Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mirror is placed onto the fixed clips , pushed back against the wall , and the sliding clips are pushed in to hold it in place . |
| 2 | So what could be done both to protect us from crime and to make us less fearful ? |
| 3 | I heard later from the servants that he had spoken to Mrs Reed about me , and that she had agreed immediately to send me to school . |
| 4 | And he put his sons to read , that they might be of the better understanding , and he made them take arms , and be shown how to demean themselves in battle , and to be huntsmen . |
| 5 | I could n't help thinking she was like a racehorse , and when Ward started questioning her , she answered him with such haughty condescension , such arrogance , that his face went white and I swear he 'd have play-acted the Gorbals slum kid and thrown a lot of four-letter words at her if he 'd known how to do it in Spanish . |
| 6 | Indeed it would seem that these paintings undercut their initial didacticism and that order is evoked primarily to bring it into question . |
| 7 | Manufacturing capacity has been scaled down to bring it into line with projected demand . |
| 8 | We have been asked not to say anything for security reasons . |
| 9 | Fortunately , many of these loopholes are now being closed by new amendments and , hopefully , there will be less frustration for the law-enforcers who , in the past , have seen many villains slip through the net after they have worked hard to bring them to justice . |
| 10 | At school , the few masters who had noticed him at all had tried vaguely to direct him towards science . |
| 11 | No , not a dog , a bodyguard stationed there to protect them from evil . |
| 12 | When he left , he had started a new relationship , and was determined not to ruin it with jealousy , but to draw on the insights he had gained and to share his feelings with his new partner . |