Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] and [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far from being grateful , she complained of the smell within and declared that sleeping in the open air had its merits . |
| 2 | The designation is a form of landscape protection only and has little value in nature conservation terms . |
| 3 | We do n't , we turned the valve off , we take a bunch of newspapers and put it on top of the bricks , then we light the newspaper , then we go back and turn the valve on and let this hundred octane mixture of oil drip on the bricks and it would burn . |
| 4 | At dawn yesterday , Group Four piled on the pressure , catching the tides right and putting more distance between herself and the rest of the fleet as she approached Southampton . |
| 5 | The simplest solution might appear to be to ban battery cages altogether and keep all hens free range or in percheries : but this presupposes that these alternatives really are better for the birds . |
| 6 | I admire Leslie Kenton greatly and share many of her ideas , but bear in mind that dogs are predominately carnivores , and they thrive on good quality meat and protein , which their systems are designed to digest . |
| 7 | ‘ We can all put photographs , pictures and words together and create some sort of image . ’ |
| 8 | Cross-references direct students to compound nouns , opposites , confusables , and related words so that they understand words better and learn more vocabulary |
| 9 | Lay the herring fillets skin side down and put some of the finely chopped onion and gherkin mixture on each . |
| 10 | so , but she said on the day when she come over and she getting a letter off the Social about what interest we pay on the house she 's got , she says they do n't pay any , she 's , for last two or three years , they have n't paid any , she had to fill his side in and send all his side to Halifax or whatever , she 's er |
| 11 | His long term objective is to re-establish the economic basis of Berlin by persuading researchers of industry to put their heads together and devise some new products . |
| 12 | and up the steps out of the underground there was this lass there and I , I ca n't help it I mean I 'm always aware of the fact of having this twenty five year old child , so offspring and there was a girl roughly about his age or slightly younger and she was grey you know that translucent look your skin gets when you 're not eating properly you know that grey sort of pallor and I had an overnight bag in one hand and a briefcase and a handbag in the other and I remember I walked past her and she was begging and I had gone to the sleeper and I 'm sitting there and I 'm thinking you bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep , you could of put briefcase down , overnight bag down , handbag down and got some money out . |
| 13 | Of course , he had known they would use the Microwave Gun on him ; they always did when he was up in front of somebody , whenever he was at a disadvantage anyway and needed all the help he could get , whenever he was going for an interview for a job , or being asked things by the Social security people or even clerks in the Post Office . |
| 14 | One of the men was passing round a big china bowl into which money was being thrown , and as Sabine watched Marie-Christine began , with raucous and vociferous encouragement from the men , to lift her skirt demurely and reveal more and more of one shapely leg . |
| 15 | It 's the same as everything and everybody and because er they were satisfied with it , they wanted some more and they took the old lo lock off and put some more on what I 'd made , see what I mean . |
| 16 | And that would have been time enough if you had n't shot your mouth off and brought that foul man roaring round here … ’ |
| 17 | Diana drafted her reply carefully and made several attempts at matching the frosty tone which Philip had used in his . |
| 18 | I caught the Corporal up and pointed this out . |
| 19 | I mean having to come upstairs before you even get into the house is n't very good either , cos I mean with kids you 've got to carry the pushchairs up and everything and carry kids up and carry all your shopping up , it 's not , it 's not very practical having them upstairs . |
| 20 | He left the hospital three months later and spent another six months hobbling about on crutches and having treatment . |
| 21 | So I have decided to stick my neck out and to make some predictions for the next 30 years . |
| 22 | Cut out some administration today and put more time into leading your people to an even more profitable contribution . |
| 23 | I 'm not breaking my stated rule here and recommending this hotel , just saying that it is there and that if you could get the back bedrooms you would have a most remarkable scene to look out on . |
| 24 | They they will have the same script almost and say this is a free of charge item , all we need from you is this this and this and if you 're interested I 'm gon na ask a marketing executive to come in and agree a contract with you . |
| 25 | ‘ Now I sing it and listen to the words again and appreciate more than ever what I was feeling at the time , ’ he told friends . |
| 26 | Premenstrually , metabolic rates go up , with the result that our bodies are burning calories faster and want more fuel . |
| 27 | You must keep your Card safely and take all possible care to avoid its loss or theft . |
| 28 | The coastal resort of Morecambe is twenty minutes away and has all the amenities of a seaside resort including an open-air leisure park and Oceanarium . |
| 29 | Copy the table of place values above and fit these numbers into the correct places . |
| 30 | With likes of Ken Wright , Roger Gould and Enrique Rodriguez ( nice bow tie , Rico ) , they threw the beer cans away and ran some beauts . |