Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The time was now about nine-thirty , and I must have looked ghastly , for a young nurse who popped in with a set of pyjamas sized up the situation in a second and popped out again , running down the corridor calling for help .
2 Just to conclude , I share the view expressed already by Councillor , that just as the issue of the elderly persons homes brought about the loss of control for the Conservatives in , be sure the Health Service will bring about the downfall of the Conservatives in White Hall .
3 As a result , the cocoa exporters cut down the use of the toxic pills .
4 The pictures taken over a period of 30 years by late showbusiness cameraman Dezo Hoffman are to be sold by Phillips in London on April 22 .
5 They needed weapons badly so the Iraqis brought in a group of people including me .
6 So you actually write down questions so much going on you ca n't be expected to remember everything and if you 've got just you know sort of questions written down the page like what is your name , it 's simple as that it gets you to do , what ?
7 Street vendors called out the merits of their wares , shouting each other down in the hope of attracting customers from the goodwives who were out doing the morning marketing .
8 Just before dawn on 1 October , six generals and brigadiers were murdered and their bodies thrown down a well at a nearby military base , Halim .
9 The highlight of the week on Lough Owel was the magnificent wild trout of 9lb 9ozs taken on a Mepps near Srudarra Island by Richard Malone , Portarlington .
10 Individuals lower down the organisation may be given little responsibility with few decisions delegated down the organisation to them .
11 The dismantling of the welfare infrastructure and the encouragement of the pursuit of profit has at times taken on the mantle of a moral endeavour .
12 Filling in perfectly for the missing men , women filled in the gaps in such important industries as agriculture , to provide food , weapons and munitions manufacturing , and railways and transport .
13 As young waitresses brought in a series of unfamiliar hot dishes , our hosts used their own chopsticks to fill our bowls again and again .
14 She was admitted for mobilisation , but tests requested the next morning on samples taken on the evening of admission showed a serum glucose concentration of 56.1 mmol/l .
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