Example sentences of "[verb] draw [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jessamy stopped drawing for a few moments . |
| 2 | Like the previous chapter , this one has drawn upon a vast literature , this time largely from the discipline of political science . |
| 3 | Mr Endara , looking drawn from a 16-day-hunger strike in protest at the government refusal to recognise his victory in May 's annulled election , was unharmed but two aides at the Liberal Party office , which serves as the opposition coalition headquarters , were arrested . |
| 4 | Kicking and bucking to keep her balance , she managed to draw to a shuddering halt close to the rushing torrent about ten feet below where he was standing . |
| 5 | Wilkinson , though , was unwilling to get drawn into a slanging match yesterday . |
| 6 | Middle-income countries such as India and the Philippines were allowed to draw from a special subsidy account offering loans at nominal interest rates of 0.5 per cent , while hard-hit , low-income countries such as Sri Lanka and Pakistan were offered assistance from the existing compensatory and contingency financing facility ( CCFF ) . |
| 7 | ‘ The feastings had drawn to a close , ’ said Raynor . |
| 8 | Like trying to draw with a broken lead . |
| 9 | They 're trying to draw from a wider , yeah |
| 10 | However , despite these differences , both firms have drawn to a significant extent on the same pool of local labour , often on the same families . |
| 11 | erm so I mean for example with something like statistics that covers different techniques and activities from , you know , different books erm something like erm something like social most of it comes out of that which is a thing we did because people were experiencing difficulty with it so we thought well right we 'll , we 'll , we 'll sort of anchor the syllabus mostly to , you know , one particular book erm so different , different staff use different techniques , some people ha have drawn on a whole variety of things and , and , and some people have just drawn on one erm I think the main priority is to try and do some coursework though in your case erm |
| 12 | Her lips have drawn into a thin line . |
| 13 | But even if the majority of Asian states recognise a link between the political aspirations of non-alignment and the broader goals of the revived Soviet ‘ pan-Asian security ’ scheme they are unlikely to permit themselves to become drawn into a new structure of strategic accords in Asia presided over by Moscow which could enable the USSR to press for more direct relations of military alignment in the future . |