Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun pl] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sewage outfall at Bourne End producing odd skimmers along with quality roach . |
| 2 | Technically , people in most parts of the world can build stable structures out of mud . |
| 3 | Your publication has given some of the world 's best humorists and cartooonists their most memorable exposure and has inspired countless others to pick up the pen and make complete fools out of themselves . |
| 4 | We got broad beans up |
| 5 | These extensive changes integral to the process of industrialisation involved , moreover , a major paradox , in that they brought a ‘ new ’ society with great productive potential and more sophisticated and complex ways of living , while at the same time generating extensive disruptions in , traditional patterns of life and relationships , as well as creating new material problems of overcrowded and unpleasant urban conditions , poverty and unemployment . |
| 6 | Situated eight kilometres out of the centre of Funchal on the Camacha road , they can be reached by bus or taxi . |
| 7 | In Britain , ever since the foundation of the grammar schools in the middle ages , schools have always been thought to have the function of bringing disadvantaged children up to the level of those whose homes are more educative and cultured . |
| 8 | They suggest that warnings by Mr Major that a vote for the Liberal Democrats could let Labour into Downing Street by the ‘ back door ’ may have frightened some waverers back into the Tory fold . |
| 9 | The collections will multiply and divide , as friends and family bring interesting objects back from travels around the globe . |
| 10 | Earlier , the EPA had issued regulations allowing public utilities up to 21 years to remove dangerous levels of lead from drinking water . |
| 11 | I 'll throw some towels down , and a couple of blankets , and you can toss for it who sleeps on the sofa and who gets the floor . ’ |
| 12 | The mount for the .50 calibre machine-gun was still on the vehicle but the malais had found a use for the Browning elsewhere , I think because they also used the jeep to drive foreign journos around and it would have vitiated the claims to have pacified Danu if they 'd left it on . |
| 13 | Cut out about a quarter of the old bare wood from established trees by shortening some branches back to suitable side branches and severing others at the base . |
| 14 | ‘ Now there 's a real desire and incentive to see British players up there with the best . ’ |
| 15 | You should make some pies out of it or something . |
| 16 | and er Gary was involved yesterday in drawing some plans up with er Nick |
| 17 | I began to have a series of nightmares where I experienced painful sensations up and down my spine , weird chanting and a feeling of terror . |
| 18 | Scooby Doo went in the cupboard with Shaggy and got some clothes on . |
| 19 | She followed him to the door ; he got some tools out of the shed and squatted down to unscrew the number plates from his old Renault . |
| 20 | The advantage of budgeting is that not only do you know exactly where you stand — or perhaps stagger ? — today , but that you can make sensible judgements about , for , how much more saving you can undertake , or whether you can afford to increase your borrowing still further . |
| 21 | Do n't just throw empty accusations around ! ’ |
| 22 | He passed some coins over without counting , staring stupidly at the eyes that looked hurt with expected rejection , as if the man knew what would be said to put him off . |
| 23 | You can introduce him as the guy you and I appointed some months back to work with Sanders on the preparation of the Business Plan . |
| 24 | Set up in I 978 with the twin missions of keeping Israeli troops out of southern Lebanon and helping the Lebanese government to control the Palestinians there , it was never given the strength to do either . |
| 25 | He can impose his choice because the president is elected not by the voters but by the National Assembly , where the Motherland party still has an ample majority : it holds 290 seats out of 450 Should a party which , judging by the latest test at the polls , is supported by only one voter in five choose the head of state ? |
| 26 | Professor Mathias correctly sees the high demand of the war years for cereals as keeping agricultural wages up with prices , but they started from such a low level that in years of scarcity like 1795 and 1801 they could hardly have sustained life . |
| 27 | If anything , I would believe very strongly , that a more systematic approach to this , a checklist for checking specific items off , will in fact help you , |
| 28 | Landowners ' profits were protected by keeping rural wages down and by paying artificial , guaranteed prices for crops . |
| 29 | There were troubles to start with , but you ask any of the schools in the south whether they want Direct Services back , and most of them will say , thank you we 'll keep , we 're very pleased with them . |
| 30 | Time-Warner defended Ice-T 's rap song Cop Killer — ‘ bust some shots off , dust some cops off ’ — on grounds of freedom of expression ; while the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has allegedly encouraged film-makers to focus on the most degraded aspects of human nature , showering Oscars on The Silence of the Lambs , the story of two serial killers , one of whom skins people while the other eats them . |