Example sentences of "[adv prt] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes When I put on red one day , I mean I do n't think I have anything in red do I , but when I put on my clothes in the morning |
| 2 | Please pass on my congratulations to the Editor and his team for what must have been a considerable amount of sustained commitment , in producing such a high quality publication for the benefit of all members and the industry in general . ’ |
| 3 | Will my hon. Friend pass on my congratulations to all who were involved in that improvement ? |
| 4 | When I stop I want to pass on my skills to youngsters . ’ |
| 5 | Mum took me back chez Hamish and Tone ; she agreed to pass on my expressions of contrition to my father . |
| 6 | May I also pass on my thanks to your master for providing such a great venue for my business lunches . |
| 7 | Pass on my words to the nobles for consideration . |
| 8 | But the recognition did n't flash along my neurons in time to activate my legs before the thing exploded in my face with a breathy puff . |
| 9 | Far from cutting down my flights of arrows since learning of the tumours in my lung , I had sharpened the tips and ranged even more bowmen on the heights and so deadly were the mental arrow storms nothing could possibly have stayed alive . |
| 10 | I only wish I had the power of putting down my thoughts in clear and sensible language . |
| 11 | I shall try to do so and also follow your suggestion of writing down my dreams at the time of waking . |
| 12 | It might help you to know that I have been writing down my dreams on waking , an accepted practice , I believe , in some circles , and perhaps of more use in my case than in some as I am by profession a writer . |
| 13 | He wrote down my measurements in a little notebook . |
| 14 | Seventeen blissful years with nary a thought of green sunblock , purple reflective goggles or navy blue knockers and not a knot in my stomach , in anticipation of hurtling off a glacier with sweat running down my longjohns into my boot-bindings . |
| 15 | I try to suck in my cheeks like all those Donnie Munro pictures , but the jowls still wobble alarmingly . |
| 16 | It was a great blow to the local community when , in 1982 , BP quickly ran down their operations at Lightpill and closed the mill . |
| 17 | But now , in the main , companies are leaner and fitter ; they have pared down their operations in order to survive . |
| 18 | The companies , which were ordered to close down their operations in the reserves , have been found by Friends of the Earth to trade with several British importers including James Latham and Richard Burbridge . |
| 19 | But the great behind-the-scenes event of the Blackpool conference has been the secret series of meetings between Norman Lamont , the Chief Secretary to the Treasury , and spending ministers to whittle down their bids for spending next year . |
| 20 | Rabbits often disappear down their holes at great speed and without slowing up , so they clearly need an excellent assessment of exactly where to jump , to avoid bumping into the sides of their front entrance . |
| 21 | Citizens who had the orthodox Soviet version of Ukrainian history rammed down their throats for decades are now being told a completely different version , arguably also coloured by the political prejudices of its authors . |
| 22 | His son is standing near the main entrance , ready for the journey , carrying a stick , a spear and a small leather bottle , similar to the sort of thing drunken youths use to squirt wine down their throats before braving the bulls in Pamplona . |
| 23 | Privet hedges drooped with the weary strain of keeping in green leaf at the turn of the year when all the other trees had thrown down their leaves in surrender . |
| 24 | The SSA would not normally condone betting , but for a good cause head office staff are positively encouraged to have a flutter by SSA chairman On February 5 around 8O people put down their stakes for four horse and four videoed greyhound races . |
| 25 | In Sheffield a small , interconnected group of industrialists dominated football , passing down their directorships from father to son like family property . |
| 26 | I 've never met Sir Brian or Sir Oliver and have only met Sir Bernard a few times , but I instinctively feel that all six would lay down their lives without hesitation for a damsel in distress . |
| 27 | They had true grievances to settle and were ready to lay down their lives for vengeance . |
| 28 | To tradition and instinct , de Castelnau could add personal reasons for wanting to hit hard at the enemy ; three of his sons had already laid down their lives for France . |
| 29 | When the balance sheet was finally totted up after the war , it was estimated that 1O , OOO Frenchmen alone had laid down their lives on this one small corner of France . |
| 30 | Oh Lord who to see that all the world , we thank thee for those who fought and those who laid down their lives in the cause of righteousness and freedom . |