Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And still the faint red light up ahead came and went by fits and starts , leading them on across gale-swept open moorland , through massively still pine forests , up exposed dirt tracks and over passes whose names had vanished with the inhabitants of the farms where until a few decades earlier generation after generation of human beings had eked out lives of almost unimaginable deprivation . |
| 2 | And sew them on with elasticated cotton so that they ‘ give ’ a little . |
| 3 | Once the new growth has started to emerge , pot them on into new compost , water well and place in a light position on the greenhouse bench . |
| 4 | I am in the process of compiling a book on old fashioned remedies for horse ailments and am writing to ask if any of your readers have experience of any , and would they be kind enough to pass them on for possible publication . |
| 5 | He and Amy had collected large stones from the beach , looking for those with holes in them — and he had strung them on to strong cord and tied them along one side of the playpen . |
| 6 | But even among the backward and traditional , two kinds of country people were the major pillars of the ancient ways — the old and the women , whose ‘ old wives ’ tales ' passed them on to new generations , and occasionally , for the benefit of city men , to collectors of folklore and folksong . |
| 7 | In addition to the barristers in practice , a considerable number have used the Bar as a stepping stone or crutch leading them on to other things . |
| 8 | The best way to enjoy Italian white truffles is to shave them on to hot , simple food — risotto , taglioni or fresh pasta . |
| 9 | An alternative for viewing and drawing small peels or segments of larger peels is to mount them in 35 mm transparency mounts ( preferably with glass both sides ) and to project them on to white paper or card , on which tracings can be made . |
| 10 | These were being lowered to the roof-top , where Repo Men guided them on to powered sleds and steered them into the lift . |
| 11 | Their sedentary way of life , the fact that individual families could become units of production and could not only store considerable surpluses , but pass them on to subsequent generations , now meant that the old egalitarian and cooperative values of the hunter-gatherers were gone for ever . |
| 12 | Try tracing them on to thin card . |
| 13 | For a time she became a pony-dealer , buying horses from tinkers and selling them on to English buyers . |
| 14 | ‘ I had a tough childhood and it spurred me on to great heights . ’ |
| 15 | He had taken me on to smooth his path , and this I had done . |
| 16 | So bear in mind photo opportunities and indeed getting photographs yourself and sending them in with appropriate captions to the magazine or newspaper and so on . |
| 17 | ‘ We may produce guidance to local authorities or call them in for private chats ’ . |
| 18 | We have been starved of second-hand cars because nobody was trading them in for new ones , but this should change that . ’ |
| 19 | It does n't cost you any more , you just throw them in for free . |
| 20 | They 're all just trying to push them in for free . |
| 21 | ‘ Then bring them down to Central Gardens , where we hope to have the biggest can collection ever seen in the region or perhaps the country . ’ |
| 22 | The Benefits Agency is trying to play down the NAO findings , putting them down to administrative delays rather than errors . |
| 23 | If , however , the procedure does comply with the procedure description derived earlier , then it will be necessary to subject each element or activity of the model to further scrutiny , for example by breaking them down to lower-order activities , or by auditing each element in the same manner as the parent procedure . |
| 24 | Generally speaking it is best to avoid complex behaviours with small children and parents but if they are unavoidable ensure that the parents know to break them down into small bits . |
| 25 | Because you 'd you could n't hold that much in your head so you have to try and break them down into little patterns of Oh it 's one of that lot or it 's one of this lot . |
| 26 | And and and of course now that er now that we 've got the total business beginning to operate as one , the chances of letting them down on standard bearings is very much smaller than it ever was before . |
| 27 | When children came running to them for sweets , they scythed them down with automatic fire . |
| 28 | Do n't run them down with bitchy comments behind their backs . |
| 29 | Tablecloths can be easily tugged off , so hold them down with double-sided tape or tuck the corners in . |
| 30 | They will be ready for November , before the government grant settlement arrives , and work will begin in the finance officer 's department paring them down in bilateral discussions . |