Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 We think the Writers Internationale should stand up for her rights . ’
2 Frank Spencer would slide along on his stomach . ’
3 Every Tuesday , Lord and Lady Spencer would drive down to their house in Mayfair .
4 Of its 450 members , 162 last month signed a letter arguing that for the time being Ukraine should hold on to its nuclear weapons .
5 She stepped into the brightly varnished launch , aided by a uniformed boatman , trying not to think of the time when Lucenzo would bow out of her life .
6 He has been quoted as saying he wants to play long-ball football and that 6ft 2in Deane would come in as his target man .
7 Then Connie could come out of her hole . ’
8 The track ran along the lip of the natural amphitheatre , no trees guarding it from the eighty-foot drop to the small lake , so Trent could look out from his ambush across the track to the meadow below .
9 Does this suggest that Mr Patten should stand up to his critics ?
10 Besides , if they found her , there was no telling what they might squeeze out of her before Jackson could get in with his writ .
11 No , she would not wander off again , she would go post-haste to England and Alain could get on with his intrigues and his high-powered business .
12 Nikola Koljevic , their deputy leader , says Serbs will go back to their old demand for a Bosnian confederation of independent Serb , Muslim and Croat states .
13 One evening , Seb could put up with his own company no longer .
14 He wished Lee would get out of his room .
15 Embattled Norman Lamont will hang on to his job , at least for the time being .
16 She says the extensive music library represents a unique resource which the BBC can draw on in its forthcoming battle for listeners with new national commercial radio channels .
17 He told how she and Garry used to call round to his house ever Sunday for lunch .
18 If Mao could sit up in his mausoleum and scan the elite quarters to the west of the Forbidden City , with X-ray vision to penetrate its vermilion walls , he would conclude that the present leadership should be Respected Tactically but Despised Strategically .
19 We hope this picture of Brian will make up for your disappointment .
20 I would hide stones and Bess would rout round with her nose , never giving up until they were found .
21 In September 1989 the Libyan news agency JANA said that Italy could make up for its " wrongdoing " during the colonial period-particularly the deportation to Italy between 1911 and 1942 of some 5,000 Libyans as forced labour-by speedily paying the compensation demanded by Libya , which regarded as inadequate a settlement of dollars 6,700 million reached in 1956 .
22 ‘ Within half a second of my mouth touching yours , I guarantee that all thoughts of Ryan will fly out of your head . ’
23 The obvious danger is that if they are unable to earn a living for themselves , that states of Central Europe will slump back into their earlier condition .
24 His continued absence increases speculation that Arsenal 's David Seaman will step out of his shadow for the first time in 18 months against the Poles next week .
25 For his first 20 years , Andrew could see out of his left eye .
26 She wished George would hurry up with her cup of tea .
27 Shares will boom and John Major will cling on by his fingertips .
28 Charles will turn up on his own on December 13 to watch a host of top stars take part in a ‘ An evening with Dylan Thomas ’ in aid of the Prince 's Trust .
29 Later this month Sam Torrance will set out from his home in Largs to embark on no less than his 20th season on the PGA European Tour .
30 Since talking to me , she has been given a council house about fifteen miles from her family home , so at last she and Sean can get on with their lives together .
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