Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extreme care is needed not to space the tracks so closely together that any high voltages flash over between tracks can occur . |
| 2 | With devastating confidence , he thrust his finger deep into her molten heat , then raked his fingers back up across her stomach to her breasts with a convulsive , possessive , shuddering movement which triggered a huge surge of longing inside her , so strong she felt dizzy . |
| 3 | I came in as a young teacher , enthusiastic , full of new ideas but you soon find that the old attitudes rub off on you , and so you end up thinking , ‘ Oh , why am I doing this ? |
| 4 | The Grandes Marques lose out to cheaper champagne |
| 5 | Garages cash in on chipped windscreens |
| 6 | It takes into account that modern cities have grown from several points , not one and because of this growth and the resulting congestion in the city itself , these nuclei develop out of town shopping centres . |
| 7 | Entities zoom around in simulated three-dimensional space , colliding with each other , shooting each other down , swallowing each other amid revolting noises . |
| 8 | They found that moving traps were indeed consuming energy — cells used up 29 per cent of their ATP in the three seconds of closure , Venus fly-traps clamp down on their prey as a result of irreversible cell expansion , which is itself caused by the activation of wall loosening enzymes by a lowered p H in the cell wall . |
| 9 | Sharp icicles fly out from the caster 's hand and strike the first unit or model in their path . |
| 10 | ‘ The times cry out for a dramatic change in our relationship to our neighbour , the Earth and , at root to God . |
| 11 | The tickover burbles and barks , but blip the throttle and the whole car twists with the torque reaction and the birds fly out of the trees . |
| 12 | I dance round the kitchen table , twirling the hat on my hand , so that the ribbons fly out behind it . |
| 13 | But if researchers home in on the record as the first level of access , ignoring the surrounding administrative context and archival structure which forms part of its meaning , will understanding be fostered or impaired ? |
| 14 | Under his sudden shadow , flames cry out among thickets . |
| 15 | So we spend a season trying to adjust — a tough job in particular for the senior players who have spent up to 20 years operating a certain way — and then find it may all change again weeks before the British Lions fly down to New Zealand . |
| 16 | All the pubs and clubs empty out at the same time . |
| 17 | A GRANT of £40,000 will ensure a firm 's development plans fit in with Middlesbrough council 's planned facelift for the area round the town 's famous Transporter Bridge . |
| 18 | That the services they provide are relevant to environmental groups , and in that way to help environmental groups plug in to the kinds of advice on fund raising and er , management and all sorts of other aspects of running a voluntary organisation , which , at the moment , of , er a lot of , er social service organisations plug into , but so many environmental groups . |
| 19 | These talents grow out of over $414 billion in assets , making DKB the strongest funding base in Japan . |
| 20 | Many of the more glamorous film and photographic opportunities crop up at short notice , so you have to be flexible . |
| 21 | Scots squeeze through in Harp Masters |
| 22 | As they trace their lazy parabolas back down to earth , these bits twist around slowly , over and over , until they hit the ground with a flop or a flump , splodging out to form round , flattish masses . |
| 23 | I did , however , manage to get the doctors and dentists award down to 6 per cent . |
| 24 | Phosphorescent purple eyes peer out from beneath shells ; black sea urchins swivel their spines as they slowly perambulate on needle tip ; starfish of an intense blue spangle the sand ; and patterned rosettes unfurl from holes in the smooth surface of coral . |
| 25 | Great heads with green , multi-faceted eyes peer down at her . |
| 26 | Make the other tentacles in the same way , varying the direction of the curve so that when assembled the tentacles branch out at different angles . |
| 27 | For a while they walked in silence , retracing their steps back up towards the house . |
| 28 | Savanna animals cool off with a kind of organic radiator by evaporating water from the moist linings of the nasal chambers . |
| 29 | A report in the British Journal of Addiction says some carrot junkies eat up to five bunches a day and become desperate if deprived of their fix . |
| 30 | But the winners make up with the size of their winnings what they lack in numbers . |