Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cher wins the prize for longest run of success . |
| 2 | Memoirs from the twenties , for long consigned to oblivion , began to be used again . |
| 3 | Wilson , of 8th Signals , Catterick Garrison , had just bought it after deliberately going in search of the drug because he wanted to try it , the court martial was told . |
| 4 | There was a stack of crumpled brown paper , some of it addressed to herself and to Edward or Louise and bearing injunctions about not opening before Christmas ; she recognised the handwriting of aunts and godmothers . |
| 5 | I think it 's also worth just bearing in mind that we 're talking about only one percent of the erm of the farmed land i in this county , we 're not talking about banning hunting in in er in Leicestershire , we 're talking about what we 're saying on one percent there are tens of thousand of fields in in this county nothing can change overnight , even if this er motion goes through because the tenants will still have the rights to decide , it 's only when you actually start getting to new tenancy agreements that you will be in a position if you wish , to start to change things and therefore I suppose at the end of erm , at the end of five years you might have a hundred or two hundred fields on which this ban will apply but you will still have tens of thousand of fields on which the , the hunt will still be , the hunts in this county will still be free to , erm , to operate . |
| 6 | Who can blame a liberated woman for not settling for slavery ? |
| 7 | To summarise , the ‘ absolute income ’ hypothesis may be criticised on two major grounds : ( a ) for not providing an adequate explanation of the different sets of income-consumption data ; ( b ) for not taking into account the influence of wealth and the rate of interest on consumption , and so for not being consistent with the microeconomic analysis of consumer behaviour . |
| 8 | Kreitman and Chowdhury ( 1973b ) found that the most common reason given for not getting in touch with a helping agency was that the overdose was seen as a way of relieving strain or going to sleep . |
| 9 | So , she 's not one to play on it for not going to school though , so |
| 10 | ‘ Thomas White , a tippler , for keeping shuffle board play ’ came before the Court during the stern days of the Commonwealth , while in 1666 were charged , ‘ John Parson , James his son , Stephen Parker and Sidney Randall for not going to church on the Lord 's day ’ . |
| 11 | And they would be a coward for not going to war . |
| 12 | Most men and women would be better off for not going to prison at all . |
| 13 | Anyone who has ever suffered at the hands of military pomposity will relish the story of General Patton inspecting a hospital in France and screaming abuse at a man for not coming to attention in his presence , only to be told ‘ Run along , asshole . |
| 14 | Otherwise there is a risk of coming under attack for not complying with Community competition law requirements . |
| 15 | Carers are renowned for not asking for support . |
| 16 | So , other things dealt with as above introduced by slide shows or demonstrations or videos or anything else |
| 17 | Ideal for just walking round town . |
| 18 | A Parliamentary and Local Government Advisory Committee was also set up with a brief to ‘ consider and recommend to the General Committee what , in their opinion , is necessary for the purpose of effectively carrying into effect the resolution passed at the Swansea Congress ’ . |
| 19 | The greatest improvement of all has of course been the removal of the old climate of repression and fear . |
| 20 | Then again , if it is not love that puts a bit of sparkle in your life , it will be some other form of much sought after success or happiness . |
| 21 | Groups are said to work because the group members can now react to each other instead of just reacting to management . |
| 22 | This would be a great help , instead of just relying at present on judging conformation in the hope of reducing strain on tendons . |
| 23 | BRIGHT economic schemes have a habit of not working in South America . |
| 24 | It was also the year in which I discovered both sex and death , so I must have learned something , in spite of not going to school . |
| 25 | The whole company ethos of keeping everything within the plant and of not talking to television or papers survived even when all seemed lost . |
| 26 | He could think of two of his fellow students who might be suitable but they too had degree courses to finish and Adam was beginning to think very seriously of not returning to college . |
| 27 | They had threatened to blow up the plane unless their demands for the release of political prisoners were met , but the deadline of 6pm passed without incident . |
| 28 | ‘ Evening Landlord , Master Gates , ’ he spoke in a loud voice and exercised his usual habit of momentarily standing on tip toes as he addressed them . |
| 29 | Seemed to be sort of permanently suspended in mid-air just-so , flat out without ever landing . |
| 30 | As times and contexts change the visionaries of yesterday fade into obscurity or , worse , become the villains of today . |