Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Responding to the resolution , the Prime Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met for preliminary talks in the Georgian capital , Tbilisi , on March 30 . |
| 2 | Campaign financing is encouraged and yet limited through structural features of the American political system . |
| 3 | ‘ No-one at all got off that train except me ? ’ |
| 4 | It is the second of Billy Roche 's Wexford trilogy plays about small-town life in Wexford , southern Ireland . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Those who had heard about major items of foreign news — such as the Amin coup in Uganda , the deaths of Nasser in Egypt and Nkrumah in Ghana , or the proposed resumption of British arms sales in South Africa — had for the most part received the news from the radio . |
| 10 | Furthermore , even before Posidonius , the Druids may well have heard about Greek doctrines of immortality either from oral tradition in Massalia or by honest purchase of Greek books . |
| 11 | We 've heard about object-oriented technology for 20 years , but it 's only just now beginning to take hold . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | I have not met many Scottish people who wish to be left exposed to the nuclear blackmail that could come from the huge nuclear arsenal which will remain for many years on the continent and in Russia . |
| 17 | They can remain for many years in cold and hostile environments while retaining their toxicity , and they have a tendency to remain in living organisms . |
| 18 | The alternative , according to response competition is : ‘ Ricky will remain for longer periods in his place doing what he is supposed to ’ . |
| 19 | Births registered during one month in each area were randomly sampled . |
| 20 | How much did you get taught about German documents at Ashford ? — or Hereford ? ’ |
| 21 | Those who had moved were traced through various means including the local Electoral Register , Leicestershire Family Health Services Authority , the local Registrar of Births and Deaths , and the NHS Central Register at Southport in Lancashire . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It is not uncommon to wait for 5 hours for the result to be obtained . |
| 24 | They also pointed to an incident during which a patient had to wait for four hours for an anaesthetist . |
| 25 | ‘ The only mistake we made was to wait for four years before trying to sort out our lives , ’ Julius replied in an unruffled tone . |
| 26 | We only had to wait for five minutes for the first boooooom … and a second … and a third . |
| 27 | Those made redundant were to wait for 26 weeks before being entitled to unemployment benefit . |
| 28 | So you had to wait for full details of John Major 's new cabinet earlier this year . |
| 29 | Thus for a proper appreciation of the distinction between " slow " and " fast " you have to wait for electromagnetic waves to be introduced , discussed , and digested . |
| 30 | We are not allowed to know just yet , for the London Underground rule book tells drivers to wait for 30 minutes before making an announcement , unless they 've received a message to the contrary from their controllers or there is some ‘ immediate threat to safety . ’ |