Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And secondly a lot of er a number of consultants want to leave their bonuses in to accrue during the year . |
| 2 | ‘ I like to get pictures as if the horse is about to blink or breathe , the nostrils about to expand or contract , the legs about to break into a trot or canter . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Stay where you are , Judy ! ’ she cried , as she saw Judy on her hands and knees about to crawl under the wire to Mandy 's rescue . |
| 4 | First , fold the napkin in half diagonally , then bring the left and right-hand corners up to meet at the apex ( pic 1 ) . |
| 5 | It was fairly clear that there was going to be some smuggling as well but , even allowing for the often-repeated story that other ships lay over the horizon and sent boats in to add to the stock on board the single ship , the net profits from the ship could hardly have been much more than twice those of the slave-trading . |
| 6 | Lucy says ’ when George died I phoned my agent and said give me three weeks off to get over the physical shock . |
| 7 | Phoebe dealt with Maggie 's immediate needs and took her trousers off to soak in the bathroom . |
| 8 | Phillipson has pointed to more direct state management of retirement , in order to regulate the size of the labour force , yet the well-known attempts by the government to induce retirees back to work after the Second World War were notable for their lack of success ; the reserve army of elderly labour was highly resistant to re-enlistment . |
| 9 | A wide range of support is available to assist existing exporters and businesses about to export for the first time . |
| 10 | Well no not really because erm it , it was a private company as you can understand er , I can I ca n't really explain it everyone seemed to be pulling together you know that was the last thing you thought of , fifth columnists , things like that although it was they used to er , every now and again they used to send government national service officers round to look at the personnel and the structure of the working and if they thought anybody was superfluous to requirements they 'd get the papers soon after to go into the army or the services yeah , yeah , that is true and that happened , used to happen in factories all round the area , it was called the Essential Works Order . |
| 11 | We are looking forward to a visit from prominent physiotherapist Vivian Grisogono , who , with her vast and expert knowledge of treating sports injuries , has much to impart about the way we enthusiastically drive our bodies on to perform at a pace that often proves harmful . |
| 12 | ‘ If we put ten names in to speak against the motion , even that poor bugger Webb-Bowen will have to pick one of us . |
| 13 | Retreating until she bumped into a Spanish walnut table that stood before a window , she put her arms back to lean on the table , then decided that her position might look inviting , folded her arms , and scowled at Sam . |
| 14 | They would probably knock her insides about to fit in a jacuzzi or the like , not to mention all-night parties and vulgar guests filling every room . |
| 15 | Gloria was officially still at school but took most afternoons off to help in the shop , for which she got paid . |
| 16 | This was the origin of the myth that workers had to put their hands up to go to the lavatory . |
| 17 | Bridie , she knew , had taken the children out to sleep in a church hall in Ormskirk so they would be safe . |
| 18 | There used to be a Circuit bicycle , kept in Thomas Street , for the use of visiting Edgehill students down to preach in the country churches . |
| 19 | Almond Nofomela had been among the most trusted of Coetzee 's askaris in his years with Section C. Nofomela had been involved in killings up to despatch of the unfortunate Lesotho diamond dealer . |
| 20 | I stripped off , laid my clothes out to dry in the sun , and cooled myself in the loch ; then , standing on a rock , I surveyed the magnificent view , sure that the effort involved in reaching the loch had been more than repaid by its utter peace and serenity . |
| 21 | It is therefore not surprising that he should here stress the psychological aspects of pain and its control rather than the nuts and bolts of nociceptors , unmyelinated afferents , spinothalamic tracts and those splendid phrases designed to send medical students back to sleep in the belief that they now understand pain mechanisms . |
| 22 | So are restrictions about to tighten like a drysuit seal around our necks ? |
| 23 | In July the government majority fell to three on one vote but this narrow margin produced better attendances on the government side ; Unionists therefore sent their MPs off to speak around the country " with an occasional rush to London to keep the Rads. there " . |