Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Banks it always was who gazed grimly at the enemy submarine from the bridge , Michael Banks who ignored the smoke pouring from his Spitfire 's engine as he trained his sights on the alien Messerschmidt . |
| 2 | Her lips parted avidly to the questing thrust of his tongue . |
| 3 | Sensed somewhere below the thinking mind , somehow older and wiser than consciousness , there is … |
| 4 | A modern hotel situated right in the city centre and only 300 metres walk from the railway station . |
| 5 | Sub-set variable is listed numerically after the base part , with cross-reference to the parent assembly/s . |
| 6 | The photo stood in the doorway , placed rather in the way children put dolls in a window to let them look out . |
| 7 | The Doctor was marched on to the flight deck of the F61 at pistol point . |
| 8 | Lucifer pointed out to Eve the forbidden apple on the flat tree painted on to the back panel of the cart . |
| 9 | He 's probably got a private cache of cheap cider or meths hidden somewhere under a paving slab to help him nod off at nights , and a pile of newspapers to keep him warm . |
| 10 | The fate map should be regarded rather like a train timetable — it tells you only what will normally happen . |
| 11 | Well the thing is you see I think wha from what I 've gathered on from the radio programme is that the actual erm the attitude of the kids to the metro had got so much worse that they 're having to do something about it |
| 12 | A case involving a murder charge would be referred on to a Crown court . |
| 13 | The general rule is that problems which can not be solved at lower levels are referred upward through the organisation structure until the problem reaches an official with enough authority and power to solve the problem . |
| 14 | Now it is known that ripening tomatoes ripen faster when placed together on a window ledge , because they produce ethylene gas which stimulates their neighbours to faster and synchronous ripening . |
| 15 | The pair of Cardinals who since being removed from the community tank had been separated , were now placed together in the breeding tank . |
| 16 | A group of academics and intellectuals has gathered together under the title Charter 88 to campaign for a written constitution to rectify the ‘ implausibility ’ of the country 's current protection of liberty and freedom . |
| 17 | When mum and I had checked in at the travel desk and given in our suit cases we were able to wander around and have something to eat until our flight was called out . |
| 18 | His name had been leaked inadvertently in a press interview which I had given and someone had traced his whereabouts . |
| 19 | One company recommends laying its own make of cork lining paper or roll cork below the planks for better heat installation , and most manufacturers recommend a sheet of underlay below their wood floors ( to be tucked in behind the skirting boards ) if there is any possibility of dampness occurring . |
| 20 | The parallels of the extreme behaviourist and the extreme hereditarian meet at a finite point and join hands in mystic union , like the snake with its tail in its mouth , welded together by the acetylene torch of commitment to one approach and one answer to a multitude of questions . |
| 21 | In a book which was actually about statistics , A. L. Bowley once established four rules to guide designers of schedules and questionnaires.3 They are given below as a starting point for our discussions . |
| 22 | The point is , only one of the two can come out of his little door at any one time , not just because that would make impossible weather , but because the two little men are joined together by a metal bar : one has to stay in if the other one is out . |
| 23 | When the earth had been finally pressed down round the tree roots , Peter Dawson had put his arm round his wife 's tiny waist and they had surveyed their handiwork with obvious satisfaction . |
| 24 | When W. C. T. was two years old his mother gave birth to his brother John ; the pair of them were baptised together at the parish church on 21 January 1775 . |
| 25 | Although they have been pencilled in for the Cymru Alliance next season , Llani have faint hopes of winning a reprieve if a present club pulls out of the Konica League . |
| 26 | Leading Tory Lady Olga Maitland had been pencilled in by the South Belfast Conservative Association to go on the hustings with candidates last weekend . |
| 27 | This facility can be started/stopped only by the LIFESPAN Manager . |
| 28 | Great imperial systems propelled by steam have broken down into a myriad nationalities propelled by the internal-combustion engine and oil . |
| 29 | broken down since the paper article , had n't had a sole come since that newspaper article . |
| 30 | ‘ As the industry matures , I believe airlines will be stripped down to the core business of flying people and cargo from place to place . |