Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they first met for real the fierce , cold , autocratic , heroically self-made man 's beady eye and cockily addressed him as ‘ Washy ’ to his face , well , petrification set in , sometimes terminal . |
| 2 | With Britain getting closer to Iran and with the US constantly improving its rapport with Syria , we felt that now we were all together , we could be released without having to wait for all the governments to restore relations . |
| 3 | When a patient is detained under the MHA 1983 , but the physical disorder is not caused by or is not itself the cause of a mental disorder , a restrictive interpretation of this proposal could lead to the ridiculous scenario of doctors having to wait for such a patient to deteriorate or become unconscious before medical treatment could be initiated under the protection of common law duty of care and the doctrine of necessity . |
| 4 | Why had she had to wait for such an education ? |
| 5 | at half past three or you can say if you 'd like to , if you 'd like to wait for half an hour , we 'll get a giro cheque to , issued to you or if you 'd rather you can come back at half past three and collect it . |
| 6 | ‘ Large numbers of entries were received for all the competitions , which ran over the two days and were thrown open to the past members of the Club , as well as members of the Ladies and Artisans sections . |
| 7 | Living by himself , he had stopped taking milk : he never got through half a bottle before it went sour , since he drank coffee black and seldom ate cereals . |
| 8 | I got through half the book . |
| 9 | And she got about half a dozen of the strongest boys from standard one to stand guard at the door . |
| 10 | Visuals are very important in terms of information recall I modelled for this a couple of years ago . |
| 11 | You feel punished for all the sins you never committed ; you 're supplicated and invaded . |
| 12 | ‘ The world 's exotica is over there , parading for all the universe to see , and you are here … ’ |
| 13 | In the end it was the regular-footer Elkerton 's ability to hit for six every type of wave — leg-breaks , off-breaks , googlies , head-severing bouncers — that the Pacific could bowl at him that gave him supremacy . |
| 14 | That was why India-May could handle being ripped off all the time . |
| 15 | It is like those cases where women were , perhaps are , discriminated against because they were not ‘ strong ’ enough for a job or part of a job ; but most people would prefer for such a task a strapping wench to a seven-stone male weakling , who gets the sand kicked into his eyes by the beach bully , courtesy of the Charles Atlas advert . |
| 16 | ‘ Father vould n't really vant him to go for all the summer . ’ |
| 17 | But at the time they thought that was all they could get , and they decided to go for half a loaf rather than the whole . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , even allowing for all the frailties of palaeontologists , there still remains a remarkable picture of palaeontological persistence . |
| 19 | And is it not ( by its elastic force ) expanded through all the heavens ? ’ |
| 20 | Repeat for all the towers . |
| 21 | It 's the first time so many have gathered for such a prolonged period . |
| 22 | It is , therefore , most important to search for all the possible angles to a question , and this involves reading the question with meticulous care . |
| 23 | Stunned by the sensation , she had to search for all the willpower she possessed not to let her reaction show in her expression . |
| 24 | Points given for all the norw. players in VG ( max 10 — which is — very — seldom seen ) — 4–5-1 formation . |
| 25 | Not surprisingly , the pattern of reasons given for such a selection tends to be highly personal and particular , with emphasis being placed mainly on the objectification of personal relations , for example , with deceased friends and relatives . |
| 26 | In my opinion , moreover , if the answers to both those questions are in the affirmative , leave ought to be given for such a substantive hearing unless , taking into account the other matters to which I have referred , the court is clearly of the opinion that such further proceedings would not be in the child 's best interests . |
| 27 | Conditions could be imposed on the planning permission which would overrule the general permission given for such a change in use by the Use Classes Order ( Class 11 is ‘ use as an office for any purpose ’ ) . |
| 28 | As Carol had heard it , the Special Air Service had somehow broken through all the perimeter fences in the night , evaded the Ministry police and their bloody dogs , and reached the doors of the earth mound where the chemical explosives were stored . |
| 29 | The Holy Spirit has broken through all the man-made obstacles , and has incorporated all types and backgrounds of people in the messianic community . |
| 30 | Those who suffer most are the prisoners who allow their mask to sink through all the layers of their personality and blot out the warm , loving , sorrowing parts of themselves . |