Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may help to twist drain rods when pushing them down the drain . |
| 2 | The investors do not perceive the warranties as providing them with a course of action , but as a way for management to confirm the business plan and the facts of the accountants ' report ; and provide as much information as possible about the business to be purchased . |
| 3 | Sally-Anne Tunstall would rather drop dead at his feet than accept him after this . |
| 4 | The gunpowder either killed the poor man or caused such grievous wounds as to send him into a swoon from which he would never recover . |
| 5 | Lord Lane said it would be unlawful to detain a child ‘ for such period or periods or in such circumstances as to take it outside the realm of reasonable parental discipline ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ Which girl is bad ? ’ asked Nour , his hair dark gold from the wetting of the shower , and I felt I would rather swim in the pool with the crocodiles than tell him about the girl like a cat . |
| 7 | Well what do you think would happen to the poor things if left them in that water ? |
| 8 | If so , Britain would be in the position of forbidding its own manufacturers from making unsafe goods while allowing them to be imported . |
| 9 | Does the Minister accept that it is entirely unsatisfactory to continue stonewalling on those questions while answering them in the press ? |
| 10 | Political hotheads were demanding a sell-off ; but no wouldbe purchaser dared tangle with the horrendous staff rostering costs , the problems of management control , the antiquated working conditions , the railway operating hazards that frustrate a crew 's best efforts while landing them with the blame and , not least , the ever-lurking cynicism of the media . |
| 11 | The Super Dustbuster 's features include a lock-on button and loop handle , which make it comfortable to hold and easy to use , and because it is so light , it does not present problems when using it above head height . |
| 12 | Jurors in the case of Dalton Prejean were unaware of his long-term mental problems when sentencing him to death . |
| 13 | Pig horror : New Zealand farmer Kenneth Johnson bled to death after being gored in the groin by one of his pigs while feeding them in a paddock on his small farm at Halkett in the South Island province of Canterbury . |
| 14 | On the contrary , the use of such materials will consolidate and extend our students ’ familiarity with computational techniques while introducing them to a relatively new and important range of historical source material . |
| 15 | Prior to 1910 it was by no means clear either that Labour would replace the Liberals or that it would move So far ahead of these rivals as to reduce them to marginal sects . |
| 16 | I had thought of the Hobbses as shielding me like parents , but the nursery comfort was illusory . |
| 17 | Late-night scheduling has been a consistent feature of lesbian and gay programming , exploiting the gay audience 's motivation to watch these programmes while keeping them on the edges of broadcasting . |
| 18 | ‘ Because my family were lawyers and self-employed , I 've always had the feeling that I would rather hold my future in my own hands than have it in somebody else 's . |
| 19 | Unmarried teenage mothers are more likely nowadays to keep their children than to place them for adoption . |
| 20 | A woman is claiming four policemen broke her arm and two ribs while arresting her for a crime she did n't commit . |
| 21 | One is a problem of content : it is appropriate for feminists to celebrate their diverse sexual choices ( lesbianism or spinsterhood , for instance ) but not , perhaps , to reduce ourselves to body parts ( I would have problems referring to myself approvingly as a cunt , or even as a slut , since I would rather challenge the necessity for a linguistic category of ‘ unchaste ’ women than embrace it with joy ) . |
| 22 | They stole the birdfood and embarrassed the cats , screaming imprecations while eluding them with flying leaps . |
| 23 | But he had experienced complications when using them for logistics in Vietnam . |
| 24 | Furthermore , it is more advantageous for management to subscribe shares than to acquire them by transfer , because they may then be entitled to income tax relief pursuant to s574 Taxes Act 1988 if the venture fails . |
| 25 | He 'd been slashing car tyres when approached him with a hammer . |
| 26 | It is boring , often done in locations where it is difficult to avoid ‘ bosses ’ , it affords only a limited range of ‘ bluffs ’ or easing techniques , and is looked down upon by regular policemen and women , a view unintentionally reinforced by those sergeants who apologize to regulars when asking them at parade to do sanger duty . |