Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Is not that what we would have expected when the Government take on the 16 to 18-year-olds and perpetuate the myth that that age group is in full-time employment , in full-time training or in full-time education ? |
| 2 | Athletico took on the toughest of opposition by playing a Darlington Groundstaff XI . |
| 3 | Today ranked number eight , he was taking on the best of British , Jeremy Bates . |
| 4 | On April 26 , Lisa is to go to the Royal College of Music , in London , to take on the best of British players in the national finals . |
| 5 | As a Celtic-mad kid of 11 , Creaney stood wide-eyed on the Parkhead terraces to watch his heroes take on the best in Europe . |
| 6 | As she disposes of quality adult players , with apparent ease , this 15-year old displays a remarkable poise that will see her well-equipped to take on the best in the world . |
| 7 | hoping to dominate … the world of athletics this weekend is Gloucester hammer thrower Lorraine Shaw … she 's UK champion … the first from the city 's club ever to win a senior outdoor title … this weekend Lorraine takes on the best in the world as she competes in the AAA championships in Birmingham … the amazing thing is that up until this year she was a discus thrower … |
| 8 | He still wants to take on the best in the world , but the best do not seem to want him . |
| 9 | One year and eight months later on the 27th of September my half brother was born , He was named . |
| 10 | In addition to seeing the plaintiff in court , I have had the advantage of seeing a video , key one , showing examples of her daily routine taken on the tenth of May nineteen ninety one after she had been at home with her parents for a year . |
| 11 | Patients were asked to write down the highest of three blows for the paper and pencil diary and to enter the values of all three blows into the computer . |
| 12 | North sat down beside him and whispered , ‘ Max has shut down the resupply of the pilots . ’ |
| 13 | Other pranks included a chair which , when sat upon , pinned down the unwary with a pair of mechanical arms : another was a slipper placed upon the floor which , when kicked , caused a weird and ghostly apparition to arise . |
| 14 | He hath put down the mighty from their seats and exalted them of low degree . |
| 15 | It took many months of research on the part of Vanessa Forbes to track down the 21 of Marjorie Worgan 's original class members ( some now grannies ) who managed to attend the surprise lunch she organised for Marjorie 's 80th birthday . |
| 16 | Expertly , the gardener pinned down the last of the net with a wire stake . |
| 17 | He washed down the last of the bread with a mouthful of tea and stood up . |
| 18 | Researchers at the Salk Institute in California have at last tracked down the last of the ‘ releasing factors ’ secreted by cells in the hypothalamus that have long been assumed to regulate the release of hormones from the pituitary gland ( Trends in Neurosciences . |
| 19 | Catriona wiped down the last of her tables and suddenly realised that the conversation around her had stopped . |
| 20 | Already weak and exposed where Midnight was concerned , this unexpected consideration broke down the last of the barriers Jess had constructed against the old woman . |
| 21 | Mrs Stych had just set down the last of her bags of groceries on the kitchen counter and begun to unpack them , when there was the sound of a heavy truck drawing up outside her house . |
| 22 | By the door , Frank McHugh comically gulped down the last of his coffee and hurried back to his rig , leaving half a plate of bacon and scrambled eggs on the table . |
| 23 | Shildon washed down the last of his toast with tea before replying . |
| 24 | As soon as she had forced down the last of her food , she pushed her plate away and stood up . |
| 25 | Throwing down the last of the whisky with a shudder , she switched off the bedside lamp and burrowed down beneath the covers , already aware that the alcohol was having an effect , sending tentacles of warmth through her veins . |
| 26 | The crowd cheered us in of course , but it 's not the same as coming down the last as the winner for sure . |
| 27 | As he strode down the 18th in the morning alongside Parry , the pair looking like the leaders of the Lilliput Open , he appeared every inch of his 64 ( to Parry 's 66 ) a champion . |
| 28 | ‘ And the traffic will be so congested at this time of afternoon , you 'll hardly get down the High at all , and it 's clouding over , and Felicity should acclimatize herself before she goes out , particularly since Magdalen is so cold at this time of — ’ |
| 29 | Let's say the next letter is e ( i.e. candidate string be ) — look down the 5th of the 26 pointers from the ‘ b ’ node to see if it is set , and so on , until the end of the candidate string is reached . |
| 30 | The stories of the Last Days , when the Summoner would open up the Dark Reaches of the Spirit Lands and call down the worst of the manitous to lay waste the worlds of the white man and the red . |