Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No-one at all got off that train except me ? ’ |
| 2 | It is the second of Billy Roche 's Wexford trilogy plays about small-town life in Wexford , southern Ireland . |
| 3 | and , and stuff like that so I mean in a sense you 're by now a fairly good judge of the way to go about this sort of thing , you 're a fairly good judge of what sort of things are important , perhaps the way in which people describe stuff and , and , you know , words , concepts , vocabularies erm all that kind of thing which obviously it helps if your questionnaire fits in with |
| 4 | And he says it is becoming more common for people to sue for medical negligence after a delay of ten , twenty , even thiry years -- but such course is fraught with problems . |
| 5 | Within this frame of mind exhortations from well-intentioned others to ‘ tell me what 's wrong ’ or ‘ to seek some help ’ may be heard as another confirmation of one 's own inadequacy . |
| 6 | On May 5 Mujjaddedi , who had already indicated that he might remain as interim president for longer than the specified two months , appointed a Cabinet ( most members in an acting capacity ) in a move regarded by some commentators as a violation of the Peshawar Accord . |
| 7 | We 've heard about object-oriented technology for 20 years , but it 's only just now beginning to take hold . |
| 8 | But Hermens said he was confident Krabbe would be cleared after he had talked to leading athletics officials and heard about another report from the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) which also classifies the drug as a stimulant . |
| 9 | It was her first visit to a city and she was taken aback by the volume of traffic — ‘ I had heard about this kind of thing , but it 's quite frightening close to like this , ’ she said , as she stood on the pavement in City Square and watched four lanes of vehicles jousting strenuously for position . |
| 10 | You 've heard about this symbol of the brotherhood of man set in welcoming Perugia with its ancient traditions of hospitality , where every year bright-eyed , bushy-tailed youngsters come from the four corners of the world to study Italian culture and promote peace and international understanding . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 've heard about this sort of thing before , ’ he said , as if realizing what he 'd stumbled on , or at least what he thought he 'd stumbled on . |
| 12 | Births registered during one month in each area were randomly sampled . |
| 13 | Being in with the gang did n't stop you getting hit but it meant that the Corporals might think for one second before lifting their fists Along with Mike the Rhodesian , Marius , Robert from Oberammergau and Chris , there was myself and a Frenchman called Tignet . |
| 14 | At first Clare decided to wait for further information from Tess 's mother , but then he re-read the letter sent on to him in Brazil , written from Flintcomb-Ash : |
| 15 | They were repeatedly told he was too busy , and when finally , at the eleventh hour , they were granted a meeting , some sort of communication problem caused Mrs Sue Amphlett and her associate to be sent from one building to another and then to wait for some time in the wrong one , until they had to leave to finish the report in time for the news conference they had called . |
| 16 | He will not have long to wait for another diet of his own words . |
| 17 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 18 | SEP had simply assumed that expenditure on upkeep would more than compensate for any deterioration of its warehouses ’ . |
| 19 | It enabled Bush , who had been criticized for excessive prioritization of foreign policy , to demonstrate concern for and involvement in domestic affairs , and to demonstrate a commitment to civil rights at a time when Duke 's gubernatorial candidacy in Louisiana [ see above ] had embarrassed the Republican party . |
| 20 | Although I came third out of fifty folk competing for established status by examination , it was no good , only one candidate was accepted . |
| 21 | It makes it easier , in principle , to ‘ see ’ how many hypotheses are competing for some portion of an utterance , for example , and to decide which are the most promising given the evidence . |
| 22 | René Théodore , designated as Prime minister under the Washington accord , called on Haitians to put pressure on the military government to force its resignation , and on April 13 the Congress rejected a proposal by the C.-in-C. of the Army , Gen. Raoul Cédras , for a " national conference " ostensibly intended to find ways to restore stability . |
| 23 | Is not that because many Tory Members are up to their necks in money received for commercial lobbying of one sort or another ? |
| 24 | So this was quite a mission which I believe has not been adequately covered in the history and was a forerunner of things to come and like I say we got through that mission without any damage , our gunners got to shoot at the first German fighters and we were an experienced crew with one mission under our belt . |
| 25 | I said an er I said do you think that I was n't a career woman , I said I gave it all up for yo er to have to look after my young babies and then when the babies were no longer young , when I got through that phase of my life I went back and combined looking after a home very adequately , thank you ! |
| 26 | When it was first mooted that maybe a team of Tropical Plants staff would make for good television on Busman 's Holiday , several folk were keen to take part . |
| 27 | Some of my colleagues will regard this gesture on the part of the Board with pleasure that will make for whole-hearted co-operation on their part . |
| 28 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 29 | This will make for greater safety for pupils of Currie High School crossing the road . |
| 30 | This will make for greater safety for pupils of Currie High School crossing the road . |