Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | * I always think that it is better to make a fresh pot of tea than to top up the old pot . |
| 2 | Marjorie and Bill were left to cope with their own personal loss while putting on a brave face for each other . |
| 3 | A BOY aged 14 has appeared before a court in Crewe on a charge of attempting to rape a 92-year-old spinster while carrying out a burglary . |
| 4 | The woman had no alternative but to hand over the money because she felt her baby 's life was at risk . |
| 5 | This model was fitted with radial tyres as standard and is currently on 205 x 16 Michelin XM + S. When jacked up the steering i-not stiff . |
| 6 | An important area to bear in mind when drawing up a briefing programme is the need to supply briefing at the end of the employee 's period overseas . |
| 7 | There are several important points to bear in mind when setting up a reward menu : |
| 8 | Table lamps and lamp standards can be used to good effect when showing off the house in the evening or on dark winter afternoons . |
| 9 | This is partly philanthropic and partly economic — it may cost more to process the bill and collect the money than to write off the charge ! |
| 10 | Rovers manager Kenny Dalglish , whose joy at an overdue win was soured by an injury to England goal machine Alan Shearer , said referee Keith Hackett seemed more concerned with the back-pass law than stamping out the tackle from behind . |
| 11 | There was little Coleman could do in the circumstances except fill out an IAP-66 authorization form for Syrian George and take him over to the embassy for a J-1 visa to admit him to the United States for a course of study at UAB . |
| 12 | The veteran Eire international is careful not to be drawn into a new slanging match with Ferguson — but one of those reasons must be to show the United manager that he is not a crippled has-been , better equipped propping up a bar than shoring up a defence at football 's highest level . |
| 13 | Khan and the Husayn twins were making offensive gargling noises while dancing round a statue that looked to Robert as if it might be the Lord Vishnu ; behind them , Mahmud did his Native American impression . |
| 14 | Correcting backlight while carrying out a tilt is rather tricky . |
| 15 | What do I need to discuss with the parents when taking on a child ? |
| 16 | However , certain executive members stress that the decision by the three Cabinet members to resign was provoked by the strong views expressed by Mr Salmond when summing up the debate and the motion which still allowed the MPs to vote with the Tories again . |
| 17 | Many clients saw headhunters as taking on the dirty work , and many candidates obviously shared this view . |
| 18 | Stating at the end of the month or year that a set number of child welfare visits were achieved seems less exposing of one 's abilities than filling in a form stating what percentage of parents who received programme visits are reading to their babies , playing games with them and what nutritional and health targets have been met . |
| 19 | Police discovered the Mini van in the warehouse in the nearby City Walls Road while carrying out a systematic search of the whole city . |
| 20 | It is strange to me that such an obviously deep and , in my opinion , very moving , impressive poem can revolve round a mechanical , modern and brash object and almost devalue nature while putting on the personal and human mask that it does . |
| 21 | Nevertheless I remember those unsettled days as making up a hard and rough year . |
| 22 | Even though her relationship with Craig is strictly platonic , Jo believes it 's only too easy to fall for an actor when acting out an on-screen love affair . |
| 23 | It is plausible to see the first point as spelling out the root problem for a philosophical account of knowledge , and the second as linked to Peirce 's anti-naturalism . |
| 24 | Example 9 shows the incident log file produced by READ_COMPLETE_ROOT_PACKAGE when reading out the structure shown above . |
| 25 | George Nicholson of Eversley described the actor as sliding down a lamppost whilst trying to measure it with his hands . |
| 26 | Mr Redwood described the German move as setting up a ‘ two stop merger policy ’ . |
| 27 | It is n't a graphics accelerator , but it 's capable of moving at a decent lick when put on a fast bus . |
| 28 | Glowing out at night — by bike with luminous tyres which allow more safety when speeding down the roads at night . |
| 29 | They had a tiny room on the ground floor lit by a small leaded window and heated by an open fire from which as much smoke seemed to blow into the room as went up the chimney . |
| 30 | Particularly as normally he 'd rather run that mile than chat up a nurse ! |