Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could dress up or strip down to sports gear , lycra , leather , rubber , jock-straps , uniforms , work gear , torn jeans , boots , socks … |
| 2 | Many hot-spot plants are aromatic and , since patios and terraces are usually paved , this quality can be enhanced by allowing plants to trail or spill on to flagstones — which get hot in the sunshine — so that the aromatic oils which give them their scent are literally vaporised and perfume the air . |
| 3 | Simon then had the agonising decision as to whether Wizard should stay or go off to pastures new . |
| 4 | BBC 2 broadcast the cases of 10 prisoners of conscience between 25 November and 8 December 1991 , and asked viewers to phone or write in for details of how to help them . |
| 5 | rather than walk round with wads in your pocket every day , they liked to be able to work on a day to day pay system |
| 6 | He just wants to rest and catch up with friends . |
| 7 | I ca n't imagine I would try and scramble up over rocks using my nose , but the use of hands in the mountaineering hierarchy seems to be of prime importance . |
| 8 | Her conscious understanding of how she was using language is clear from the explanations she gives for the expressions she uses in the poem : ( on line 2 ) " She lived outside in the open , so the air was like her house " ; ( on line 5 " the streets were like a giant shop where she could pick and choose out of bins and gutters " ; ( on line 8 ) " this means she was close to nature and she felt like the yew was her mother " . |
| 9 | Doing them altogether , I find difficult to do , apart from the weather point of view , if it could be fitted to two maybe , you know you co you go to somewhere in Church Stretton okay , it 's distant enough when you have one place to go , when you do the Wellington section , you 've got four , and I find it very difficult to work and chase round to children 's homes , to give it any . |
| 10 | The almost incredible hotchpotch of superstitions , beliefs and ‘ gods ’ which are promoted by the hierarchies of all the great organised religions in their ceaseless struggle to obtain and hold on to adherents , leaves the earnest seeker after a true spiritual haven bewildered and unsatisfied . |
| 11 | Any reader is entitled to ask what purpose such national anthologies serve ; their best justification is making art more accessible , enabling those living artists represented to find and hold on to audiences for their work . |
| 12 | We 'd try and come up with ideas of what it was all about — sometimes prompted by Bernie , sometimes not . |
| 13 | The latest from Aussie tats MR FLOPPY , whose single , ‘ 100,000 Morrisseys ’ has taken everyone by surprise ( not least the band who split up soon after its release ) , is that they 've decided to re-form The band , who described The Stone Roses as , ‘ A bunch of Pommie scum who ca n't play and flounce around in flares ’ , will celebrate with a new EP , tentatively entitled ‘ Tubular Bells ’ . |
| 14 | The latest from Aussie tats MR FLOPPY , whose single , ‘ 100,000 Morrisseys ’ has taken everyone by surprise ( not least the band who split up soon after its release ) , is that they 've decided to re-form The band , who described The Stone Roses as , ‘ A bunch of Pommie scum who ca n't play and flounce around in flares ’ , will celebrate with a new EP , tentatively entitled ‘ Tubular Bells ’ . |
| 15 | Lastly , just as people looking for jobs are advised to ask around and find out about prospects through the grapevine rather than from official sources , employers too , where appropriate , can let it be known that they are looking for a certain sort of employee . |