Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our education programme changes attitudes slowly in an environment where selfish values grow even faster . |
| 2 | He opens three cans deftly with a penknife and pours the lot — mushroom soup , wieners , white beans — into a pot which he places on the fire while holding a small flashlight in his mouth . |
| 3 | And at seven thirty , Karen found herself sipping sherry in a borrowed frock and shaking fingers politely with a lawyer and his wife , whom she disliked quite intensely after fifty seconds . |
| 4 | Reproachfully , Rosa dipped into the deep pot of olives and served a scoop of the waxy jade pebbles on to a dish and set it near Tommaso . |
| 5 | She dipped her fingers delicately into a dish and , to my astonishment , popped a morsel of food into my mouth instead of into her own . |
| 6 | I was pleasantly surprised at how light the detector was , for when I have the free time to get out , I like to put as many hours in at a stretch as possible . |
| 7 | Among those who glibly encouraged the notion was J B Priestley , who wrote of football turning its fans into ‘ a new community , all brothers together for an hour and a half … an altogether more splendid kind of life ’ . |
| 8 | A choice of restaurants together with a carvery and Chamberlains A La Carte restaurant . |
| 9 | We are now supposed to understand Enterprise Solutions less as a show than as a high-level executive meeting that might pass for a meeting of the Unix War College . |
| 10 | But it is surely silly to deny that it has thrown politicians and television journalists together in an association that remains totally invisible to the public . |
| 11 | A complete and intentional obliteration of a will or any part of it , so that what was written can no longer be seen , amounts to a revocation of what is obliterated ; but merely striking words through with a pen or altering them has no effect , unless the cancellation or alteration is signed by the testator and attested by two witnesses like a new will . |
| 12 | Institutions of the EEA would be an EEA Council ( one minister from each of the 19 countries and a representative of the EC Commission , chaired for six months alternately by an EC or an EFTA member ) , EEA courts to deal with disputes and to hear appeals on competition rulings , an EEA consultative committee , and an EEA joint parliamentary committee . |
| 13 | That 's why he sees rushes not as an eyesore but an asset nature 's way of providing Welsh Mountain lambs with shelter from the wind 's keen blade . |
| 14 | In this 1976 series he was still unsure of himself tactically , gave the impression that he had little plan of campaign thought out , and often seemed to be changing his bowling and field settings more on a whim than on a good tactical basis . |
| 15 | Trent bunched his knees up as a fulcrum and as the man hit them , grasped the big man 's trousers at the waist , heaving for his life . |
| 16 | THE back office problems that lead to last month 's supension of Dumenil unit trusts were identified six months ago in a document that put the group up for sale . |
| 17 | THE back office problems that led to last month 's suspension of Dumenil unit trusts were identified six months ago in a document that put the group up for sale . |
| 18 | ‘ My dad was in the reserves here for a season but his career was finished by an injury , ’ said Watson . |
| 19 | Police officers like Sergeant Allan Peters and Inspector Graham Smith became avuncular father figures , defusing tricky situations and deflating overweening subjects alike with a joke or a crisp command . |
| 20 | On the A one , delays on the southbound carriageway three miles east of Worksop at the Appley Head Roundabout , Five Lane Ends on the A one , there 's roadworks there with a contraflow and diversions for wide vehicles , so there are delays there if you 're heading that way . |
| 21 | If your skin 's rather mottled after months of warming your legs too near a fire or against a radiator , benefit from a simple foot and leg routine which incorporates massage . |
| 22 | I kept them in the shed and eventually had to put the bikes outside under a tarpaulin when the collection got too large . |
| 23 | Richards used his feet vigorously in a ruck and as the locals took exception he was punched on the jaw . |
| 24 | Chop all the ingredients together in a liquidiser or food processor , then gradually add sufficient olive oil to give a smooth paste . |
| 25 | Blend all the ingredients together in a bowl and leave in the refrigerator for at least 1hr to allow the flavours to blend together . |
| 26 | I have not said clear away , it is not the end of the lesson and some of you have not worked hard enough to make the end of the lesson now if you do n't want to make the whole poem rhyme , what you might want to do is to put two lines together at a time and have those rhyming , paired rhymes , rhyming couplets , you can do that . |
| 27 | Jangling her keys more like a jailer than an attendant , she went to gaze out of a narrow window at what could be seen of the prosperous modern city , returning to peer over my shoulder and sniff . |
| 28 | Well usually cos I got my feet up on a bench and I ca n't reach keyboard so |
| 29 | This last great problem features an unprotected crux 30 feet up with a landing that would keep the local casualty department busy for some considerable time . |
| 30 | Amaranth had no wish to be caught napping in the lounge of the Grand Hotel ; how much better to return to ‘ Mon Repos ’ and put her feet up for an hour or so . |