Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To please Sinterklaas the children sing special songs and lay down carrots and other food for his horse . |
| 2 | We advise our composers , helping to sift out the bad songs and to search out opportunities for our writers to compose ‘ covers ’ for particular artists . |
| 3 | These scratching actions are a crucial part of the cleaning routine , getting rid of skin irritations , dislodging dead hairs and combing out tangles in the fur . |
| 4 | Once received the data will be converted from radio to microwave signals and passed along cables to the control centre nearby . |
| 5 | Obviously at the moment we we all of us are really tied up with living from a Tuesday to a Saturday really you know with Tuesdays our meeting and then all that has to be done after that and then Saturday is the food parcels you know so and most people work as well either part time or full time work at home er with the kids and bringing up families so and obviously also money is shor short for people that are directly involved in the strike so erm . |
| 6 | We can then be involved in the setting of performance indicators and carrying out audits , much like we carry out our safety inspections , and that way we may be able to work on joint policies on the environment . |
| 7 | Independent radio stations had been shut down , while troops stationed themselves outside newspapers offices and took over transmission towers . |
| 8 | Soon , the craft was making its way through the darkness over twenty-foot waves and taking on water . |
| 9 | Representing half a mile of coastline , its 72 paddles can produce waves and set up currents and tides for scientists to study . |
| 10 | Preparing for this Assembly involves much more than booking a few halls and sending out invitations . |
| 11 | It would also be a major knock-back for the scum because , without a doubt , he 's been the difference for them scoring vital goals and setting up others . |
| 12 | Or , in his discussion of the banking and credit system , this interesting passage concerning the ability of individuals without their own capital to borrow funds and set up businesses : |
| 13 | We also see great opportunity get into pension funds to help people manage their pension funds and set up pension funds er for clients and and other targets . |
| 14 | When the " Daily Mail " was sued by the head of the " Moonies " over allegations that the sect brainwashed converts and broke up families , the editor was warned by his lawyers that an adverse verdict might cost him £1,000,000 . |
| 15 | The Press Trust of India news agency said as many as 12 people were feared killed in an explosion which destroyed at least five cars and blew out windows of surrounding buildings , including a five-star hotel popular with tourists . |
| 16 | ‘ Greasers are almost like hoods ; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up petrol stations and have a gang fight once in a while . ’ |
| 17 | Nearby in Coire an Lochain , Brian Davison and I started up Daddy Longlegs and finished up Ventricle for a very hard route called Big Daddy ( VI ) . |
| 18 | ‘ My commercial strengths are marketing , identifying opportunities and building up businesses , ’ explained Brown . |
| 19 | To test the appropriateness of the model by empirical study of data from leading international companies in the same or related manufacturing sectors and set up comparisons with consumer-orientated companies ( e.g. electronics , electrical goods ) . |
| 20 | By halving fat intake to 20% of total calories and cutting out sweets , 12 women in a study by Utah University lost an average of 13 lbs . |
| 21 | And western politicians would probably find themselves faced with a request for enormous help — including consumer goods to fill shops and soak up roubles — to contain the shock of a Soviet Big Bang . |
| 22 | But you can be a bit sickened by the effect as you pass the new crop of boarded-up shops and closing down sales . |
| 23 | Students at the nearby People 's University ( Renda ) joined in by chanting , beating their tin wash-basins and foodbowls and setting off firecrackers to make a lot of commotion . |
| 24 | It can be so — certain women have a perpetual ‘ devouring ’ quality — but it is a natural process , echoed in the menstrual cycle , and in the moon 's waxing and waning , and it can be used to positive effect , regulating the ebb and flow of relationships and opening up pathways of communication . |
| 25 | His routines were organized so as to facilitate this intellectual process : weekends were reserved for Colombey , where he could take long walks and mull over problems ; workday schedules at the Elysée were strictly adhered to ; he insisted on absolute punctuality and an atmosphere of unruffled calm . |
| 26 | Everyone went mad , stripping off their tops to soak up the sun , doing handstands and laying out tents and kit to dry — until the rain started again ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But it 'll take you the best part of two days to provide the concealment , ’ said Dorrainge , surveying Lugh 's neatly drawn plans and watching the men sawing off branches and raking up leaves from the forest floor . |
| 28 | I am used to the wind 's deep-throated shouts as it tears at the corners of our cottage in Cornwall , as it cracks branches and sweeps up leaves . |
| 29 | Tories such as Sir Keith Joseph put a different slant on the phenomenon , talking of a ‘ people 's capitalism ’ or ‘ property-owning democracy ’ rather than ‘ pension fund socialism ’ , but the basic conception is the same : shareholding on the part of the financial institutions which collect personal savings and pay out pensions , annuities or endowments gives everyone , trade unionists included , a stake in the production of commodities for profit . |
| 30 | Marie Jennings of the Money Management Council thought it unfair to expose people with little knowledge of sales techniques to ‘ offers ’ such as holiday homes and trying out cars . |