Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , ethnographers tend rather to play down the question of whether their particular group is typical of others , but the reader must recognize that the choice of group is a kind of sampling , and the question of representativeness must arise . |
| 2 | It replicates itself , and each new copy , which is independent of the original , goes on to carry out the task for which the virus was designed . |
| 3 | One of their employees , a store manager , failed properly to carry out the system with the result that Radiant washing powder was advertised in the window at 2s. 11d. when in fact the only packets available in the shop were 3s. 11d. ( section 11(d) the Trade Descriptions Act which made this an offence has since been repealed and replaced by Part III of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 , see paragraph 16–28 below ) . |
| 4 | After which , his empty sledge on his back , he would walk and clamber slowly back up the steepness to enter once more into the dripping slate shaft and repeat the exhausting process . |
| 5 | They tackled like demons and when they were able to run the ball back at the Londoners their refusal to capitulate eventually wore down the opposition . |
| 6 | I 'm giving you a pen now copy them out and do n't spill it , Deana sit down move up a bit . |
| 7 | A cropped and fitted jacket nips in to show off a neat waist and looks trim with a long line skirt . |
| 8 | French plastic manufacturers and bottle suppliers have joined together to set up a recycling company , " Valorplast " , which intends to recycle around 1 billion plastic bottles by the year 1996 . |
| 9 | Christina kneeled down to pick up the handle of a cup . |
| 10 | He sought only to take up the challenge they had thrown down in their fight against Fascism and Britain . |
| 11 | Space is limited so fill in the coupon on page 188 ( before May 11 ) to book a place at the most entertaining and educational event of the year — or risk being Green with envy ! |
| 12 | This proved true above all at the time of which I write , or up to that time , because adolescence is as much a mental as a biological experience , and the arts meant much at that epoch , the last before the advent of Pop Culture , which has since taken over the adolescent mind rendering present that ‘ future ’ which Eliot dreaded . |
| 13 | A Japanese company has since taken out a 17-year patent on the chemical . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , they were soon moved to different duties , but before doing so they were able to train a third person , a Sergeant , who has since carried on the work . |
| 15 | Taylor has since brought in a consultancy company to examine his public relations techniques . |
| 16 | She has successfully set up a resource centre for materials from Christian Aid and the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund . |
| 17 | If a client has successfully carried out a difficult homework task the group can reinforce this success more powerfully than a therapist alone . |
| 18 | If the patient has successfully carried out the task that was agreed he should now be helped to plan what to do before the next session . |
| 19 | Ken Robinson , too , has successfully taken on the role of one-man interpreter , friend , challenger , articulator and spokesman not only for drama but for the arts in education generally ( 1980 and 1982 ) . |
| 20 | Habsburg dynasty Dr Otto von Habsburg , son of the last King-Emperor of Hungary , has politely turned down an offer to stand in next month 's Hungarian presidential election as the candidate of the Smallholders party . |
| 21 | The Open Software Foundation has unofficially put out a Request For Technology for its next generation graphical user interface , UEC II , ( UX No 392 ) . |
| 22 | However , so long as we remain in the Community , Parliament has effectively handed over a number of functions that it has traditionally fulfilled . |
| 23 | He turned and the girl who had just come in let out a little scream . |
| 24 | Yet the address was correct ; maybe there was a relative — a sister-in-law or another daughter perhaps — living there … but in that case the phone should still be working and there would be no need to arrange for someone else to come in to pick up the post . |
| 25 | Detectives praised the help they received from the public , saying the artist 's impression of Katherine 's attacker helped greatly to bring about a conviction . |
| 26 | The hon. Member for Wiltshire , North ( Mr. Needham ) , the Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , has rightly pointed out the complete disregard for the Geneva convention on the part of the perpetrators of this appalling outrage . |
| 27 | They very kindly drop in shade cards and patterns for her and Mrs Critten has only to pick up the telephone and they are there to help . |
| 28 | Fedelma has only started up the business since beginning the course and has found it a ‘ great practical help ’ . |
| 29 | When she had looked in to clean up the following day the meal was still on the table , untouched . |
| 30 | She kicked aside some of the mess , bent down to pick up a crisp packet , dropped it again and leaned against a wall , overwhelmed . |