Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nirvana say biog off to authors |
| 2 | Never conceal a mistake , for mistakes kept in the dark tend to grow out of all proportion . |
| 3 | The girls in the canteen want to lock up and go home . |
| 4 | After the English cricket and soccer debacles of the past week , Hastings ' side hope to make up for the misery by catching the All Blacks cold New Zealand have not played a Test for 10 months and face the Lions with a new team . |
| 5 | Next season , the Supporters ' Club hope to start up a bicycle hire scheme for away matches . |
| 6 | With the emergence of Pop , bells of recognition begin to go off , but otherwise it can be difficult going . |
| 7 | In the discovery that you were not mistaken , that you do fancy each other , the levels of tension begin to die back . |
| 8 | To check whether the relative emphases in the programme get carried over into government priorities , we can count the sentences devoted to each topic and see if these relate over time to spending in various areas . |
| 9 | Forty per cent of the women attending a Dow-Stoker Returners programme decide to come back to work because of a trauma . |
| 10 | When the Opposition try to throw back at us arguments about increasing accountability , I say this to them . |
| 11 | She saw the corners of his mouth try to twitch up as if her snatching at his invitation had amused him . |
| 12 | All those cups of tea do add up and the fridge is always there ready to beckon when a hunger pang lingers . |
| 13 | In the past , the forecasts for the Semiconductor Industry Association have turned out to be over-optimistic , and this one appears to follow the same trend . |
| 14 | Barnet players have not been paid by the club for the past three weeks and , although the Professional Footballers ’ Association have moved in to pick up the £30,000 tab , £80,000 in promotion bonuses remains unpaid . |
| 15 | The local Licensed Victuallers Association have pointed out that all six pubs have gardens and car parks , suggesting that they will be converted to plastic ‘ eating houses ’ . |
| 16 | Having realised , I suspect , at least for the time being , that they are not going to get anywhere in their fight for equal prize money at Wimbledon or the French , the Women 's Tennis Association have come up with another proposal which I know has support in some areas but which I certainly hope will also bite the dust . |
| 17 | The American Canoe Association have set up an international pen pal scheme for children . |
| 18 | The Football Supporters Association have set out on a project to democratise the game , taking control of the clubs and institutions that so ruthlessly exploit their support . |
| 19 | Pride events : Stokesley 's Pride In Our Town Association have taken over the town 's Mayday celebration , part of a series of events to promote and improve Stokesley . |
| 20 | The fire brigade have put out the blaze , thank Christ . ’ |
| 21 | He has had to make do without his familiar retinue of civil servants and , as plenty of critics from his own side have pointed out , he neither looks nor sounds like a prime minister . |
| 22 | One match missing this weekend is Gloucester 's game against Cardiff at Kingsholm … its been postponed … the Welsh side have cried off with injuries and international call-ups … still plenty of rugby to see though … there 's the National schools sevens at Iffley road in Oxford tomorrow and then on Sunday down the road in Marston there 's a mini rugby festival for the youngsters … |
| 23 | ‘ Nuclear Electric have carried out a similar study , which also showed Deferred Safestore as the best option . |
| 24 | It is n't only the novelty Three Wise Men or Snowflake designs which are selling : ‘ Many women are looking for a luxury buy to finish off a party outfit and the opaque hold-ups by Italian designer Paulo Cavali are best sellers , ’ says Heather . |
| 25 | Members in exile have set up committees in Mexico City to carry out the solidarity work they can not undertake in El Salvador because of the political repression , They have made an enormous impact both in El Salvador and abroad . |
| 26 | And his seven years of study have paid off , with his name among those of this week 's successful candidates . |
| 27 | Sadly the opposition have gone down with the flu . |
| 28 | Both Age Concern and the social services department have set up befriending schemes , sending volunteers or care assistants to spend time with elderly people at home and often giving carers a break . |
| 29 | The dark and the light have lain down in each other 's arms to sleep in a bed of silver moonlight and a little shifting wind brings the scents from the nearby woodland on the other hill . ’ |
| 30 | Some in industry have to carry out the same operation . |