Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But colour terms frequently qualify only part of the object their head noun denotes ; furthermore , different colour terms may typically apply to different parts , so that , for instance , Mary 's eyes are blue and Mary 's eyes are red are not contraries ( N.B. there is no lexical ambiguity in these sentences ) . |
| 2 | Please send in copy for the summer issue of FYT News as soon as possible . |
| 3 | In a US property , a guest let off steam to the bartender because his room was not ready and it was already late . |
| 4 | The Burtons let off part of the house and lived in the rest . |
| 5 | Break off yarn at the end . |
| 6 | The Humber has been a barrier which cut off trade to the south . |
| 7 | As they are used single-handed , they make it easier to dead-head flowers , prune shrubs , cut up chicken for the barbecue , and shape materials like leather , canvas , etc , for craftwork . |
| 8 | I think my being there was a put up job between the lady and the billeting officer . |
| 9 | This field is situated at the edge of the Zechstein salt basin and thin beds of halite extend over part of the structure . |
| 10 | give just outline of the site , but certainly not . |
| 11 | There are many plants that give off scent during the day but which seem to take on fresh strength in the evenings . |
| 12 | The pages lie out flat on the desk when the cords are extended , so that it is possible to write the pages without taking them out of the binders . |
| 13 | WINDSOR 'S Willie Noteman has been forced to pull out of the Carlsberg Ulster Championships which begin tomorrow week at the Boat Club . |
| 14 | Davies says deepsea fish are attracted to the drums , then move to shallower waters and pass on radio-activity through the food chain . |
| 15 | The offer is only open while stocks last so post off the order form today . |
| 16 | I do n't think they question necessarily assimilation of the settlement now , but assimilation in the settlement in the it becomes developed . |
| 17 | The figures for percentage sedentary people at the beginning of this chapter tell only part of the story . |
| 18 | However , these rules and formally laid down procedures tell only part of the story . |
| 19 | But the figures tell only part of the story . |
| 20 | They tell only part of the story , and leave out any elements which do not fit into their chosen line of argument . |
| 21 | I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border . |
| 22 | I set aside Lover at the Gate to attend to the children 's needs — Coke and hamburgers from room service soon quietened them . |
| 23 | What I have always said is that way you set up supervision behind the programme is the most crucial , so therefore if I can sit down and help them to set up the most strenuous type of supervision to go along with the equipment , then they feel safe and the community feel safer that none of them will go out and commit another crime . |
| 24 | Surveying reports on the relevant customary behaviour in 350 separate ‘ societies ’ , Tylor was able to demonstrate that , when the newlyweds set up house with the wife 's kin , avoidance behaviour between the latter and the husband occurred more frequently than could be expected on the basis of mere chance . |
| 25 | If pine comes mean no more to you than the pretty seed carriers that litter out countryside in the autumn , think again . |
| 26 | Otherwise blow out dust from the keyboard and clean keyboard casing . |
| 27 | Please remember when filling in the questionnaire that only about half to two thirds of the newsletters printed go to members ; the others all are given away at clinics , shows , etc. possibly to people who have no idea what NCT is . |
| 28 | Now the 37-year-old Liverpudlian is preparing for the sell out run of the stage play Alfie at Bolton 's Octagon Theatre . |
| 29 | They were going to undo the spells that held together the vortex and bring back Chaos to the world . |
| 30 | The home of the Ba was the body in the tomb , but it was able to go out freely and bring back life to the body and thus preserve the deceased 's identity on earth . |