Example sentences of "it [vb mod] run [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a Steam Tank ploughs through a unit it will probably hit several models and it may run over several units in a turn if it is lucky . |
| 2 | The company has predicted that it may run out of money as early as July without new customers or an infusion of cash from the outside . |
| 3 | The company has predicted that it may run out of money as early as July without new customers or an infusion of cash from the outside . |
| 4 | A CONTROVERSIAL plan to charge foreign three-day-event riders a £500-a-season licence fee to compete in Britain has been dropped because it could run up against European regulations . |
| 5 | At first , as he worked , he had reminisced pleasantly to himself about the smells and the texture of paper and ink , and about the pleasure of opening a new roll of papyrus , laid out as far as there was need on soft leather spread over a wooden writing desk ; then mixing the ink powder with water , and the nervous moment of dipping the brush to make the first signs — to load the brush just so , in order that the ink would be absorbed by the paper before it could run down it . |
| 6 | The supply is adequate for the moment , but with 500 families arriving every month , it could run out . |
| 7 | It was a worry when we did n't get a pension and when it did come , it alleviated things , but we know it could run out in the New Year . |
| 8 | The two decided Heron 's losses in America and the impact of recession on housing and property closer to home would mean it would run out of money in late 1993 . |
| 9 | If you could only stretch or you know turn your head a certain way it would run out . |
| 10 | The work commenced at the beginning of November and it will run through until May 1994 . |
| 11 | If we continue to use the countryside in an exploitative manner it will run out . |
| 12 | This capital is running out , and if we export industrial agriculture to the Third World it will run out faster . |
| 13 | If the marble is not moving fast enough it will run out of kinetic energy before it reaches the top , come to a momentary halt , and then roll back down again the way it came . |
| 14 | The money that the Minister has provided has been recycled more times than I can count — although he talks about it as if it were new money — and it will run out in April , but there is still no commitment to replace it . |
| 15 | Presumably they 're afraid it will run out of money before it 's their turn . |
| 16 | Anyway , as I say , you must be careful because it will run out . |
| 17 | It 's probably only that old quack Hardacre feeding him the wrong antibiotics — Agnes shared George 's view of Sir Frank ‘ — but if each course takes five days before they decide it is n't working , it can run on . |
| 18 | Your presence may help to concentrate its mind , however , and you can establish a routine whereby it can run around and play for a few minutes after it has performed as desired . |
| 19 | The metro is the first full-scale railway system to have driverless trains and it can run up to 60 two-car trains an hour during peak periods ( New Scientist . |
| 20 | It can run off a rechargeable battery pack . |