Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have cleared their shelves of anything that could offend the public or bring down the wrath of the tabloids . |
| 2 | No one 's going to make me buy a postcard with a baby otter on it , or pick up a leaflet on alpine lichens . |
| 3 | To help , just contact Sight Savers at 21 The Strand , Bromsgrove , Worcestershire B61 8AB ( tel : 0527 579226 ) or pick up a leaflet from Sound Control at 61 Jamaica Street , Glasgow G1 4NN for a sponsorship form , and then go along to either the Birmingham Town Hall on Sunday September the 20th between 2.00pm and 4.00pm , or our Scottish Music Show at the SECC in Glasgow at the same time . |
| 4 | For competition leaflets please contact ‘ Streetwise ’ , or pick up a leaflet from your local Woolwich branch . |
| 5 | or pick up the aesthetics of road-haulage . |
| 6 | However , the use of pig fat in the enfleurage process will be off-putting to the vegetarian who may have to forgo the pleasures of jasmine and tuberose or track down a supplier of the even more elusive vegetable oil absolutes . |
| 7 | Or Make up a story about meeting a sea monster . |
| 8 | Secondly , the exporter could insist on payment or make out a bill of exchange in DMs and thus transfer the foreign exchange risk to the importer . |
| 9 | These worms have a similar food-gathering strategy to the more familiar filter-feeding tubeworms , but instead of the feathery heads of fanworms have long , sticky tentacles which they wave in the current or drag over the substrate in search of food particles which are then carried back to the mouth as the tentacles are drawn in . |
| 10 | Thus there is no net loss or gain over the period of time . |
| 11 | Direct capitalist control or influence over the communication of ideas ( mass media , publishing , universities ) , and capitalist influence over the state , both structure ‘ debates ’ in liberal democracies . |
| 12 | He continues pouring from one container to another , and after lots of experience and conversation with the adults around him can begin to estimate how much he is going to need to fill the guinea pig 's water bowl or top up the vase of flowers . |
| 13 | If you intend to buy mail order , make sure you are familiar with the shoe and the correct size or send in an outline of your foot to help the supplier . |
| 14 | If it is your intention to set a cat among the pigeons or let loose an eagle in the dovecote , you do n't send a postcard in advance announcing your intentions . ’ |
| 15 | After all , it was join him or prop up the door for a few hours . |
| 16 | Tip cous cous into a steamer or sieve over a pan of boiling water and steam for 5–7 minutes until tender . |
| 17 | I am running a 1986 V8 County 90 which at 25,000 miles has no more than normal backlash in the transmission line , yet a most irritating noise has developed which can only be described as a clunk that occurs whenever I apply or lift off the throttle in any gear . |
| 18 | All yelped out in a voice that would wake the dead or summon up the devil from the deepest ring of hell . |
| 19 | However , such a transaction is valid as between the company and the other party to it , and the court may on the application of the company or the other party to the transaction , affirm , sever , or set aside the transaction on such terms as the court sees fit ( s. 322A(7)CA ) . |
| 20 | Research has shown — as might be expected — that ‘ natural breaks ’ in programmes allow people to go to the lavatory or brew up a cup of tea rather than watch the commercials . |
| 21 | He was manipulating a kind of toggle or switch on the head of his cane . |
| 22 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |
| 23 | His programme — a heady mix of big spending and big cutting — may not cure Brazil 's inflation-fevered economy , slay the recession or win back the faith of foreign creditors . |
| 24 | Thick swathes of greenery give a luxuriant festive touch — drape them around apiece of furniture , around a beam , or twist around the handrail of the staircase . |
| 25 | Or suppose , again , that your neighbour has agreed with you that he will not open a public house or carry on a school of music next door , and does and threatens to continue doing one or the other ; or that you have a right to light for your windows , and he threatens to erect a building within three feet of them . |
| 26 | After such rows , her mother would sometimes stay in her room for days on end or trail round the house like a blind stranger , oblivious to Katherine 's existence . |
| 27 | To lubricate the drill , first build a small ring of putty or plasticine around the mark for the hole . |
| 28 | The production of written or spoken language at the single-word level ( as , for example , when you answer a question like ‘ What is the large grey animal with tusks and a trunk ? ’ or write down the name of a picture shown to you ) is not difficult to explain . |
| 29 | Also provided always that will not be obliged to assist with or take over the conduct of any proceedings which are principally based upon allegations of negligence , breach of contract , or other acts or omissions by , nor will be obliged to indemnify in the manner set out in this clause in relation to any such proceeding ; |
| 30 | Family breakdown is common and there are a large number of single parent families , with the result that many grandparents share in or take over the upbringing of their grandchildren and behave as parents to them . |