Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For that sum they could parade up and down the grounds at any time of day or sit on the grassy banks at will . ’ |
| 2 | They did n't stick their cards through your letter box or advertise in the Yellow Pages , And very often they were unreliable people , demanding payment in advance or trying to blackmail you . |
| 3 | On the lake-bed cladocerans Macrothrix hirsuticorna , Aloma rectangula and Ilyocryptus brevidentatus and two ostracods Notiocypridopsis frigogena and Eucypris fontana browse or scavenge on the benthic mats , which contain a microfauna of protozoa , turbellaria , rotifers , tardigrades , nematodes , gastrotrichs and enchytraeid annelids ( Heywood and others 1979 , Heywood , 1984 ) . |
| 4 | All anencephalus children are either miscarried , die stillborn , or die within a few weeks of life . |
| 5 | Scholz was wearing that wise , reflective look that pipe-smokers get or act on the few occasions their pipes are working well . |
| 6 | Informed consent was obtained and patients were questioned as to whether they had experienced any upper abdominal pain or heartburn in the two weeks before endoscopy . |
| 7 | Although ventilation of the mines ( by huge steam-driven fans ) and haulage ( the raising and lowering of the cage or lift in the deep mines , and much of the transport underground ) had long been mechanized , work at the actual coal-face was still done by hand in many collieries ; and pit-ponies still dragged the small four-wheeled drams — the tubs or trams from the working places to link up with the mechanized ‘ journeys ’ . |
| 8 | Add the margarine or butter and rub in with your hands or blend for a few seconds . |
| 9 | And for gentlemen , for men of property , the idea that the unpropertied working class should be represented in Parliament simply could not arise , any more than the reformers , with few exceptions , could enter into the minds of working people or sympathise with the political aspirations of their leaders . |
| 10 | It is widely believed both within TDC and by its critics that the relatively high pay levels established by the reforming directors of the 1950s and 1960s led to applications by , and the recruitment of , men who did not know of or subscribe to the old codes . |
| 11 | Judge Arbuthnot passed sentence of death by hanging , or exile to the penal colonies in the West Indies , on the men of Prosperous . |
| 12 | New toys are found for me and I play in the courtyard of the high-walled convent or slide on the waxed floors , too shy to talk to anyone . |
| 13 | Clients many never actually buy or order something based on your own designs , however , they will relate to or identify with the intrinsic qualities that your designs and workmanship represent . |
| 14 | Some people like to bury their pet wrapped in its blanket , others prefer to use a simple casket which they make themselves or buy from a local undertakers . |
| 15 | In the case of solicitors , as well as the usual provisions common to most businesses , specific restrictions may , for example , be desired : ( 1 ) in relation to the operation of bank accounts ( more particularly drawings and transfers from client and trust accounts ) ; ( 2 ) to prohibit a partner from carrying on investment business at any time when the firm has not applied for and obtained an Investment Business certificate from the Law Society ; and ( 3 ) in relation to professional undertakings made in the name of the firm , perhaps by requiring the consent of another partner ( if not all partners ) or notice to the other partners . |
| 16 | The words soar and dip , weave and bop , like some crazy impromptu syncopation , or reverberate like a low-down blues riff . |
| 17 | She could hardly bear to think she would never see this pretty place again , nor speak with the cheerful villagers , drink beer in María 's café and get hugs from the children when she saw them in Miguel 's clinic . |
| 18 | I hope that Opposition Members do not believe that Conservative Members neither understand nor care about the personal circumstances of those who , tragically , have lost their jobs . |
| 19 | Mix equal parts of baking powder and water and pat on the sunburnt areas . |
| 20 | and sit in the front rows for any play |
| 21 | Taken together , these forms of differentiation have produced a highly complex pattern of cultural diversity , although the existence of this cultural pluralism must not be taken to imply a basic equality of power and influence between the various groups . |
| 22 | The spread of Communist ideas and influence among the middle classes and among the steadily expanding constituency Labour parties , was achieved much more rapidly than in the past . |
| 23 | It is approached along a forty-mile-long fiord and the approach instructions are that the pilot should turn left at the entrance by the sunken freighter that sticks up in the fiord , or else run out of airspace and crash into the sheer mountains that rise to seven thousand feet at the end of it . |
| 24 | In your mind be always present at his tomb , weep and wail with the faithful women … |
| 25 | While pulling down the ropes between the stalactites , crane your neck upwards and peer at the bolted lines of Jacky Godoffe 's grade eights , such as Autoportrait ( 8b+ ) . |
| 26 | Many males do not go far and remain in the lower reaches . |
| 27 | But these disagreements are ‘ small ’ in comparison with the barriers of mutual ignorance and distrust between the main representatives of the analytical tradition on the one hand and the main philosophical schools of the European continent on the other . |
| 28 | He argues that differential rewards can ‘ encourage hostility , suspicion and distrust among the various segments of a society ’ . |
| 29 | As he had become an English citizen and relations between ourselves and the Soviet Union were , when he died , a great deal pricklier than they are today , this caused considerable suspicion and distrust among the fiscal authorities of both countries . |
| 30 | An attacker may break into your empty car and hide behind the front seats , or wait for you to fumble for your car keys as you approach . |