Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere lay the sound of singing — I say lay for the voice seemed to float on the waters as gently as a slight mist . |
| 2 | Not unless you want to sit at the table do you ? |
| 3 | Some MEPs want ultimately to take over from the council the main responsibility for passing EC laws , while others want to concentrate on the right to appoint the European Commission . |
| 4 | Okay , have a go at it and we 'll come round and correct what you 're doing as you 're doing it , alright , so you want to pad over the wound to keep infection out and then try to get your bandage on top of that to keep the dressing in place . |
| 5 | Frequent tinkering with the system has been a feature of politics in France , where it is possible to change the constitution by simple majority . |
| 6 | It seems likely that in very primitive multicellular forms the main mode of communication was chemical — a substance released by one cell , say signalling for the cell to contract , could fairly quickly diffuse to other cells , ensuring that they too contracted . |
| 7 | What I would like to know is : what damage is the soot doing to my fish and do I have just cause to go to the council to get something done about it ? |
| 8 | As they stepped from the carriage a captain , three NNCOs and a thousand women wer waiting on the platform to welcome them . |
| 9 | In the next Journal I hope to deal with the correspondence relating to the great flood , which closed the Railway on the 13th & 14th May 1886 . |
| 10 | The room fills with beige light as we lie listening to the house coming to life . |
| 11 | Sure , there are some A&R departments who seem to look at the money making potential first and last , and others with more artistic temperaments . |
| 12 | In the office , after lunch , they started again , Ilse sitting in the corner taking notes . |
| 13 | I remember drawing opposite the road stretch when that bank was pegged as well ! |
| 14 | I also like to plant in the autumn to allow the winter rains and mists to work for me . |
| 15 | you like to go in the pushchair do n't you ? |
| 16 | But it is totally universal as well in that it is also a simple parable , like Dead Poets Society , about the necessity to follow your instincts and not get trapped by the drive to conform . |
| 17 | You know , i i you need to be full to fill up that area because well , you know yourself , people like to stand around the bar do n't they ? |
| 18 | Those firms which get caught in the middle appear not to do so well . |
| 19 | The law as a profession is regarded as a difficult one for hearing people , and not many manage to become solicitors ; still fewer get called before the Bar to become barristers . |
| 20 | Yeah but they get served in the end see , by the end of the night they get served do n't they , you know ? |
| 21 | When excavating , remember to allow for the space taken by the concrete — at least 15 cm ( 6 in ) all the way round . |
| 22 | I think it 's a difficult situation , I mean I know in er in Nottingham now , if the car parks are full , you actually get directed by the attendant to use a disabled space . |
| 23 | They make the shut-off valves that get put in the drill bit to prevent blow-outs . ’ |
| 24 | They sit staring at the sunlight reflected off the monotonous river . |
| 25 | Technically however red-figure is not simply outline drawing with the background blacked in . |
| 26 | But uncertainty in the predictability of income , a fall in the real value of headage support ( Figure 2 ) notably for cattle , and the recent cost inflation continue to detract from the confidence required for long-term investment . |
| 27 | We continue to invest in the future to make sure we continue to prosper . |
| 28 | However , shareholders continue to suffer as the group halved its total dividend for the second year in a row . |
| 29 | Teachers who feel threatened by the scheme consider that it should not be compulsory and that it is not a source of motivation for them . |
| 30 | The families sit through a trial and feel short-changed by the sentence handed down . ’ |