Example sentences of "the [noun] and [verb] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 3 Meanwhile , place the crumbled bread in a small bowl , sprinkle over the milk and leave for 10–15 minutes . |
| 2 | The girl pulled herself from the mattress and stood with one hand on her hip , in an aggressive pose . |
| 3 | The PFA challenged the retain-and-transfer system in the courts and lost in 1912 , to which was added the indignity of needing financial help from the League to pay the costs of the case . |
| 4 | The text seems dully at variance with the fantasy of the illustrations and falls between two stools . |
| 5 | Amanda went into the kitchen and returned with two packets of crisps . |
| 6 | It passed the back entrance of the Rectory , skirted the churchyard and divided in two , one leg going to the Broad , the other turning left to the main road . |
| 7 | The ground radio had reports of a gang shooting at the corner of La Brea and Rodeo , and Provenzano dipped the chopper to the west and flew at 130 mph to reach the site . |
| 8 | Factors such as the parasitic reliance on the stage and the book , the lack of attention given to screenwriting , the lack of flexibility in studio-based production and , at Stoll , a studio floor so constructed that it accommodated the noise and bustle of five films at the same time , had a deadening effect on anyone who came into the industry with new ideas or fresh visions . |
| 9 | Tietmeyer was on the board of the Bundesbank and had until 1988 been an economic adviser to Chancellor Helmut Kohl [ see also p. 36497 ] . |
| 10 | Now at this juncture here you would n't actually say what products you 're gon na do , cos you 're not gon na go back and say well I 'm thinking of er two hundred thousand pounds of convertible term assurance and we 're looking personal pension plan , but you 'll tell the guy you 're gon na go back to the branch , we 've got a variety of different things sir and what I wan na do is to go back to the branch and work on one or two ideas for you and then present them to you at some time in the future . |
| 11 | Tutors are normally put forward by each department or school contributing to the Course and serve for two years . |
| 12 | Heat the liquid without the wool very slowly until lukewarm , then add the wool and take from 1–2 hours to reach simmering point from that stage , then simmer for 10 minutes . |
| 13 | He hurried ahead , climbed the steps and pushed past twenty pairs of knees . |
| 14 | Athelstan , however , had to stand outside the protective ring of steel watching Cranston bow at the foot of the steps and fall to one knee . |
| 15 | It celebrates the past , it challenges the future and expresses in one voice the community 's belief in itself . |
| 16 | Such time was expensive — ‘ not just in costs to the parties themselves ’ but in the provision of a court and the expense and inconvenience to 12 jurors . |
| 17 | As the jury foreman delivered the guilty verdit , Kelly , standing in the dock and flanked by three prison officers , showed no emotion . |
| 18 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold for 5 counts . |
| 19 | The wrapper was usually a very large coloured handkerchief that was wound mice round the neck and tied at one side ‘ with two ends left a-flapping ’ . |
| 20 | Much of the material has been lent by the Terra Foundation for the Arts and consists of ninety or so paintings by William Merrit Chase , William Leroy Metcalf , Frederick C. Frieseke , John Singer Sargent , Theodore Robinson , Childe Hassam , Mary Cassatt , Whistler and Winslow Homer . |
| 21 | So , for example , it would be better to stick your head out of the window and take in six large gulps of air instead of smoking a cigarette than to cut out smoking and put nothing in its place . |
| 22 | Initially the TDR was set at 8 per cent in the mid-1960s and raised to 10 per cent in 1969 The rate was reviewed in 1972 but not changed . |
| 23 | Mumbling apologies , Stirling retreated into the corridor and decided on one more attempt . |
| 24 | ‘ On my way down I sent a message to the sheriff 's office at the Guildhall and asked for two cursitors to make diligent inquiries amongst the taverns and stews along this side of the river . |
| 25 | So as one goes down the stratigraphical column , if one leaves behind the spectacles of the specialist and looks about one with the wondering eyes of a child , one never ceases to be amazed at the diversity and yet the uniformity of it all . |
| 26 | Any form of exercise which increase the speed of the heartbeat and lasts for 15 minutes will qualify . |
| 27 | Spawning usually takes place just below the surface and the eggs fall to the bottom and hatch within 40–48 hours . |
| 28 | " Very well ; but , as we are going to the islands where there is such a darkness that a spoon might stand up in it , we must first go to the bright home of the sun and ask for one of his rays . " |
| 29 | EGYPT — cruise the Nile , soak up the sun and take in 5,000 years of history as you visit the famous sights . |
| 30 | The ‘ real local enthusiasm ’ has not been generated by this organisation : why was there no mention of the petition prepared by the STPS and signed by four of the five communities surrounding Laganas Bay , the Zakynthos hoteliers ' association , and the local association of communities ? |