Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is desirable that the ‘ payroll ’ vote , i.e. the number of members of the government party holding office and therefore behoven to support the government , should not form too large a proportion of the House , but otherwise , there is no obvious reason for preferring 400 to 800 . |
| 2 | There are no charges for maintaining any of these accounts , but charges will be made for any extra services offered , such as telegraphic transfers , drafts and money orders . |
| 3 | Effectively we 're talking about bringing this on three and a half weeks early . |
| 4 | That exposure to extreme communism , which included Stalin dispatching Fred Koch 's chauffeur to Siberia for becoming infected by Western ideas , prompted Koch 's father to swing to rabid right-wing beliefs . |
| 5 | Incidentally , the round African hut is highly appropriate for keeping cool in hot sun because it presents a smaller surface area than a square building would . |
| 6 | Canvas plimsolls are a better , cheaper bet for keeping cool in hot weather . |
| 7 | As I did not now want her to guess my real reason for keeping quiet on this other matter , I used the truth , if not all the truth . |
| 8 | Marjorie Bousfield was up against the national fours championship rink and lost 17–28 , Dulcie Harbin lost 25–14 , while Pearl Wright , after drawing 9–9 at ten ends , went 22–15 . |
| 9 | At Perth in January 1313 Bruce himself was second to scale the castle wall after wading neck-high through icy cold water . |
| 10 | The FT-SE 100 index closed 6.5 points lower at 2,312.1 after touching 2,331.1 at one stage . |
| 11 | After maintaining that with few exceptions ‘ the feminine intellect has less strength but more acuteness ’ , she argued the Christian anti-revolutionary case . |
| 12 | He has received death threats after cheating hundreds of innocent people . |
| 13 | After acquiring Petromed in 1991 , we have consolidated our position in the country and now enjoy a 9% share of its retail market . |
| 14 | But another theory was that the bomber dumped the device after becoming nervous about possible discovery on his way to plant it elsewhere . |
| 15 | After living rough for some time she decided that we offered the best chance of a home , and moved in Fizzy 's attitude is ambivalent . |
| 16 | Orrell , though , may feel that they could have coped with Cusworth after causing one of last season 's League upsets by winning 27-15 at Welford Road . |
| 17 | Walker , of North Hanger Close , Alton , was ordered to do 180 community service and pay £298 costs after pleading guilty to four charges of theft . |
| 18 | A former agent for British military intelligence and member of the UDA , Brian Nelson , was sentenced on Feb. 4 to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to 20 charges , including five of conspiracy to murder . |
| 19 | Uddin , who lives in flats above the restaurant , was fined £840 and ordered to pay £75 costs after pleading guilty to both charges . |
| 20 | The accusation was made after Father Michael Creagh , 56 , was jailed for nine months after pleading guilty to three counts of indecently assaulting a pupil . |
| 21 | A TWINBROOK man was jailed for two years yesterday after pleading guilty to three charges of arson . |
| 22 | Seoul silver medallist Christie left Canada 's Johnson — sensationally stripped of the gold and world record after being slung out of the 1988 Games after testing positive for steroid abuse — stumbling in his wake . |
| 23 | After removing ten to fifteen worms from the upturned roots the piece of lawn is returned to its original position , patted down firmly and is none the worse within a week or two . |
| 24 | AFTER staying single for 14 years , Sweden has again hitched its currency to others in Europe . |
| 25 | ( They all arrived together at Fontanellato the following week , after getting stuck in some military censor 's office . ) |
| 26 | A group of pensioners are sueing the Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society after losing hundreds of thousands of pounds in a failed investment scheme . |
| 27 | well at least Hereford fans did n't have to watch their team beaten on Saturday … which is more than can be said for Gloucester folk … it was a long way home from sale after losing seventeen to nineteen |
| 28 | And after losing all but one of the shire counties and a major by-election defeat sacks his chancellor and then effectively promotes to number two in the government the person who wants his job ! |
| 29 | Cath from T-shirts is on crutches after treading barefoot on broken glass trying to break up a skinhead brawl . |
| 30 | After spending hundreds of millions of dollars turning the division 's manufacturing complex in Flint , Michigan , into a high-tech wonderland designed to beat the Japanese , GM 's bosses considered closing it down . |