Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | RIGHT The check chain fits on to an ordinary leash , by a circle as shown here . |
| 2 | ( rather a lot of which goes on inside an internal combustion engine . ) |
| 3 | They rode on at an easy trot , eating up the ground , until finally Murtach said in disgust : ‘ Bragad 's lady — out for a ride , it seems , with five of her husband 's escort for company . ’ |
| 4 | A beautifully open and controlled solo from Andrew Coy ( clarinet ) led on to an expansive string sound and a rollicking dance . |
| 5 | I wanted to carry on as an airborne soldier , a paratrooper , enjoying the prestige which came from being part of an elite , and also the better pay and training opportunities that were the lot of such units . |
| 6 | There were insufficient funds for a third appointment so that Allan Hayhurst had to carry on in an honourary capacity combining once again the offices of Secretary and Treasurer . |
| 7 | Most will stay on for an extra year at school or go into some form of further training . |
| 8 | Sheena Falconer , senior lecturer in textiles , has been told by the principal , Dr David Kennedy , that there is room for only one textile lecturer , but that she could stay on as an ordinary lecturer — the post held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 9 | He passed on to an empty table . |
| 10 | For high earners , the £75,000 cap is probably the strongest argument for hanging on to an existing Section 226 policy , since such policies are not affected by the earnings limit . |
| 11 | Every Sunday the family get up early for an enormous American breakfast — pancakes , ham , waffles with maple syrup , and then later on in the afternoon they all sit down to an English roast . |
| 12 | These priorities are also reflected in the prescriptions for teacher education laid down with an increasing degree of firmness from the centre . |
| 13 | With the game going into added time Michael Galwey , after good work by Geoghegan , Clarke and Bradley , got in for an Irish try . |
| 14 | Jewellery worth £450 was taken after a thief got in through an open window . |
| 15 | We got in to an unreserved seating area for 13 quid . |
| 16 | I listened with interest to my hon. Friend the Member for Stamford and Spalding ( Mr. Davies ) , who almost conveyed the impression that he had been parachuted in to an Amazonian jungle in which democratic accountability plays no role , and that we needed the benefit of a judgment on arbitrage and merger policy from New York city . |
| 17 | Beyond this , four short steps led down to an oval door let into a solid steel bulkhead . |
| 18 | So we 're going to keep we 're going to try and keep our costs on this obviously stripped down to an absolute minimum . |
| 19 | Not only that , but he must have swallowed the large Garry Dog I had on the line , which must have floated down in an unrestricted way to him . ’ |
| 20 | For the sake of a quiet life he had given in to an unreasonable request and only now did he fully realize what it meant . |
| 21 | But now women are meant to go along on an even keel and when something upsets them they think tha e , I should n't be able to express this any more , so I 'll go to the G P and he 'll give me something and then the emotions will go away , but unfortunately they do n't go away , they just go wandering , they 'll come back again at another point . |
| 22 | his great jaw hanging down like an open hatch . |
| 23 | He plunged down for an interminable second , arms and legs splayed out in abandon , forgotten , tumbling anyhow , and crashed onto the stage on his back , lying across Bothwell , whose cloak was the colour of blood . |
| 24 | But the Signpost Hotel Guide survey of 300 hotel owners showed that fewer people are bothering use a false name when they book in for an illicit weekend . |
| 25 | If she went out into the rue du Bateau her suspicions might latch on to an innocent person coming from one of the other flats . |
| 26 | The screens are slotted on to an amazing new printer which cost the company an arm and a leg a couple of years ago . |
| 27 | Today certain people will not go on the station after dark , so the past tragedy lingers on over an entire railway complex . |
| 28 | History rather suggests that the discipline needed for insurrection lingers on as an authoritative force after the revolution in a way that blocks the larger end of a socialism that advances opportunities for freedom and self-development through a true democracy of equals . |
| 29 | For about the first 12 years of its existence the centre was carried on as an unincorporated organisation . |
| 30 | This would seem appropriate to the early stages of learning a foreign language , but is too restrictive if carried on to an advanced level . |