Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a distinct possibility that it could sink without trace , weighed down by listeners ' indifference , or , of course , it might possibly cause a public outcry , disgusting not merely Tunbridge Wells . |
| 2 | Derek Andrews should be sampling but G. stands in during Andrews ' holidays . |
| 3 | Clive Allen missed one great chance six minutes before half-time when his snap shot from inside the box , following a superb pass by Julian Dicks , was brilliantly tipped over by Bees ' keeper Graham Benstead . |
| 4 | Davide was still committed to preferring it to the alternatives , the vendettas , the feuds , the bloody score -these ways were for barbarians , for people like Sicilians , or Neapolitans , people whose own blood was all mixed up with Spaniards ' . |
| 5 | Only a pilot project , he insists , will determine whether or not the technology lives up to suppliers ' promises . |
| 6 | A brightly polished black Citron followed them in and drew up beside Duclos ' horse . |
| 7 | He swam , keeping up with Nails ' feet , gulping , coughing . |
| 8 | As a result there are now Government , as well as private consumer organizations , whose purpose is to stand up for consumers ' rights . |
| 9 | The tests were based on European Standards , adapted to conditions in the home , and were carried out on Maples ' 100% nylon twist-pile carpet and on tiled flooring . |
| 10 | Day to day work is carried out by contractors ' own labour or British Gas ' industrial staff under control of our supervisors and engineers . |
| 11 | With his colleagues Lippitt and White he reported the results of well-known experiments which were carried out in boys ' clubs established for the purposes of their studies . |
| 12 | At the church she 'd ended up in the cliche/1 situation of being frozen out by Marius ' relatives . |
| 13 | When a national newspaper first published Mrs Travers ' views , the response was so great that a whole page had to be given over to readers ' letters . |
| 14 | Over the coming months , the cuts in interest rates since last September will be filtering through to homeowners ' pockets , and this should help to lift consumer confidence , Nigel Whittaker , chairman of the CBI 's distributive trades panel , said yesterday . |
| 15 | SHELL-SHOCKED West Ham missed the chance to steal second place from Division One promotion rivals Tranmere last night after being shot down by Rovers ' ace marksman John Aldridge . |
| 16 | Fitting in to others ' expectations , e.g. spouse , friends or colleagues . |
| 17 | That was eight years after the Lloyd 's scandal — involving tens of millions of pounds being syphoned off into directors ' pockets — erupted . |
| 18 | Rolling out , he wriggled his way across the dry sand , all churned up with trippers ' footprints , out to the firm , wet sand made smooth and level again by the tide . |
| 19 | The group is made up of miners ' wives and relatives , ably supported by a cross-section of concerned individuals on this particular morning a retired teacher , two people running local businesses , and a lecturer . |
| 20 | I was very proud of those she made for outdoor wear , perhaps because they were different ; they were generally made from offcuts of the various dress lengths being made up into ladies ' costumes . |
| 21 | This is a service free to producers , but one we can only carry out on members ' music . |
| 22 | For SCOTVEC centres , the most obviously new feature of the Quality Framework is the regular audit which SCOTVEC will carry out on centres ' internal quality systems . |
| 23 | The low rate is possible because loans are made out of members ' own savings . |
| 24 | When I came off , I felt I needed to sort of keep in touch , sort of speaking to people that know what 's going on and know what 's going on in ex-users ' heads , y'know . |
| 25 | German companies typically hang on to employees ' contributions and write pension liabilities on to their balance sheets . |
| 26 | This AE recalls a sales manager who tuned in to AEs ' telephone conversations , thereby gaining snippets of information about their private lives which he would not hesitate to use . |
| 27 | However , they clung on to a victory which served to rekindle hopes among the travelling support that all was not lost after all in the title race , especially after news leaked through of Rangers ' demise at Celtic Park . |
| 28 | She and Wyatt continued to party together , chat regularly on the phone and meet up at friends ' weekend homes . |
| 29 | The contract was drawn up before Ramps ' latest bust-up last weekend with a spectator at Uxbridge . |
| 30 | A new industry is growing up around investors ' urgent needs for fast , accurate and systematized management of financial data . |