Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I can realise my stock and pay twenty bob in the pound if I go into voluntary liquidation now , before Masters of Notts gets deeper into trouble . |
| 32 | He turned in his seat to raise his bound ankles over his girlfriend and kicked three times to free her door . |
| 33 | But he witnesses a gangland slaying and , for the rest of the four hours , he relaunched his career , slept with his manager 's girlfriend and stayed one step ahead of the mob . |
| 34 | It always strikes me when you see meths drinkers and imagine those people as children — they were all beautiful then , and it is simply an inexplicable phenomenon which makes me sit here and that other person is out there on the street . |
| 35 | Now Benjamin had unmasked many a killer and brought numerous murderers to boot . |
| 36 | Bryan Gould , Labour 's trade and industry spokesman , yesterday posed for photographers with a Co-op credit card the size of a tea tray : ‘ There are middle class Labour supporters … no , it wo n't contribute to the credit boom … change your credit card and help Labour win . ’ |
| 37 | Release card and knit 18 rows Fair Isle with green in feeder 1 and cream in feeder 2 . |
| 38 | Release card and knit 22 rows Fair Isle with tan in feeder 1 and cream in feeder 2 . |
| 39 | By notice of appeal dated 12 February 1991 Mr. Pierson appealed against that refusal on the grounds , inter alia , that the Divisional Court had erred ( 1 ) in ruling that it was not unlawful for the Secretary of State to increase the tariff recommended by the Lord Chief Justice and the trial judge for the purposes of determining a prisoner 's first parole review date and ( 2 ) in ruling that Mr. Pierson was not entitled to know in advance the factors which the Secretary of State proposed to take into account in fixing the tariff and to make informed representations in the light of that knowledge . |
| 40 | Andrew Kennedy , the Essex Under-17 hockey captain , hit powerfully ( 61 in 64 balls ) , in a drawn match against Berkhamsted and showed some promise as a seamer . |
| 41 | Lifting and carrying heavy bags of rubbish . |
| 42 | The hon. Gentleman must answer this question : how can he argue that it is in patients ' interests to move away from a system of competitive tendering and use that money to pay trade union members rather than to pay for extra treatment for patients ? |
| 43 | This involves nothing more than putting right the small faults such as leaks , poor control settings and using excessive temperatures or times for various energy consuming activities . |
| 44 | The most striking results have been achieved precisely by shedding conventional settings and mounting fine stones in such a way as to display their inherent qualities with the minimum of encroachment . |
| 45 | Fitted with Zanussi 's Aquasave water , detergent and energy-reduction system , the machine takes 12 place settings and has seven programmes , a rinse-and-hold facility , quick-wash , wash without drying ( to save time ) and a low-salt indicator light . |
| 46 | I found it my calling to be the one in the NME office who flinched at the very sight of their wibbly-wobbly figurines and pretend four-track album which was really 12 tracks , the over-educated jessies ! |
| 47 | Once a chemical has entered a pond and caused widespread damage , it is essential to take everything out and scrub the entire pool several times , emptying and refilling with clean water before restocking with fish and plants . |
| 48 | The urge to return to the sea is now so great that they will wriggle out of a pond and cross dew-drenched meadows if that is necessary to reach a stream that will lead them to salt water . |
| 49 | I was told I needed to provide nesting material , but the material I purchased from my local pet shop was so fine that it became wrapped abound the parent 's legs and caused severe cuts . |
| 50 | It is a good idea of Lewis Carroll to think of the March hare because in March hares tend to go a bit potty and they stand on their back legs and box each other . |
| 51 | I try to be comfortable ; to stretch my legs and think soothing thoughts . |
| 52 | A lifetime of measuring men 's inside legs and making weak jokes about dressing on the right side or the left — ‘ of the bedroom , I mean , sir ! |
| 53 | ‘ We can stretch our legs and have some coffee and something to eat , but we 'd better keep going , ’ he said . |
| 54 | Soon the sea is fringed with a moving scarlet carpet of glinting shells , grappling legs and craning stick-like eyes . |
| 55 | Horses have very sensitive legs and need protective boots and bandaging . |
| 56 | The recruiting sergeant told them all to disembark , stretch their legs and grab another cup of char , and added that if they were lucky they might even get something to eat . |
| 57 | His family own a bakery and have two shops on the south coast . |
| 58 | The inhabitants of Cairo often remove manhole covers and dump all sorts of rubbish , from old car tyres to building rubble , into the sewers . |
| 59 | In your name we spoke God 's message , by your name we drove out many demons and performed many miracles ! ’ |
| 60 | The role of the welfare state in masking existing oppressions and reinforcing social inequalities is also addressed . |