Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [is] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A police spokeswoman said : ‘ Coming home to find someone has broken in is most people 's worst nightmare . |
| 2 | Who goes down is another matter . |
| 3 | I 've been meaning for many weeks now to pass on 's French address , which filtered through to us in January — but of course you may already have had it from or heard from Janet yourself . |
| 4 | To quality for the discount — accommodation must be booked through 's central reservation offices on : |
| 5 | Here I am , Serafin , writing my shopping list on the first piece of paper that comes to hand and what I 'm writing down is two shirts for myself and one for my son . |
| 6 | And when the celebrations are over have a nice soak in the bath with The Grown Up 's First Bath Book ( Windrush , £7.99 ) a plastic book full of puzzles , anagrams and trivia , complete with a felt-tip pen . |
| 7 | It 's well over a week since the last patch of ground was cleared and a spider turning up is pure chance . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The fact that we 're sneaking up is one factor , ’ said Gibson . |
| 9 | I think one of the fallacies erm that you touched on is this question of political bias . |
| 10 | But in spite of this , and in ways both positive and negative , Breaking In is typical Forsyth . |
| 11 | And whether it 's Michelle we release back is another issue . |
| 12 | I am aware that residents have complained on several occasions about the parking of cars in Lakeside , particularly on the west side of the road , which Mr Howe has pointed out is common land . |
| 13 | Keeping your fingers crossed and plunging on is one way of dealing with tricky situations which may gain a reputation for the school that it has firm and strong management but it can have costs in the loss of a number of unhappy families . |
| 14 | Another point that Akpata has brought up is that match and event organisers need to be aware of the ‘ trauma hospital ’ closest to their area , and should have a person capable of performing triage at the ready . |
| 15 | which made it er very reasonable , very cheap really , we took us car there and that , but he 's coming back is this chap now |
| 16 | R.B. One of the significant strands you 've pulled out is this phrase ‘ a non-Catholic in a Catholic school ’ . |
| 17 | The last cushion the big studios can rely on is sheer size . |
| 18 | Honestly , you can see why some people are n't keen on art ; some of that stuff they turn out is absolute rubbish ! |
| 19 | ‘ Turn about is fair play , ’ he corrected drily , pouring soup into mugs . |
| 20 | A vote was taken on 's revised version , with the following result : in favour 38 ; against 33 . |
| 21 | One thing most leasing companies agree on is that asset collateral is no longer sufficient to lend against . |
| 22 | Undoubtedly therefore much of the growth that they 've put in is this year 's budget , will have to result in schools ' budgets being cut in the future . |
| 23 | Whether or not the opportunity is taken up is another matter ! |
| 24 | You will not go up north straight away , there is such a thing as training you know , I have heard that the absolute minimum for what you call sitting around is six months . |
| 25 | Of the £8 , the branch has to send £4 to the National Childbirth Trust HQ to support the work of the national charity , so we only get the remainder to spend on 's breastfeeding counsellor training , Penny 's antenatal teacher training , newsletter production & mailing , our post-natal support network , expenses for members who sit on the Birmingham Maternity Services Committee and the Community Health Council etc. etc … |
| 26 | They are flash people who have money to throw about , and not all the money they throw about is honest money . |
| 27 | check up is booked Monday at three o'clock . |