Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rather tacky set , the lucklustre performances , the script from David Straun and Heather Williams that lurches from trite audience participation to over-the-head jokes ( would any primary-school child get the one about water privatisation ? ) , all did n't seem to matter as the company of four scampered around with their well-intentioned tale of how the white man destroyed the American Indians . |
| 2 | We might surmise that the separations John experienced between the ages of two and seven years resulted in the development of an internal blueprint predicting that close relationships were unlikely to be sustained , and cautioning against becoming involved with others . |
| 3 | As much as he complains about having to frolic through the clichés of his life , he is quite happy to encourage it . |
| 4 | Moreover , just as the empirical data on social inequality that were presented in Chapter 2 could be usefully explained through a combination of Marxist and Weberian theories , in this chapter , the concepts of closure and reproduction also help to bring Marxist and Weberian approaches together , this time for the analysis of the dynamics of class . |
| 5 | The superintendent explained about the name of the guest Nicola was expecting to meet . |
| 6 | Two of the younger ones rather shyly explained about the workings of the creamery . |
| 7 | far from being crushed as a nation by the Russian conquest , the Yakuts succeeded in adapting to the ways of their conquerors and extended their own influence over their Tungus and Yukagir neighbours , not to mention the Russians themselves . |
| 8 | ‘ Stan called me and we met for a chat at his home . |
| 9 | NINE former staff at the old Williams & Glyn 's Bradford Branch were soon talking about ‘ the good old days ’ when they met for a reunion in one of the city 's wine bars . |
| 10 | Soon after his call , they met for a meal at Shoney 's Big Boy restaurant where Franks/Schafer introduced him to Burchette , who was then working from home as a one-man security service , and to Jack Terrell , a former operative of Oliver North 's in Central America . |
| 11 | If the child has become lost or frightened as a result of parental neglect , then the adult in question may expect to be admonished by the fairy , who dislikes irresponsibility and carelessness . |
| 12 | As with other holders of potential power , the strategies open to presidents are limited through a variety of factors — the president is constrained through his formal constitutional powers , the degree of popularity he enjoys and the limitations imposed by relations with other countries , for example . |
| 13 | The producers of public expenditure have helped increase public spending since the competition for votes has led politicians to promise more and more spending ; moreover , since governments come into office with a vast amount of spending commitments inherited from previous governments , their ability to reduce these commitments substantially is limited through the length of time that would be required to make such reductions , and further , they are unlikely to court unpopularity through doing so . |
| 14 | He got off the bike at the bridge and left it propped against the suspension cables , then walked to the middle of the swaying bridge , where the gate is . |
| 15 | He got off the mark with an uppish straight drive for four , which might have given a less myopic bowler than Malcolm a return catch , and in Malcolm 's next over , he attempted a square slash which , if he had got an edge , might have prevented him ever setting foot in India again . |
| 16 | Eastwood missed two kickable penalties before he got off the mark with a 20th minute kick after Wigan were caught offside . |
| 17 | And it was so nearly 186 for six when , two balls later , new batsman Mark Ramprakash got off the mark with an edged single which flew past slip 's left hand . |
| 18 | We only got off the unit for exercise about twice a week . |
| 19 | That 's all they got off the union at that time of the day . |
| 20 | After Muir of Ord JTR got off the train at Conon Station as did I , and walked down by the river to sketch from the Telford bridge of 1809 now replaced by a modern version built in 1969 . |
| 21 | Everyone got off the train at Winnipeg , one thousand , four hundred and thirteen miles along the rails from Toronto . |
| 22 | FORTY fans who got off the train at Peterborough and tried to board a ferry at |
| 23 | It was not so , at the beginning of each new term she found it was not so , but it seemed to be so , and the same mixture of guilt and hate and sorrow would strike her anew , each time as forcefully , each time she got off the train at Northam Station . |
| 24 | I got off the train at Greenwich — it was a fine evening — I was just walking … |
| 25 | I got off the train at Central Station . |
| 26 | When she got off the train from Chertsey she did n't have enough money to take an omnibus . |
| 27 | She got off the bus at the next stop , and went back to the building , pushing the children in a collapsible pushchair , which had a propensity only to collapse when occupied . |
| 28 | They got off the bus at Holborn and got a train to Mile End , from there taking another train to Ilford . |
| 29 | When she got off the bus at her usual stop , even the moderate leafiness of the district contributed to her hopes , and she saw , fleetingly , the features that caused it to be described by others as a desirable residential area . |
| 30 | When Benny got off the bus on the Quays , she saw Eve waiting , with her raincoat collar turned up against the rain . |