Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the total 79 referrals received between October 1987 and March 1988 , the NSPCC team dealt with 50 cases alone , jointly investigated one with social services department staff and referred the remainder on for various reasons for example , secondary task work . |
| 2 | Spoon blobs of the choux pastry on to wet baking sheets and bake in a pre-heated oven for 15 min . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , why must you harp on about that ! |
| 4 | Because it 's a beta version , I do n't propose to harp on about any niggles , but will say this — if more DOS applications adopt its user interface and usability as well as its wealth of functions , the death of DOS may be further off than many of us have predicted . |
| 5 | The treatment of the short-sleeved belted chit on of light material is assimilated in the taste of the time to that of the heavy chit on ( figs. 73–4 , 76 ) , though the structure of the garment is quite different . |
| 6 | The man in the light-brown coat spooned the henna powder on to fancy scales with tiny brass weights , then folded it into a sheet of brown paper tied up with string . |
| 7 | Next Friday , we 'll do our level best to keep er our hair on during another live edition of Central Weekend . |
| 8 | So can you choose one of those lines now , think about it for a minute and then have a look on at this . |
| 9 | Progressive rock believed in FUSION , the grafting on of new musics . |
| 10 | Its trade unions have a structural complexity similar to that in Britain as a result of ‘ the movement 's craft origins , the subsequent grafting on of semi-skilled and unskilled employees [ and ] flirtation with industry unionism ’ ( Cupper and Hearn , 1981 , p. 25 ) . |
| 11 | There are only three ways of controlling phylloxera : by grafting on to phylloxera-resistant rootstocks , the accepted method ; by planting into ‘ phylloxera-proof ’ soil of at least 85% sand content ; or by submersion ( flooding the vines ) for a period of sixty days in slightly permeable soils and ninety days in very permeable soils , sufficient to kill phylloxera but hardly practical for a working vineyard , especially when there is every likelihood that the parasite will return . |
| 12 | Grafting on to American rootstock led to a much needed rationalisation , whereby only the best sites in the classic regions were replanted and only noble vines were cultivated . |
| 13 | Body position and movement also play an important part — although the fact that turns latch on to each other successfully in telephone conversations seems to suggest that these factors , like gaze , are perhaps not as important as might at first appear . |
| 14 | In Brazil , Anticarsia gemmatalis NPV is used to control velvetbean caterpillar on around 1 million ha of soybean . |
| 15 | They moved their stand on to 79 , the second best of the first wicket this season , before Kellett was caught behind off Jon Ayling for 37 . |
| 16 | Could you really address Princess Diana as ‘ Your Royal Highness ’ after hearing her babble on for 20 minutes to a man who calls her Squidgy ? |
| 17 | The trouble had started in March when Mohawks on the Kahnesatake reservation in Oka , Quebec , 33 km south-west of the city of Montreal , erected a barricade on a highway to prevent the town council from extending a golf course on to sacred burial land . |
| 18 | No , no , look I must ring here , we have a bit on to that behind the tree , you can let that happen . |
| 19 | And they just put it on leg and just put a little bit on like that and just went ee ooh ! |
| 20 | Call Fidelity on for more details . |
| 21 | ( Owner ) why 's he got the blanket on in this weather ? |
| 22 | So you 'll all learn how to divert your phones , and camp on to other people 's and all sorts of things like that , which are rather jolly , so you 'll do that later on . |
| 23 | The next stage was to transfer this jumbled narrative on to A4-sized cards . |
| 24 | A recent application in our own hands has been in the treatment of multiple sclerosis where it has been found to be of value in restoring at least some nerve function in about 60–70 per cent of patients treated . |
| 25 | There is too much easy talk about ‘ inspiration ’ , but at such times one sees it exactly for what it is , a breathing in of all experience , all apprehension of beauty , all love . |
| 26 | She was nineteen , the age Maria had been when she had first felt the power of Luke 's attraction , and Maria regarded her with ironic envy , wishing she could have reacted as insouciantly , her awe and admiration as impersonal as Penny 's , Luke confined to some remote pedestal along with other out-of-reach heroes , contact undreamed-of . |
| 27 | Heavens ! she thought , and was suddenly so impatient with herself that , seeing it was only for one night , for goodness ' sake , she grabbed hold of a favourite dress and folded that into her case along with some trousers and a spare lightweight sweater . |
| 28 | Heather puts the loss of the money down to pure bad luck . |
| 29 | ‘ Owners complain about low prize money but there is no point in our executive putting up £25,000 with prize money down to fourth for a non-sponsored race if they wo n't support it . |
| 30 | They also improved their risk factors — an 8 per cent fall in blood pressure , serum cholesterol down by 3 per cent and nearly a third giving up smoking . |