Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is one sign of the rise of semi-literacy that the descendants of the nineteenth-century civic worthies who took pride in the libraries they opened genuinely can not see any problem in closing them down a hundred years later , or authorising the ruthless dispersal of their stocks built up during that period . |
| 2 | We used to chase them down a narrow valley with a sheer cliff-wall at the end . ’ |
| 3 | One of these walks used to take them down a narrow side-street in a busy part of London . |
| 4 | Throw them down the bloody banisters and then lock them up . |
| 5 | However , when you lay them down the first card is laid on the M of mutus and the second on the m of nomen . |
| 6 | So I stuffed them down the waste-disposal unit . |
| 7 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 8 | ‘ He went into the bend with Glengar Ranger , who took him out a bit and the winner got on the inside of them down the back straight . |
| 9 | He could have disposed of them in a more conclusive way on a bonfire or by throwing them down an old mineshaft . ’ |
| 10 | He kicked it open and flung me down the three steps into the street . |
| 11 | The plot was two corpses gone before we caught sight of ourselves , stripped naked in the middle of nowhere and pouring ourselves down a bottomless well . |
| 12 | Yes hopefully yes , we need to get three points , and we 've got to get ourselves up a little bit further up the table and you know , get the pressure off us a bit . |
| 13 | We 're all prone to do that , were all prone to take the line of least resistance and you find this not just in the truth but in any sort of community in life , in any area of life that wish to go , you , you may find this at work or at school , you youngsters , there 's always a little Johnny at the back is n't it , that , that will fit in the back row and think if I 'm back here teacher wo n't notice you see , were act were actually tuck himself up in the corner and er think well if I 'm , if I 'm up here nobody will notice me and see the day goes by and er we do n't have so much to do , those are the type of people that in , in , in a physical life er sort of going to sleep are n't they , they do n't want to accept responsibility and we , we find even in the truth , you 'll always find it in congregations like we have here in our congregation , we 're not different , we 're all the same are n't we , we 're all flesh and we 're all imperfect and we 're all prone to doing or wanting to do the things that are different or you know than , than what Jehovah wants us to do and we all want to tuck ourselves up a little corner sometimes and yet we should n't be like that and this is what the scriptures tell us and warn us about to put ourselves headlong into the truth , be whole sole , be awake , be alert , be vigilant to the things that are going on and there 's a lot going on in the truth at this particular time , things are changing , the scriptures tell us that the scene of the world is changing and that 's true is n't it ? |
| 14 | They spread the risks of lending by pooling funds and allocating them over a wide range of depositors ( e.g. unit trusts ) . |
| 15 | Management should effect redundancies at one point in time rather than spreading them over a long period . |
| 16 | Many commonly-prescribed drugs increase the sensitivity of the skin and eyes to ultra-violet light — particularly if you take them over a long period of time . |
| 17 | The Profitboss. genuinely cares for his customers and develops sound trusting relationships with them over a long period of time . |
| 18 | The bulk of the programme would then outline in some detail the specific projects being funded , and the resources allocated to them over a 3–4-year period . |
| 19 | The NEAP process involves : ( i ) the identification of a country 's environmental conditions and specific problems ; ( ii ) preparation of proposals to overcome the problems ; and ( iii ) formulation of a plan of action to deal with them over a specific period of time . |
| 20 | I peel off my clothes , and put them over a low branch . |
| 21 | Chop the vegetables and heat them over a low flame . |
| 22 | Under the agreement the seven EFTA member countries would immediately abolish trade barriers on all goods covered except for certain sensitive products , while Czechoslovakia would abolish them over a 10-year period . |
| 23 | However , if the force-carrying particles have a high mass , it will be difficult to produce and exchange them over a large distance . |
| 24 | Last March , in common with many other small businesses , the Russells needed extra funds to tide them over a difficult period . |
| 25 | These children had suffered 25 attacks between them over a 59-day period . |
| 26 | Another major advantage over the thinner types of cladding is that they provide additional insulation to exterior walls ( which can be augmented by fixing them over an extra layer of insulation ) . |
| 27 | There is a general expectation that people will not remember detailed facts correctly if they are only exposed to them in the spoken mode , especially if they are required to remember them over an extended period of time . |
| 28 | It is rather important to prolong important climaxes , rather than let them slip away quickly , by holding them over an adequate period , through word repetition , musical extensions , etc . |
| 29 | Masklin swung backwards and forwards , trying to pull himself up the rough cloth . |
| 30 | I , I , dropped somebody up a little bit , so there 's the one six double O four and the six eight O seven . |