Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dadda only smoked when he was contented and then he would get through forty or fifty a day , bringing on a cough and staining his fingers yellow-brown . |
| 2 | This argument was rejected on the basis that , from its formation , Newco 's wider purpose was to carry on a trade and that was why it was acquiring the business . |
| 3 | One , however , was the decision to establish a European Movement which would have a National Council in each country , to carry on the debate and pressure governments . |
| 4 | But he died rather young , leaving his widow to carry on the farm and bring up their three children . |
| 5 | ( d ) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business , goodwill , and assets of any person , firm , or company carrying on or proposing to carry on the business or any part of the business which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person , firm or company , or to acquire an interest in , amalgamate with , or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits , or for co-operation , or for mutual assistance with any such person , firm or company , or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any person , firm or company , and to give or accept by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired , any shares , debentures , debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon , and to hold and retain , or sell , mortgage and deal with any shares , debentures , debenture stock of securities so received . |
| 6 | ( d ) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business , goodwill , and assets of any person , firm , or company carrying on or proposing to carry on the business or any part of the business which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person , firm or company , or to acquire an interest in , amalgamate with , or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits , or for co-operation , or for mutual assistance with any such person , firm or company , or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any person , firm or company , and to give or accept by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired , any shares , debentures , debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon , and to hold and retain , or sell , mortgage and deal with any shares , debentures , debenture stock of securities so received . |
| 7 | And if all these should flicker out like candles , still his young , lusty brother Edmund , strong as a stag , and ripe for marriage , capable of getting more sons , more Mortimers to carry on the line and the claim to eternity . |
| 8 | ‘ By this time I had waited about 15 minutes hanging on the phone and the clerk had not confirmed any booking . ’ |
| 9 | He walked as far as the cart , took a packet of cigarettes from his jacket that was hanging on the tailgate and stood , sullenly smoking . |
| 10 | Berowne 's towel is presumably the one hanging on the chair and that looked dry enough . ’ |
| 11 | Those blacks were hitting the deck as soon as it moved , and in the reverberating seconds when we all look to see who 's been hit , the suede nips down the alley and into the car . |
| 12 | Novotna had looked well in control , always seeming to guess correctly whether Seles was going to hit down the line or cross-court . |
| 13 | He wore a baggy tracksuit with what looked like a jam stain down the front and egg yolk all down the sleeve . |
| 14 | It may slow down the discussion but improve its quality . |
| 15 | Skulk along the shore and feed off others ’ carrion . |
| 16 | Nicholas looked at what he had been doing , which was nothing very much , and laid down the stone and the knife and , clasping his knees , looked at Diniz . |
| 17 | She laid down the brush and faced Shae directly . |
| 18 | She laid down the telephone and stared at the view outside her office window . |
| 19 | She laid down the phone and leaned back against the pillows . |
| 20 | Juliet laid down the receiver and hurried into the ward . |
| 21 | When he was out with a group of other kids , playing kick-the-can or soldiers , he would often sneak away , so that they would never find him , or think he had fallen down a hole or into a burn or a loch . |
| 22 | ‘ He could have been eaten or run over or trodden on or blown away or fallen down a hole or trapped , ’ said Grimma . |
| 23 | The other rabbits were beginning to reach the hedge as Bigwig hopped down the bank and crouched on the verge of the road . |
| 24 | Trent found a boulder on the edge of the ravine which he prised loose so that a light push would send it crashing down the ridge and he hid one of the shotguns at the foot of a solitary pine . |
| 25 | A number of changes will have occurred : it will have lost ten to fifteen per cent of its weight through loss of water ; the cell structures in the meat will have broken down ; the proteins will have changed into individual amino acids ( developing the flavour ) ; the muscle filaments — yes , the noble carcass is no more than a collection of muscles , bone and fat — will have broken down a bit and become more tender . |
| 26 | Nine days after the first spillage the government 's Marine Pollution Control Unit declared : " The stormy weather has broken down the oil and driven it out to sea . |
| 27 | Two , to see whether we can knock down the price and whether we can get him to come up here in the same way as Doctor does and do it that way to reduce the costs . |
| 28 | You mentioned that there 's a great degree of toughness since 1979 on Treasury targets and public expenditure , and the word goes down the line and there 's no argument . |
| 29 | But with 15 minutes left Dyer gave the visitors some hope when he chested down a cross and struck a strong shot past Muggleton from close range . |
| 30 | A female out-take from ‘ Metal Box ’ with the guitars turned up , with a weirdo piano bit in the middle with Katie singing down a toilet and then a thrash ending . |