Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know that if we started to challenge everything we should end up like the centipede that became paralysed through analysis of the movement of its many legs . |
| 2 | Then one voice grew louder , piercing into his brain as his body became paralysed with shock and disbelief . |
| 3 | But I got to carry on walking , cos I do n't have no card . |
| 4 | When you go to buy your boots or shoes , take along the socks you intend to wear for walking . |
| 5 | Three particular issues were addressed : the right , under certain circumstances , to " decompile " an existing computer program a right to take necessary back-up copies a right to copy and adapt including for error correction . |
| 6 | Prince Charles had intended to wait for Cumberland to attack , but after his troops had endured this merciless fire for 20 minutes or more one commander warned Lord George Murray that his men ‘ were turned so impatient that they were like to break their ranks ’ and the pretender agreed to an immediate attack . |
| 7 | But he admitted allowing under age sex and the smoking of cannabis in his home and was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment on each charge to run concurrently . |
| 8 | The hostility of the Newcastle poetry scene ca n't hurt him : he does n't want to perform for poets , anyway . |
| 9 | Forecasts about the course of democracy tend to swing from optimism to despair with alarming speed . |
| 10 | ‘ I think it is important that judges should retire earlier than they do , ’ said Mr Hewitt , of Etherley , near Bishop Auckland , who retired in his 73rd year but who has regularly been recalled to sit in judgement during the past two years . |
| 11 | It is inevitable that the market for these teams is bound to continue to contract within AEA . |
| 12 | Polymer solutions tend to fall into category ( iii ) and the non-ideal behaviour can be attributed not only to the existence of a finite heat of mixing but also to the large difference in size between the polymer and solvent molecules . |
| 13 | Office hibernators are sporadic attenders , preferring to hibernate at home ( or aestivate on hot beaches ) . |
| 14 | It has been completed bang on time and within budget thanks to a special task force which was set up to lead the complex engineering job . |
| 15 | David agreed to liaise with Liz Templeton and to organise the programme for the day . |
| 16 | I 'm gon na get her to go jogging with bin liners strapped to her bum ! |
| 17 | Once demobbed he planned to go to New Zealand and start a new life . |
| 18 | When Elizabeth returned to England she talked of how she planned to go to South Africa to see if her future was there with Mr Cronje . |
| 19 | Bernard 's father had been a builder , his two elder brothers were house painters ; his older sister was married to a carpenter : another just left nursing to be married ; his two younger sisters were still at school and planned to go to college against their mother 's wishes . |
| 20 | They had never been on Scottish waters before and planned to go round Skye . |
| 21 | Scottish Homes plan to continue to invest in developments for both rent and low-cost home ownership in small urban communities including Dalkeith , Gorebridge , Rosewell , Whitburn , Armadale , Musselburgh and Prestonpans . |
| 22 | The allegations were confirmed by US Secretary of State James Baker who said on July 1 that the Bush administration was " looking at a variety of options " , said to include policing by UN guards , to halt the illegal flow of oil and commercial goods across the Iraqi-Jordanian border . |
| 23 | Seek out opportunities to publicise nursing to men and " mature " women . |
| 24 | During a hunger strike she asked to go to Confession . |
| 25 | It now offers charting by way of Microsoft Graph and you can include a chart on a slide as you would any other graphics object . |
| 26 | Eating the right kind of food and having a balanced diet is important not only for weight control but for the well-being of skin , hair and every other part of us that we tend to treat in terms of beauty rather than health care . |
| 27 | Yeah you got bring like crisps or biscuits or something |
| 28 | Finnan was shouting commands and swords were still flashing at the beasts who fought to clamber on board . |
| 29 | BBC commentator Brooking ( 44 ) admitted speeding at Ketteringham in Norfolk . |
| 30 | The Scots have four decent locks , although they failed to cope with John Eales ; but remember he is the best lock in the world . |