Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [adv prt] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh mum rings up every now and again , father is driving me batty |
| 2 | It was Fred Wilton who devised the theory that if carp were offered HNV baits over a long enough period , i.e. through extensive pre-baiting , they would eventually recognise that they were good for them , and seek out these baits in preference to low protein types such as bread , worms , potatoes or , indeed , even natural food . |
| 3 | HARLEM NIGHTS Eddie Murphy 's movie with Richard Pryor pulls off the almost impossible : it shows two very funny men for nearly 1 ½ ; hours without raising a laugh . |
| 4 | The far less frequently heard ( and recorded ) Fantasia goes with a swing — the members of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir adding their contribution with not only enthusiasm but also some subtlety — and the Overture rounds off a generally recommendable disc . |
| 5 | The result rounds off a very successful season for Tracy , who returns to her studies at Newcastle University later this month . |
| 6 | More importantly , once we start nibbling naughty things our willpower slides down a very slippery slope . |
| 7 | But I do know , in general terms , how Fagg manipulates the provender committee and Chatterton creams off the most expensive wines from the cellar to add to the committee 's disposable income . ’ |
| 8 | Grammatical change occurs over a much longer time scale than lexical change . |
| 9 | Ivan Lendl takes out a freshly strung Mizuno frame with Babolat VS Natural Gut at every ball change — he notices the difference after just nine games . |
| 10 | The body of a cat when hunting takes on a quite different demeanour to that of the same pussy when out for an idle stroll or with some other intention in mind . |
| 11 | His picture sits on a little wooden cabinet in the lounge , a young man wearing a denim jacket and a hint of a smile . |
| 12 | Drummer Barrett Martin lays down a dauntingly hard-but-fair rhythm manifesto , while Gary Lee Conner is the band 's only obvious showman , a tangle of sweat , hair and punkoid Townshend windmill routines who , even when horizontal , somehow managed to keep his act on the rails for such intricate anthemic lullabies as ‘ Bed Of Roses ’ or ‘ Shadows ’ , the opening nugget from the new ST album . |
| 13 | More stylish , more chic , more exciting than ever before , this spring afro hair takes on a totally new shape ! |
| 14 | Adults often doodle in order to help themselves concentrate , and as the pencil strays around an apparently irrelevant line , in an apparently different activity — much like this paragraph , come to think of it — we might ask what the mind is doing . |
| 15 | Further on , the idea of being a gentleman takes on a very hard and unromantic shape . |
| 16 | Pareto calls up an inevitably partial selection of historical evidence to support the view that elites are always present in any social system . |
| 17 | When drawing children , you will find that the head takes up a much larger proportion of the height . |
| 18 | When drawing children , your will find that the head takes up a much larger proportion of the height . |
| 19 | When drawing children , you will find that the head takes up a much larger proportion of the height . |
| 20 | When drawing children , your will find that the head takes up a much larger proportion of the height . |
| 21 | Well again the science area as a whole puts out a very large list of lecture titles , which it is prepared to deliver in schools . |
| 22 | The amp head pushes out an extremely loud 100 watts , and you can complete your stack by adding a separate valve-driven spring reverb unit and two cabinets — one 2x12″ , one 4x12″ — both loaded with Celestion G12 speakers . |
| 23 | The Fluid Foundation comes in a little opaque beige plastic container , and is labelled , in gold lettering , Teint Naturel . |
| 24 | If the manager collects the money , the artist may insist the manager sets up a completely separate bank account . |
| 25 | When a foot is damaged , the volley of nerve impulses produced by the damage and arriving in the spinal cord sets up a long lasting increase of excitability which shows up as an exaggerated flexion reflex , among other changes . |
| 26 | Zantac makes up an ominously high 50% of the company 's revenues . |
| 27 | A job on the land is therefore regarded as a handy stop-gap until the possession of a driving licence opens up a much wider labour market , both geographically and occupationally . |
| 28 | TRAINING CENTRE TAKES ON A MORE COMPETITIVE EDGE |
| 29 | She apologises for her simplicity , giving a busy woman 's reason : ‘ T is true I write in shortened measure , Because I scrawl but at my leisure ; For why ? — sublimity of style Takes up a most prodigious while … |
| 30 | However , when some of the children start to communicate with the familiar but unknown people , Michael Colpan 's dad on the campus lets out a little of the secret , in order to save these poor children from being used as national weapons , since they had the power to make a harmless teddy bear savagely attack a human and kill it . |