Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [prep] [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Carronade ’ was the first boat home , but ‘ Blush ’ and the First Europe ‘ Fraggle ’ ( Michael Nash CYC ) together and breathing down her neck less than two minutes behind put paid to any idea of victory for Peter Clements ( WMYC ) , and ‘ Blush ’ secured her second trophy of the weekend by a comfortable margin . |
| 2 | Papert explains that Reagan 's election in 1980 put paid to any hopes of obtaining public money to establish such a centre in the United states . |
| 3 | Meanwhile at Our Home the unspeakable ingrates seem bent on some sort of work-to-contract . |
| 4 | Whereas if you think your offspring are not gon na be particularly successful , you should have female offspring because they always get , get mated in this kind of , in this kind of set up . |
| 5 | ‘ You feel good being nominated for an Oscar , then you get turned into some kind of a loser when you do n't win . |
| 6 | So get rid of that bit of fence ? |
| 7 | And it would ta , take someone like that just to make them think , yeah , well , you know what is so funny in get rid of this sort of stigma about boys being immature . |
| 8 | Better that we get rid of these people in the Labour Party if they do not want our involvement let them go and form their own party , as a trade union ordinarily formed originally formed the Labour Party ! |
| 9 | You get rid of those hospitals in London , you 're gon na lose the opportunity , and the colleague from Liverpool summed it up , they shut a nursing college , right . |
| 10 | You 're the people who get trained in this sort of thing , not me , " Steven said indignantly , and tapped the desk once more , for emphasis . |
| 11 | Scum 0 Leeds 0 ; Leeds get criticised from all quarters for being negative . |
| 12 | The second place is that probably one of the reasons that physicians feel threatened by these kind of laws is that , without the law , I can cruise along and maintain my patients ' comfort and my sanity to the best of my ability . |
| 13 | And we feel confirmed in this interpretation by its enabling us to answer the question , ‘ What does the word ‘ understand ’ stand for ? ’ with ‘ a mental process we have found to occur in ourselves ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ With the publication of Affliction I feel liberated from that obsession with domestic violence . ’ |
| 15 | The majority of students become acclimatised to these sensations after a few flights , but every instructor is aware that some students are particularly sensitive to these feelings and can develop a total abhorrence of stalling and pitching manoeuvres . |
| 16 | It was a bit small for the wooden supports at the top of the cabinet but the totter got around that problem by nailing a couple of slats of wood on to the supports to act as a base . |
| 17 | There are many recorded instances of mass deaths of lemmings after a phase of population expansion , when they have apparently become subjected to some form of social stress that leads to their attempting to migrate across impassable barriers ( Elton , 1942 ) . |
| 18 | If , by agreement with the continuing partners , the personal representatives , themselves duly authorised by provisions in the will or otherwise , are content to leave the deceased 's share in the continuing firm by way of loan , for example to help the firm over some temporary financial difficulty , they do not on that account become entitled to any account of the profits of the firm , merely to payment of interest at the agreed rate . |
| 19 | The second is that the components of language do not have meaning for us in virtue of standing for objects , of various ontological kinds , with which we become acquainted through some kind of ostensive definition . |
| 20 | But much more detailed and as a result not only of about twelve days ' training which we 've undertaken in that area with the management team , or various of them , but also of our experience over the last eighteen months in operating it . |
| 21 | You 've heard about this symbol of the brotherhood of man set in welcoming Perugia with its ancient traditions of hospitality , where every year bright-eyed , bushy-tailed youngsters come from the four corners of the world to study Italian culture and promote peace and international understanding . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 've heard about this sort of thing before , ’ he said , as if realizing what he 'd stumbled on , or at least what he thought he 'd stumbled on . |
| 23 | Oh yes yes oh well yes for a rum and coffee yeah , and I 'm afraid it was very acceptable on a winter 's morning , but erm now we come , we 've come on that side of Road , we 'll now start at the top of Road again and come along as far as er what I call Street I believe it 's now where St Michael 's church is , and you come to Sammy the butchers . |
| 24 | The rock-climber is held on a rope by clipping himself on to a harness thingy ( if you 've come to this book for technical information , boy are you going to be disappointed ) that straps round his thighs and crotch , so as a quick guide to who the climbers are in the pub , just watch for those who seem to be constantly fiddling around in their genital area . |
| 25 | I 've come in this theatre in nineteen seventy five . |
| 26 | I know you have done a C C Q on yourself and we 've looked at each page in detail but I think until you actually do it yourself and maybe write little prompts to let you know what 's on the next page so you can signpost it most effectively to move round the C C Q as opposed to you dri er as opposed to it driving you , you can drive it , but that should be done in the fullness of time but I do recommend you do it before you actually do your first full appointment cos it might pay you . |
| 27 | And try and tell them briefly what you 've done in that sort of area you know , and , and see wh see what they say . |
| 28 | ‘ You 've turned into some sort of monster since Suzanna left you , ’ he said shortly . |
| 29 | ‘ He 's the nearest thing we 've produced in this country to a Margaret Thatcher . ’ |
| 30 | now the avoidance of doubt , when you 've got to another aspect of the case quite different , namely the claim for special damages , you were suggesting to Mr that there , there was a deliberate attempt to and after all whereas you might not like my er use of the to swing on to the Daily Telegraph |