Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words about words tend to float off into a mysterious space of their own — though I hope most of those we have used have been firmly pinned down . |
| 2 | You want to go out for a wee wee puss ? |
| 3 | Androgyny was expect to go along with a broad , flexible and effective repertoire of behaviours , and well-adjusted emotions . |
| 4 | In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time . |
| 5 | Subject : ‘ Youre going home in a Swedish Ambulance ’ |
| 6 | The basic assumption of geometric perspective is that although parallel lines never meet , they appear to do so at a vanishing point , on a distant backcloth . |
| 7 | However , the grouting can easily get discoloured and dirty-looking , so it might bc better to start off with a dark grouting from the beginning . |
| 8 | And then a rite of reconciliation for those who 've lapsed from church membership , or from the practice of their religion , and want to start again in a purposeful manner . |
| 9 | I propose to begin therefore with a terminological clarification . |
| 10 | These advanced techniques involve partnering up with a fellow student and following a step-by-step routine of attack , defence and counter-attack . |
| 11 | She wanted to eat her cake and have it , put Georg away in a little box for the future , when she 'd finished having a good time . |
| 12 | I hope to stay here for a long time . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I hope to get home at a reasonable time tonight , but it rather depends on what Kegan wants . |
| 14 | I want to restore my 1967 LWB and hope to end up with a functional , economic vehicle . |
| 15 | Around the catafalque are some of his most powerful magical items , which lie scattered around in a strange quasi-circular pattern as if they were being drawn to the catafalque in a spiralling motion and suddenly stopped . |
| 16 | Of course , it was all too immediate , though some of us kept diaries , ; now we select and interpret looking back from a different Personal life and a very different political time . ) |
| 17 | The watching Masai begin to walk away after a long , contemplative moment . |
| 18 | First , the European Parliament , supported by the Netherlands , wished to acquire more substantial powers for itself , especially over the EEC budget , and so begin to look more like a genuine legislature . |
| 19 | Give yourself time to settle down with a new program before you draw the conclusion that it is so buggy as to be unusable . |
| 20 | ‘ If we comb through our stories and one encounters with wild whales and dolphins , we find that they seem to hang together along a shining thread — that whales and dolphins know what they are doing , that their actions are purposeful , and stunningly specific to the occasion , that they intend us no harm , that they are aware . |
| 21 | To start with , none of the themes seem to link in with a previous theme or rheme ; each sentence seems to stand on its own in a sort of vacuum . |
| 22 | There 's a feeling of belonging and caring ; the demonstrators seem bonded together by a common link . |
| 23 | Sweets were produced and I remember going around with a bandaged head for a day or so . |
| 24 | The Fishguard-based crabber Inspire went down in a calm sea when a huge wave swamped it . |
| 25 | This ‘ bad faith ’ operates among the doctors and pharmacists who allow their knowledge and skill to be abused ; among the politicians who wish to see themselves as community benefactors , while knowing full well that they are nothing of the sort ; and even among the poor who are so often critical of the medical ‘ care ’ they receive yet continue to hold out for a medical solution to their social and economic problems . |
| 26 | Only the Russians and some German Social Democrats keep banging on about a neutral Germany . |
| 27 | And then then risk the life of one of the best rabbits we 've got , just to play nursey while you go wandering about like a moon-struck field-mouse . |
| 28 | Try jumping down from a low platform , landing with bent knees . |
| 29 | ‘ Like a dog you keep chained up in a dark room . |
| 30 | It is not surprising that Dr L regarded the humanities with some contempt , arguing that students go to sign on for a medieval history course in the arts faculty and |