Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [noun pl] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Clive Allen missed one great chance six minutes before half-time when his snap shot from inside the box , following a superb pass by Julian Dicks , was brilliantly tipped over by Bees ' keeper Graham Benstead . |
| 2 | The tests were based on European Standards , adapted to conditions in the home , and were carried out on Maples ' 100% nylon twist-pile carpet and on tiled flooring . |
| 3 | With his colleagues Lippitt and White he reported the results of well-known experiments which were carried out in boys ' clubs established for the purposes of their studies . |
| 4 | When a national newspaper first published Mrs Travers ' views , the response was so great that a whole page had to be given over to readers ' letters . |
| 5 | That was eight years after the Lloyd 's scandal — involving tens of millions of pounds being syphoned off into directors ' pockets — erupted . |
| 6 | There are several black children who have grown up in children 's homes with purely white staff , and others who have been placed with white families who are isolated geographically and have no contact with black people ( Gill and Jackson , 1983 , p. 134 ) . |
| 7 | The group is made up of miners ' wives and relatives , ably supported by a cross-section of concerned individuals on this particular morning a retired teacher , two people running local businesses , and a lecturer . |
| 8 | I was very proud of those she made for outdoor wear , perhaps because they were different ; they were generally made from offcuts of the various dress lengths being made up into ladies ' costumes . |
| 9 | Since this is inextricably bound up with women 's position in society as the prime providers of such tending , it becomes difficult to say whether the depressed status of such work is a result of a system of male domination of women or whether such work has been allocated to women as part of that process . |
| 10 | The justice meted out in children 's games ( like that on the screen ) may be rough and ready , but it can be argued that ‘ violent play ’ is by no means all negative . |
| 11 | There is a special commission which organizes the daily menu , using the prison food stocks , invariably rice and beans , together with additional food brought in by prisoners ' relatives and solidarity groups . |
| 12 | They are sceptical that a few extra consultants or staff grade appointments will really reduce their hours and complain that the new deal was set up by doctors ' representatives not working in hard pressed specialties . |
| 13 | A significant number have been brought up in children 's homes themselves . |
| 14 | At this , Golding decided they should be driven back to Swans ' Meadow , accompanied by Finch and a lugubrious detective sergeant called Barrett . |
| 15 | Organiser Rose Cuthbertson said the show would be followed up with teachers ' action packs and practical workshop sessions on the environment . |
| 16 | Organiser Rose Cuthbertson said the show would be followed up with teachers ' action packs and practical workshop sessions on the environment . |
| 17 | It was decided to press ahead with Saturday 's show despite access to the main field being badly cut up by exhibitors ' vehicles having to be tractor- towed into position . |
| 18 | She lived in one of those streets running from the Old Brompton Road more or less parallel with the edge of Brompton Cemetery , a territory that seems more or less taken over by typists ' collectives , where groups of girls band together to share flats whose rents none of them could afford individually . |
| 19 | are not still being generously spread around by men 's cocks . |
| 20 | He is somewhat surprised to see Dave and Stone from Pearl Jam and Bill from Ministry dressed up as men 's ladies ; female attire and make-up obligatory if you want to play with Lush . |
| 21 | One possible factor in the success of some of these marriages is that quite a few women do seem to get a kick out of seeing men dressed up in women 's clothing , though I do n't know why . |
| 22 | Dressed up in Nibs 's gear , ’ McQuaid said . |
| 23 | This would lead to a balance of payments crisis and devaluation , coupled with domestic inflation as wages were bid up by employers ' demand for labour . |
| 24 | It is important to recognise that the research itself , and its setting , inflicts its own contingencies on the choice of indicators : research using interviews will have to use indicators that are largely constructed out of respondents ' answers to questionnaire items whereas observational studies , and Lazarsfeld did not preclude them from variable analysis in principle , would have to use others . |
| 25 | The 700 sq ft shop , called Ottakars Children 's , has a range of around 4,000 titles , and has been fitted out with children 's play and adult seating areas . |
| 26 | Given its rather élitist duties , it is not surprising to note that the PSBC would be funded out of taxpayers ' money and rents paid by ITV contractors and not by the ( few ) consumers of its products . |
| 27 | Often this conclusion is backed up by scientists ' discoveries of fossilized dinosaur footprints . |
| 28 | It would have capital resources of 10,000 million ECU ( some US$12,400 million ) , 30 per cent of this to be paid up in members ' subscriptions and the rest being callable capital . |