almost any vessel unaccompanied by a warship . |
| 30 | ‘ I like to get pictures as if the horse is about to blink or breathe , the nostrils about to expand or contract , the legs about to break into a trot or canter . ’ |