Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [noun] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the late 1980s , Ceauşescu 's suspicions and caprices had whittled down the numbers of his long-term favourites . |
| 2 | On the pavement , Jo shook herself free and smoothed down the front of her leather mini-skirt . |
| 3 | Louise smiled a slow smile , and smoothed down the skirt of her dress . |
| 4 | 3DO Co Inc , San Mateo , California has filled in the details on its planned initial public offering and has filed to offer 2.2m shares , all new , at a target price of $11 a share to raise working capital to fund anticipated operating losses . |
| 5 | His spectacles had shaken down the arch of his nose . |
| 6 | And tobacco ash was spilt down the front of his evening shirt . |
| 7 | ‘ In any case , I have looked up the time of your flight . |
| 8 | It was more surprising coming from thrusting thirtysomethings who had probably never picked up a copy in their lives , certainly not since their last visit to the school dentist . |
| 9 | He had picked up the phrase from his teenage secretary . |
| 10 | Irina however had not picked up the seriousness of his last words . |
| 11 | Richie had picked up the urgency in his voice and had stopped chewing . |
| 12 | The marriage of Louis-Napoleon to Eugénie de Montijo undoubtedly stoked up the fires of her discontent , but the hearth was comfortably alight even before the marriage . |
| 13 | He had looked out the window of his hotel that morning , seen the rain , thought of the day that lay ahead of him and none of it any more seemed worthwhile . |
| 14 | We have carried out a revaluation of our assets as at 1.4.92 to time and cost . |
| 15 | Years later , when they told this story , those who had conceived the plan insisted that they would have carried out the attack in their own names , as rebels , and not under the Shah 's authority . |
| 16 | The latter so impressed George II that he had it hung on the walls of his apartment , and it was being printed as late as 1821 . |
| 17 | Imagine , then , that Mandela had written down the story of his life , and that the manuscript was for sale . |
| 18 | The British banks which have written down the value of their loans most aggressively may be attracted by the fund , says Jim Mellon , a director of Tyndall . |
| 19 | The man slowly turned over the page of his magazine . |
| 20 | Next to a photograph of John were a few words of text which Chris had just written off the top of his head : |
| 21 | Indeed , to the extent that inflationary expectations have built up a momentum of their own that it regards as excessive , the government may be forced to adopt demand management policies which aim to raise the unemployment rate above the natural rate so as to throw the process outlined above into reverse gear . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've built up a dossier on his drug and arms deals over the past few years . |
| 23 | They had built up the fabric in their minds again and could even feel some weary well-being as they neared Weem and saw it sheltering between the steep hills and the flood plain of the Tay . |
| 24 | However , I said I would try so I put on my best uniform , nicely pressed , and as I paraded in front of him I said I had turned up the hem of my skirt and did he think it was too short ? |
| 25 | GRAHAM Robb , Conservative candidate in Hartlepool , mapped out the course of his campaign at his adoption meeting in the town 's Grand Hotel . |
| 26 | Men do prefer blondes , she thought , and unconsciously pushed back a strand of her own urchin-cut black hair . |
| 27 | In just a few days he had pushed back the horizons of her world far out of sight . |
| 28 | ICL Plc has pushed back the timeframe for its stock market flotation , saying that it will most likely be towards the back end of the two to five year target it set when Fujitsu Ltd took its 80% stake . |
| 29 | Back to housing , handed in a letter from my doctor which states that the root of my illness is my current housing situation . |
| 30 | In the event Mazzin was after the notebooks we 'd stuffed down the front of our pyjamas . |