Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was illogical to accept that an accord and satisfaction fell within s 286(5) but fell outside s 287(1) , which referred to where a company releases or writes off the whole or part of the debt . |
| 2 | Fine to medium paintbrushes are useful for moving flowers and leaves around , and for brushing hairs and fluff off the design once you have finished it . |
| 3 | Use of PLATO has the disadvantage that special PLATO terminals have to be used for the instruction ; this means that users can not be taught in their own congressional offices and carry out the training as and when required . |
| 4 | A mob attacked Kano government offices and burnt down the state radio station . |
| 5 | Sometimes a single boulder bounds and clatters down the scree pile , echoing loudly , sometimes a larger mass breaks away , sometimes the scree itself shifts and readjusts itself in a prolonged rattling clatter — a noise rather like the sea swashing back over pebbles . |
| 6 | Griselda opened her eyes and licked up the tear . |
| 7 | We should have knocked in a couple of goals and killed off the game . ’ |
| 8 | Alphonse Blaguet , a mediator appointed by President André Kolingba , was charged with setting up a preparatory committee , consulting with political parties and drawing up the agenda . |
| 9 | According to a Dataquest Japan survey , Apple Computer Inc was the only personal computer maker in Japan to increase its shipments in 1992 — increasing by 45.8% to 185,000 units and jumping up the market share league table to third place from sixth last year , taking 8.3% of the market , writes Anita Byrnes . |
| 10 | ‘ Now work out the profit I made on each of the five cars and add up the total . |
| 11 | She cut short the stumbling thanks and put down the phone . |
| 12 | It is hoped to attract 500 people to each of the two performances and to follow up the event with an ‘ Open Day ’ to be held the next week at which the public will be encouraged to try Medau for themselves . |
| 13 | She closed her eyes to the image , waiting to hear only the words and shut out the pain . |
| 14 | They unfolded the stiff green branches and set up the metal stand . |
| 15 | Although they make a go of the cinema for a while , by showing desert pictures and pushing up the heat so that they can sell cool refreshments , their only aim is to get back to middle-class life , but with enough money to avoid any more ‘ petty , stupid problems . ’ |
| 16 | Page make-up and graphics programs allow anybody able to use a computer to change a type-face or its size , to paste in pictures and to lay out the text in almost any manner . |
| 17 | They lifted her gently onto their shoulders and moved down the chapel . |
| 18 | Edward VIII , the rise of Hitler , and World War Three which will last three years and seven months and bring about the end of the world . |
| 19 | She served four months and gave up the glue . |
| 20 | So the girls set about phoning potential and existing clients and wrapping up the business . |
| 21 | Cut the remaining sheet of pastry into diamond shapes and scatter over the top . |
| 22 | Enter receipts , work out VAT , deduct from our own books and dole out the money . |
| 23 | The ‘ Economist ’ , in March ‘ 78 , doubted whether Thatcher could ‘ forge a new majority of the right ’ and reckoned that her ‘ crusade to balance the books and roll back the government ’ was not finding much popular resonance . |
| 24 | The head of the family rested his knife and fork on their heels and looked down the table . |
| 25 | They turned on their heels and started back the way they 'd come . |
| 26 | between her knees and spelt out the sign |
| 27 | He stepped over Gabriel 's knees and clambered down the ladder , mumbling . |
| 28 | Thinking that it was heavier than it looked , he undid the straps and buckles and threw back the flap . |
| 29 | She drew the cigarette from her lips and blew out the smoke thoughtfully . |
| 30 | Mike Pumfrey , now back in the study with Sergeant Fenniway , put his finger to his lips and picked up the extension phone . |