Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of their youth and vulnerability , and since they were less likely to be union members , apprentices and turnovers might be persuaded by employers to carry on working during a strike . |
| 2 | As he spoke I could hear the rush of shells passing over heading in the direction of the German positions . |
| 3 | What sort of thing — for instance , one of the problems in some areas might be that the buses erm do n't erm that there is an insufficient bus service late in the evening , so a lot of kids hang about waiting for a bus and get into trouble waiting . |
| 4 | ‘ Highly talented designers end up working in a creative vacuum ’ |
| 5 | Sorting went on day and night for a fortnight , and indeed beyond , for books kept on coming till the last moment of the sale . |
| 6 | In a letter to the residents association , the company says : ‘ Following the problem , our inspectors carried out flushing of the water mains , which helped to alleviate the problem . |
| 7 | At 8am a convoy of vans and unmarked police cars swept out heading for the addresses . |
| 8 | Some of the unskilled youngsters drafted in to help with the decorating did not . |
| 9 | Journalist Diana Hutchinson , of the Daily Mail , pointed out that it might be a question of ‘ the young baby left alone while the parents went out to play in the summer sunshine ’ . |
| 10 | Huge crowds turned out to cheer as the Prime Minister , spurning elaborate security precautions , rode through the city of Amritsar to the holiest shrine of the Sikhs , the Golden Temple . |
| 11 | Huge crowds turned out to cheer as the Prime Minister , spurning elaborate security precautions , rode through the city of Amritsar to the holiest shrine of the Sikhs , the Golden Temple . |
| 12 | So the next of the packages to wander through rejoices in the title Fun Pack — it 's obviously not a word processor , but it may just interest you a little . |
| 13 | The eerie lights would hang in the air for quite some time then the mortars came over to burst at the edge of the wood . |
| 14 | Kylie 's support for the green crusade was formed during her childhood years growing up surrounded by the abundance of natural beauty in her native land . |
| 15 | Although he expects margins to keep on falling during the coming year , he does believe the rate of decline will slow . |
| 16 | Still , although he expects margins to keep on falling during the coming year , he does believe the rate of decline will slow . |
| 17 | Although the deposed Communist Party leader , Mr Egon Krenz , has been credited with countermanding orders to issue live ammunition to troops standing by to deal with the Leipzig demonstrations , other sources indicate that it was the military district commander who stepped in to avoid bloodshed . |
| 18 | This is no bad thing as the cost of a decent scanner ( around £2,000 ) would take about five years to get back costed against the amount of halftones we use . |
| 19 | About 40,000 brokerage accounts were transferred to Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. in the USA , while in London the Bank of England and city institutions stepped in to deal with the consequences of the collapse on the foreign exchange . |
| 20 | It also allows the police and Customs to permit accountants to go on acting for a client after they have disclosed suspicious activity to them . |
| 21 | The first pilots to send Luftwaffe bombers spiralling down to crash into the sea were boys , auxiliary pilots who until a few months before had been flying antiquated Gloster Gladiators . |
| 22 | But he opposed any suggestion that representatives of the environmental movement might sit on the technical committees set up to decide on the safety of any release of genetically manipulated organisms into the environment . |
| 23 | As he fingered the black , transparent things hung up to dry in the bathroom , he had scented sin . |
| 24 | Most of our lodgers go out to work during the day , but Miss Hoffmann is not in good health . |
| 25 | Equally , individual officers had over reacted to the disturbances with the over zealous use of dogs , truncheons and a number of unlawful weapons . |
| 26 | And you ken and all their friends and neighbours came around to help with the harvest they 'd have this home brew . |
| 27 | High red serpents swayed up to hang for a lingering minute and fade ; busy green heads with white tails thrashed hither and thither and then dived to death . |
| 28 | Her fingers reached up to entwine in the clean curl of his black hair , every part of her aching shamelessly to be discovered and touched , by this one man who could whip up a storm in her heart … |
| 29 | ‘ There is nothing worse than players hanging around waiting for the next instruction . |
| 30 | He will implement procedures laid down to comply with the Company 's duty of care and will liaise with the Group Environmental Manager on such issues . |