Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 In what other job might you call in and use a hot air balloon to appear over a city on a publicity stunt and that same afternoon sit in on a seminar which you have arranged as a scientific event ?
2 How would a united Germany fit in with the attempt through the Helsinki process to end the division of Europe ? ; and , would the new Germany take into account the interests of others in concluding a European peace settlement ?
3 Sharp icicles fly out from the caster 's hand and strike the first unit or model in their path .
4 ‘ The times cry out for a dramatic change in our relationship to our neighbour , the Earth and , at root to God .
5 The tickover burbles and barks , but blip the throttle and the whole car twists with the torque reaction and the birds fly out of the trees .
6 We were delighted to have a distinguished group from Bulawayo fly over for the opening , and some who stayed through the week .
7 Sixthly , how would the possible creation of such a German unity fit in with the Helsinki process , and would it promote a constructive evolution of that process in the direction of ending the division of Europe and progressing toward integrated legal , economic , ecological , cultural , and information environments in Europe ?
8 But if researchers home in on the record as the first level of access , ignoring the surrounding administrative context and archival structure which forms part of its meaning , will understanding be fostered or impaired ?
9 All the pubs and clubs empty out at the same time .
10 That the services they provide are relevant to environmental groups , and in that way to help environmental groups plug in to the kinds of advice on fund raising and er , management and all sorts of other aspects of running a voluntary organisation , which , at the moment , of , er a lot of , er social service organisations plug into , but so many environmental groups .
11 For a while they walked in silence , retracing their steps back up towards the house .
12 Savanna animals cool off with a kind of organic radiator by evaporating water from the moist linings of the nasal chambers .
13 But the winners make up with the size of their winnings what they lack in numbers .
14 The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly as the marchers and their supporters wind down after a hard day .
15 Hurst nodded and started to pin the team-sheets back up on the board .
16 In the wild they spawn in fast-flowing streams , and the fry grow up in the slower reaches of the river .
17 Meanwhile , as ministers ' eyes glaze over at the thousand ‘ what ifs ’ thrown up by war , they would do well to remember Lord Salisbury 's deflatingly modest dictum from more than a century ago : ‘ The first object of a treaty of peace should be to make a future war improbable . ’
18 The devout and those with a full itinerary hurry off to the Abbey as the bell tolls for communion .
19 Easily Accessible : Walks spiral out in every direction , including the Pennine Way , which runs across Black Hill and can be joined one mile from the house .
20 Does my hon. Friend agree that it is appalling that the Opposition whinge on about the failure of this country to export , when we know that what we need from both sides of the House is unanimity to help exporters and not complaints about them ?
21 As soon as the flow becomes established , in fact , piles of solid lumps of lava build up at the sides of the flow , and help to confine it to its course .
22 Half way down he heard a commotion below and quickened his heavy step in time to see , as he turned the last bend in the staircase , a slight figure slip out through the iron gate at the main entrance .
23 Two hopeful crabs line up for the start of the race .
24 Halfway up , the stream poured out from some hidden source and fell in a silver smoke down to a pool .
25 And when old words die out on the tongue , new melodies break forth from the heart ; and where the old tracks are lost , new country is revealed with its wonders .
26 I wiped sweat off my forehead with my fingers and stood quietly , holding on , trying to let the oxygen level in my blood climb back to a functioning state .
27 Rosa cut in with a squeal , ‘ No , do n't mention it to anyone .
28 Michael looked up from where he knelt on the floor in front of the old armchair , his books spread out on the chair .
29 Although the atomic beam pulses spread out during a particular measurement , owing to velocity dispersion , calculations show that the mean density quoted here is the important measure .
30 Gittins 's work is useful not only because of the way in which she highlights gender , but also because her empirical data broaden out from the household and show that women at least have , under certain circumstances in the past , been involved in the use of kin relations to maximize resources across households .
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