Example sentences of "of [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in England , half-inch diameter hail stones are not unknown , and these will smash canopies and ruin the surfaces , causing very expensive damage and making it a matter of luck to get out of the area and down safely . |
| 2 | Erm , er , now of course to get back to the ambulance erm if somebody comes out of an epileptic fit and goes immediately back into another one , then you must call an ambulance , it takes so much from the person , it takes so much energy that the person ca n't possible go into one fit after another , erm without showing some affects and therefore you would have to get them to hospital , if you do n't and they have two or three fits one after another they can die , so they must go to hospital . |
| 3 | But if you ask him to spare a couple of hours to help out at a St John Ambulance fund-raising activity or a garden fête for the church roof repair fund , he might find that a worthwhile thing to do . |
| 4 | But you must you must have been asked dozens of times to go back into the pop concert field ? |
| 5 | ‘ Fifty to win is a lot of money to lay out on an untried filly . ’ |
| 6 | As Glisseuse emerged from the Swale channel at the Queenborough end , she was picked up by Vigilant and followed to the upper reaches of the Medway while Venturous made all speed round the outside of Sheppey to catch up on the operation which was now well under control . |
| 7 | When the dip of the beds is fairly steep towards the sea , there is a tendency for blocks of rock to break off at the joint planes , usually at right angles to the bedding , so that the cliff profile tends to be dominated by the dip of the beds . |
| 8 | GRAHAM Gooch will have plenty of shoulders to lean on during the tour of India . |
| 9 | Nurse Rose had to exercise all her powers of concentration to sort out from the mumblings and digressions exactly what Mrs. Fanshawe wanted to say . |
| 10 | Those who have worked with him during the time that he has been in his present post have come to admire the hard work , courage and assiduity with which he has pursued the object of bringing the parties within the island of Ireland to sit down with the British Government and resolve their differences . |
| 11 | It can also provide them with a conceptual context within which to work , in the form of hypotheses to test out in the conditions of their particular classrooms . |
| 12 | Conscience is a function of the ego ideal , and is critical of failure to live up to the ego ideal . |
| 13 | It always feels like an admission of failure to come back from the Continent and have nothing to show for it . |
| 14 | And er sometimes it takes a bit of courage to walk over to the tap when everybody 's saying there 'll be no water , and for you to turn that tap on . |
| 15 | You 'll need plenty of courage to face up to the fact that trouble is about to strike and then to deter whoever is behind it . |
| 16 | Often , when I was cycling through the camp after coming off duty , I would spy Thursby in the distance beavering along , head down against the gale , full of eagerness to get back on the job and spot any mistakes we had made during his absence . |
| 17 | Colleagues I 'd just like to put one of er John 's themes and that is that for the next couple of days we 've got a hell of a lot of business to get through and er we 've done quite well so far but er I would certainly be looking where possible colleagues for formally seconding er , as often as possible , if not all the time and I really appreciate your er your assistance in that regard because we have a great deal of business to get through in the next two days . |
| 18 | ‘ When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way . |
| 19 | Lisa nodded , carefully scooping up armful of bouquets to carry out to the van . |
| 20 | What I have always said is that way you set up supervision behind the programme is the most crucial , so therefore if I can sit down and help them to set up the most strenuous type of supervision to go along with the equipment , then they feel safe and the community feel safer that none of them will go out and commit another crime . |
| 21 | The professor said that the plans , which will not involve incineration , followed the region 's appointment of consultants to come up with the best environmental option for the disposal of the region 's sewage sludge without excessive cost . |
| 22 | The Crucible , the play which showed the clear parallel between the McCarthy mentality and the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 , was perhaps the only enduring work of art to come out of the period . |
| 23 | Put it in the pile of things to go back in the cupboards . ’ |
| 24 | Three men were needed to do the actual fitting of the tyre : two holding the tyre after they had taken it out of the oven , and one with a bucket of water to pour on to the felloes to stop them from taking fire as the tyre was clamped on . |
| 25 | Send the form to your local social security office , and you 'll be sent claim form BW 1 to be completed in order to receive the book of orders to cash in for the widow 's allowance . |
| 26 | Ramblers were often trained as weeping standards , with their stems tied to a vertical pole and then fanned out over a series of hoops to cascade down to the ground . |
| 27 | Other times , in the outside divisions , we would often have a list of people to call up in the morning — such as our own men for early morning duty . |
| 28 | Do you think there is an argument for finding natural teachers as opposed to set of people to get on with the job ? |
| 29 | Well , Oxfam week 's principally aimed at a house , house to house collection Jane , so we shall be asking a whole lot of people to get out on the streets and to put envelopes through the doors in their neighbourhood and then to go back later on and collect money which we hope people will kindly give us . |
| 30 | Will Douglas ordered Scott of Rankilburn to go back to the now blazing village , the cottage thatches burning readily , and round up a crowd of men , women and children . |