Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some had national flags flying from their rucksacks so we hung out a tiny Scottish Saltire . |
| 2 | He fought with the Eighth Army and was mentioned in dispatches when he shot down a German plane with a machine-gun he had captured from an Italian plane . |
| 3 | I do n't want to be blown across the room in the first ten minutes so I hang back a little as we sit round the table with Anthony Hopkins and Campbell Scott to read the scene through and discuss it . |
| 4 | And the only other staff seems to be that young fellow in the kiosk , and I rather think he 's working for peanuts while he mugs up a thesis . ’ |
| 5 | But ions can not probe non-conductors because they build up a charge on the surface , which distorts the analysis . |
| 6 | Pipe has achieved ever-increasing tallies in each of the 14 years since he took out a licence . |
| 7 | Kingfisher 's bid comes little more than three years after it fought off a £1.8billion takeover attempt by Dixons . |
| 8 | Jimmy Jessop , the glaciation expert , who is a skilled pickpocket , undoes the back buttons of Neil 's braces as they lean over a diagram together , until Neil loses his temper , and chases Jimmy round the office , shouting that he is going to bloody kill him . |
| 9 | This tactic does sometimes work , but it 's quite risky for Orcs because it ties up a lot of character points which you could well use elsewhere . |
| 10 | In fact my own club stand-off , Jonathan Newton , keeps my on my toes because he moves around a lot , in fact all over the place , and I just have to find him wherever he is ! |
| 11 | Character oozes from it , and I am content to spend some time studying its many features before I set up a rod . |
| 12 | Most borrowers did not anticipate this ; indeed , a 1989 survey by the Office of Fair Trading shows that only 37% of borrowers gave any thought at all to the likely future movement of interest rates when they took out a loan . |
| 13 | Is he also aware that some of his colleagues have damaged their interests because they talked out a Bill designed to outlaw discrimination against disabled people ? |
| 14 | She had not walked a hundred metres before she tripped over a loose stone and went crashing over a steep overhang . |
| 15 | Then you turned thirty , started to nod off at ten-thirty and had attacks of the Blue Spots when you ran up a flight of stairs . |
| 16 | It 'll be all hands on deck from now on , ’ Moran told the girls as they sat over a late breakfast . |
| 17 | It is one belief , for example , that a woman will obtain children if she walks around a sacred tree 108 times dally for 48 consecutive days . |
| 18 | But I can see how you might think you could gain an advantage — me having problems with the local police while you work out a way to come up smelling sweet . |
| 19 | He shrugged , feeding the steering-wheel expertly through his hands as they roared round a corner . |
| 20 | Duff , who won the title when representing Auchinleck back in 1988 , but now resident in England and representing his new country , looked to be heading for the quarter-finals when he opened up a 6-1 final-set lead over Dennis Catunarich . |
| 21 | She listened for Patrick 's cry but the only noise was from the Kenny children as they squabbled over a piece of bread , and Maggie was sitting on the bed with the baby sucking in vain at her scrawny breast . |
| 22 | What about getting those children as they go out a voucher that their parents can bring them along to see a show at a reduced rate . |
| 23 | In the first incident McConville , of Lurgan Road , Aghagallon , rubbed his hands up and down her sides as she bent over a dishwasher in the kitchen . |
| 24 | MORE than 170 Bosnian refugees have been refused visas to enter Britain , only hours after they turned down an asylum offer from Spain . |
| 25 | They walked back towards the lawn in a procession at the pace of Richard 's small strides until he stumbled over a tussock of grass , admitted that he was tired and accepted a ride on the detective 's shoulders . |
| 26 | And the videotape of Cal and me playing Bottom and Titania in A Midsummer Night 's Dream last year , with us collapsing in giggles when she tripped over a cobweb and brought down half the lights . |
| 27 | Just place as many tiers as you need over a pan of simmering water of in the wok , and bingo ! |
| 28 | The two cars slammed into each other several times as they sped along a quiet tree-lined avenue before the youths finally forced her into a garden . |
| 29 | Where directorate systems work well , there seems to be an increase in staff morale and greater co-operation between professional groups as they cohere around an integrated programme of patient care . |
| 30 | His mouth was hot as it explored her lips , his teeth nipping at her lower lip , sending exquisite frissons along her nerves until she let out a small gasp . |