Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Connie Franks recommends the first week in June as being early enough for putting out the bedding plants . |
| 2 | Thanks very much for filling in a questionnaire yourself so fully , and for your points about possible dangers here and there . |
| 3 | He uncovered his head only after switching out the light at bedtime . |
| 4 | This is the Court of Chancery : which has its decaying houses and its blighted lands in every shire ; which has its worn-out lunatic in every madhouse , and its dead in every churchyard ; which has its ruined suitor , with his slipshod heels and threadbare dress , borrowing and begging through the round of every man 's acquaintance ; which gives to monied might , the means abundantly of wearying out the right ; which so exhausts finances , patience , courage , hope : so overthrows the brain and breaks the heart ; that there is not an honourable man among its practitioners who would not give — who does not often give — the warning , " Suffer any wrong that can be done you , rather than come here " . |
| 5 | ‘ Very soon after the campaign of unspeakable suffering had commenced , ’ James Butterworth wrote in 1932 , ‘ those who had laboured long in building up a club saw the once-hooligan juniors , who had become stalwart seniors , whipped away as by magic … |
| 6 | Each of the factors known to have importance in depression are therefore seen to be contributory and not capable of acting alone in bringing about an episode of depression . |
| 7 | But it has been a case of getting better at managing the cash ; better at keeping down the costs . |
| 8 | Mr Waigel hoped to go to Munich ; Mr Kohl would move someone better at adding up the costs of German unity to the finance ministry . |
| 9 | The King of Prussia kept up a desperate defensive campaign against his other main enemies , Austria and Russia ; Britain contributed to this struggle not only by keeping up the army for the defence of Hanover and western Germany but also by supplying money , first as loans and then about £3m. in grants , to keep the Prussian army going . |
| 10 | Shortly after taking over the shop Alfred fell in love with the sort of girl men have fantasies about , and she seemed to respond . |
| 11 | Though you do make it sound like running up a cotton frock . |
| 12 | ‘ I am very upset that the council think they can get away with sending out a liability order before magistrates have even considered the case , ’ said Mr Jones , a part-time council security man for over five years . |
| 13 | She waited until it had stalked away before picking up the remains of the Geiger-Muller counter and dropping them into the holdall . |
| 14 | In the next three hours they heard and saw nothing ashore before setting up the signal light and infrared beam at 0015 that Sunday morning : an hour or so later the first craft — carrying the Rangers — came past , some 10 minutes late . |
| 15 | One dealer at Bailey McMahon , just before picking up the phone to speak with clients , would chant : " I 'll rip your head off . |
| 16 | ‘ We have modified it a little already by putting back the starting time from 10 to 10.30 , ’ he said . |
| 17 | For this reason , it is best to practise a pan before you shoot , starting with the body pre-swung through half of the movement in the opposite direction — rather like winding up a spring . |
| 18 | Rather like putting up a mouth to get a kiss and getting a blow instead . |
| 19 | So , while it is always worth seeking out the names of journalists who have a special interest in your subject , and if appropriate sending the releases to them at home as well as to their office , always be sure to send your releases to the newsdesk and perhaps to one or two others on the paper too if it is appropriate . |
| 20 | Bull , who has scored four goals in the last two games , did not train yesterday after picking up the injury during Saturday 's 5-0 win over Portsmouth . |
| 21 | The claims of the opponents of monopoly turned out to be reasonably justified ; more and more slaves were shipped across the Atlantic by the independent traders , and the government found itself drawn further and further into keeping up the forts that provided English traders with a base of operations in West Africa . |
| 22 | It may be prudent for a firm to gain experience in the market through agents and distributors before venturing directly into setting up a manufacturing subsidiary . |
| 23 | Powers claimed by the Home Secretary to intervene over the content of programmes would radically alter the constitution of broadcasting , Mr Anthony Lester , QC , told the Court of Appeal yesterday in winding up an appeal against the High Court refusal to outlaw restrictions on interviews with named groups , including Sinn Fein . |
| 24 | He arrived home from picking up the Sunday morning bagels and the lad from Sunday school , to find his study full of arc lamps and white coats , and to have his sleeve wrenched unceremoniously up and a needle shoved in his vein . |
| 25 | Now according to a report in today 's Guardian , the company is considering going a step further by setting up a manufacturing plant in Russia . |
| 26 | It is a simple matter to test the battery of the transmitter even before leaving home by carrying out a range check in conjunction with the receiver . |
| 27 | She had tried to make a pipe once by hollowing out the pith , spongy like the white stuff inside a peeled rush , carving holes with an awl , but the pipe had never done more than make thin sounds magnifying her breathing . |
| 28 | . We 'll be giving you some exercises later about filling in the back . |
| 29 | It is also worth working out a scale of charges which can be used if an author or editor asks to buy equipment which has been used in tests for a book or for a comparative feature . |
| 30 | A naive bee carried to the feeder from the hive and placed on the food source will circle repeatedly after taking on a load of sugar water as if ‘ studying ’ the source , and yet when she returns a few minutes later she will be unable to choose the correct feeder colour . |