Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the scent was so fresh , it was obvious the beasts would be unwilling to leave for a while , so Grant decided to ignore them and push on with the next stage of their operation . |
| 2 | They must be taught through benevolence and sympathy ; when the necessity arises shame may be used , but fear only in the last extremity , and then ‘ with such delicacy that if possible the habit may not gather strength by the use you are constrained to make of it ’ . |
| 3 | However , climbing sports differ from true climbers in that invariably they do not bloom until the second year wood , and then only on side shoots , and seldom repeat much after the first burst of bloom during June . |
| 4 | Trim them back , dead-head regularly and bring in before the first frosts and you should have flowers for months to come |
| 5 | The story of some of these presses is a fascinating one to follow , as the printers surreptitiously pull off their pamphlets and broadsides in some kitchen or remote country house , load up and press on to the next location , with an eye ever over their shoulder for the pursuers . |
| 6 | The Welshman sent Critchley over within three minutes of the second half and was in support to take Tait 's pass and touch down in the 56th minute , with Holliday 's goal setting up an aborbing final quarter . |
| 7 | And , as you descend steeply into the next valley , and round the Norman church , a line of eight gargoyles — one a benign lion , one a madman in mid-vomit , one a splendid , arrogant griffon . |
| 8 | Coton had made a brilliant save from Speed , again demonstrating his great versatility at right-back , to preserve that advantage and the City goalkeeper , voted No 1 in the League by his fellow professionals , went on to make other important stops from Fairclough and Wallace to thwart a predictable Leeds rally early in the second half . |
| 9 | Er what was your first idea of what you was gon na be when you grow up in the first place ? |
| 10 | So what are your plans in the next year or two as we head up towards the next winter Olympics ? |
| 11 | • REM sleep can ‘ squeeze ’ deep sleep out of the first part of sleep towards the middle of it . |
| 12 | Wings appear externally for the first time and the insect takes on the appearance of an adult . |
| 13 | Try explaining it to Ashley as he sits in the back of the minibus watching the streets of Salzburg slip by for the last time as — filming finished — we begin the journey back home . |
| 14 | No , they say sadly to the first question ; and Yes , most definitely , to the second . |
| 15 | A REVOLUTIONARY new Siberian surgery technique could help people in Teesside suffering from bone problems walk properly for the first time . |
| 16 | And many of us , I dare say , have tacitly ( perhaps wistfully ) consigned Ruskin 's views to the ash-can of history , along with other Utopian systems put together in the nineteenth century which the desolate history of our own century has made no longer tenable . |
| 17 | Whether they break through to the next level will make interesting watching : the forthcoming exhibition and David Sylvester 's catalogue raisonné may prove influential . |
| 18 | David Branch , Peter Evans and David Miller had just teed off at the 15th hole in a competition . |
| 19 | But even though Lewis used him for target practice with heavy right crosses and upper-cuts , he could not floor the durable American , who took a standing eight count early in the fourth round . |
| 20 | Stainrod contributed the first goal and , after Pat McGinlay had headed Hibs level early in the second half , the player-manager then conjured up two inspired substitutions which brought Dundee victory . |
| 21 | Aid workers say Central Bosnia , cut off for the first time this Winter by the war between Croats and Muslims , is facing a humanitarian catastrophe . |
| 22 | If you find this difficult to understand , take any of your punchcards , and count up from the first pattern row to the number 1 in the margin . |
| 23 | As you walk up to the first Munro , Stob Choire Claurigh , the whole complexity of the Aonachs becomes clear . |
| 24 | In this book we focus solely on a third set of questions : What impact is the new technology having on people at work ? |
| 25 | When you walk you wait there for the first time do n't you ? |
| 26 | Patrick watched Chris setting off down the 10th and then cut across to the 11th green , which was quite close . |
| 27 | They come close to enjoining all scientists to refuse to engage in military research but then back off at the last moment . |
| 28 | America wants the Bank to change its ways , and lend less to the third world 's governments and more to its private businesses . |
| 29 | In buildings of more than two storeys , wait for the fire brigade , and jump only as a last resort . |
| 30 | As an example , we begin below with the fourth group E , A , D , G , then include C and F , and then move on to F , B♭ , E♭ , and A♭ , finally reversing the process to return to E , A , D and G : |