Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Burrows and Hunter 's research indicates that many landlords are trying to force pre-1988 tenants out of their properties so that they can either move in new tenants , sell with vacant possession or sell on to other landlords . |
2 | To let herself out of the back she 'd either have to clamber over the seats or squeeze out of a window , and because of the shape of the doors the windows did n't even open all the way . |
3 | We need something dramatic to focus it , either to introduce something which will create a potential for change in this situation ( which will potentially destabilise the situation ) or pick up on something going on in the groups which will have the same effect ; we need to focus on an issue . |
4 | When we shop or eat out in cafés , college canteens or restaurants , we tend to select food for appeal and taste , not nutrient value . |
5 | But Ah tell ye this , laddie , Ah 'm a helluva fast learner , so do n't think ye can pull the wool or sit around on yer fat little arse doin' bugger all . |
6 | Then lie or sit down on the nearest piece of furniture , try to keep warm and wait calmly for help to arrive . |
7 | He was pestering people at the bar , trying to butt into their conversations or sit down at their tables and behaving — as far as people who did not know he was ill were concerned — like an archetypal northern wally . |
8 | we 'll I think , be okay and , provided we do n't excessively energetic and too stupid , get too hot in the bath or that 's not a very good thing to do , or crash out with er flu or something I dare say anyone can crash out , I mean you , you , you could be a president of the United States |
9 | It is a suitably simple affair , with just two sculpted capitals of indeterminate subject and only one sculpted arch or voussure out of the four ; the tympanum is the best thing , a Christ in Majesty decisively sculpted in uncommonly high relief . |
10 | In the event of non-compliance , in English law , an action can be brought for breach of contract or tort up to six years after the date of the event , as laid down in the Limitation Act 1980. [ 1 ] Documents that originate through the existence of the contract and evidence the events arising under the contract should therefore be maintained for that six year period . |
11 | Fulfil consumables requests or report back to users CSO |
12 | Then again they would just stand there , or squat down in the shade of a sand hill , their eyes fixed on the two endless parallels , following them out until they joined and lost themselves in the bush . |
13 | And er if you call up the program or fax in for whatever reason , then you can get yourself a free afternoon pack . |
14 | … freedom of speech , and debates on proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament . |
15 | 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688 , prohibits simply the impeachment or questioning of parliamentary proceedings in ‘ any court or place out of Parliament ’ . |
16 | ‘ That the freedome of speech and debates or proceedings in Parlyament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parlyament . |
17 | That the free dome of Speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any Courte or place out of Parliament . |
18 | To subscribe to ELT Journal , simply fill in the form on the back of this leaflet and send it off , with payment , to the address supplied overleaf or send off for a free inspection copy . |
19 | Make sure that you receive all four issues of the 1993 volume by filling out the form on the back of this leaflet and sending it off , with payment , to the address supplied overleaf , or send off for a free inspection copy . |
20 | Occasionally she has been able to get away and walk the streets of London , or slip out with friends without looking over her shoulder . |
21 | Fix the doctor or nurse up with white coats , stethoscope and little lights of the kind used for looking in ears . |
22 | Or grind down to a powder if you want to add it to smooth sauces . |
23 | How many times have you faced the glares of your fellow shoppers in supermarkets as you struggle to pack your bags with one hand and write a cheque with the other , or fumble around for cash to pay for your goods . |
24 | Which make you cringe slightly , or shift about in your seat ? |
25 | Then I 'll decide whether to post him the last reels of film in a Jiffy bag or fly back to London with them myself . |
26 | People will help themselves and save you a lot of work , as will buying paper plates for everyone to use and making the buffet a finger buffet with lots of little bits and pieces of food , and nothing that has to be served onto a plate with a spoon or cut up with a knife and fork . |
27 | '68 — jeans either simply rolled up or cut off at required above-boot height — though some were worn instep length by some . |
28 | These artists clearly stand close to the Pioneers and are attempting to adapt black-figure to the new movement , with some success : crowded compositions , figures overlapping each other or the borders or cut off by them , vigorous drawing with rather slap dash incision ; but the elaborate fore shortenings and musculature are not much attempted and do not come off very well . |
29 | When included , the inner shape was taken to be a hole or cut out in the total shape . |
30 | They are particularly concerned that the poor , elderly and sick will be forced to run up debts or cut down on the amount of electricity , coal , oil and gas they use . |