Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Paste me again with that stick of yours and you 're a dead Scotsman , Patel . ’ |
| 2 | We need to refer to them because they are a significant element of style , but we shall not in general distinguish them formally from linguistic categories . |
| 3 | They dig for days to get them out of the ground , and hide them jealously from other Yahoos . ’ |
| 4 | All the big firms have strong international links that cushion them somewhat from domestic troubles . |
| 5 | Autistic children are difficult to understand due to their complete individuality ; unlike Down 's people , they do not have any common physical characteristics which place them apart from other people ; they are often very attractive looking children . |
| 6 | They then ferry them away to different waters in tanks in the back of transit vans . |
| 7 | The September decision of Prime Minister Hage Geingob to withdraw the Border Guards and the Special Constables — formed by ex-members of SWAPO 's People 's Liberation Army of Namibia ( PLAN ) , and of the South West Africa Territory Force — and replace them temporarily with trained members of the new Namibian Defence Force ( until properly trained police officers could take over ) proved unpopular , with SWAPO 's Youth League demanding reinstatement of ex-SWAPO fighters . |
| 8 | The scriptures are the comprehensive equipment of the man of God , and fit him fully for all branches of his work . " |
| 9 | Disseminators of " indecent " material which lacks the potency to corrupt are generally within the law so long as they do not despatch it by post , or seek to import it from overseas , or flaunt it openly in public places . |
| 10 | ‘ Now please show me more of marvellous Florence . ’ |
| 11 | If you want to share them , put a new condom on them for each user or wash them thoroughly in hot water ( as long as the toy is not electrical ! ) . |
| 12 | goes , I had to pick all six up for that price , put them away for next year 's presents . |
| 13 | Now when you go through most of the things that you will see you can touch , but there are things up on the shelves at the sides and we put them there for special reasons , usually cos they 're very heavy or cos they might break easily . |
| 14 | I mean one assumes that 's why the Highway Authority put them there at that size . |
| 15 | I had a friend who had one of those ancient slide machines which was used to give light shows , and you could make the slides out of coloured oils and inks and put them together between two sheets of glass and when they 're heated up inside the machine , they went , splat , splat , and made these rather beautiful moving colours . |
| 16 | What we did at that point , was to get together a task force of people to examine the idea and where it was going : the people doing the work and the people who were likely to understand the most likely market — put them together in one room to reason their way through to the fact that we really ought to drop the project . |
| 17 | A word from Graham Gooch soon put me right on that count . |
| 18 | Hold them loosely in each hand with the long arms straight ahead . |
| 19 | COOK 'S NOTE : To make caraque , melt about 175g/6oz plain chocolate , then spread it thickly on some baking parchment and leave to set . |
| 20 | He lifted his head and put it slightly to one side to listen better . |
| 21 | Huh , er just , please help us , you know we get on much better , of course you can give an explanation , all Mr wants , you requested is said whether you did raise it , of course you could say , we did n't , I did n't because erm of so and so , because there was n't an opportunity or whatever , but do tell us whether yes or no whether you raised it surely that 's possible Mr is n't it ? , is n't it ? , am I trying to assist you , during my people are just not answering the questions , put it again in blunt form Mr would you please |
| 22 | The question of er P P G thirteen and transportation I think is vitally important , York will come into the position that Chester er where I was just at a transportation enquiry recently , it 's a very similar sort of city , it 's not quite the same as Cambridge , where Cambridge is leaping ahead on quite , some would say draconian transportation measures , York in the forceable future will have to look at specialist transportation measures , that 's important in terms of the planning policy guidance that is out , it 's also in the white paper , it may be in draft P P G thirteen , it 's also in I think it 's P P G twenty two , renewable energy , that we should now be looking at developments which is closer to work , that links then to the question of sustainability and viability of a new settlement , I am not aware , and and I put it guardedly in those terms , of any significant employment existing or proposed in any of the new settlement proposals . |
| 23 | Stand on one leg and bring your other knee up to your chest and hold it there for ten seconds . |
| 24 | Many of those who hold it live in poor areas and some are Coloured , that is , of mixed European and African descent . |
| 25 | In this particular pair of designs , I have used matching leaves and similar tones for the flowers , although you could create two designs that are very different and link them together with matching frames or mounts . |
| 26 | They want ties that link them more to each other — through mutual defence pacts — and to the West , if it can be done without infuriating the Soviet Union . |
| 27 | ‘ Take her back to the medical centre and have Dr Karnstein meet me there in one hour . ’ |
| 28 | This is because you will have developed , without necessarily ever having thought about it , some learning style preferences that equip you better for certain stages in the cycle than for others . |
| 29 | Or rather , they photograph you only on formal occasions : birthdays , weddings , Christmas . |
| 30 | I owe him much in this regard and shall always be grateful for the interest and encouragement he gave to me on his visits to our school , in particular the visit he paid only a year ago when he addressed my staff and helped them all by his understanding and the depth of his practical knowledge and experience . |