Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , the exporter could insist on payment or make out a bill of exchange in DMs and thus transfer the foreign exchange risk to the importer . |
| 2 | Would a trust , for example to construct a public building or to set up a private monument , actually be enforced as such ? |
| 3 | The directors could apprentice or hire out the children and other inmates , and the industrious poor could be rewarded out of any profits from their work , although no part of the money could be spent on liquor . |
| 4 | Inflation of the theatricality of the social drama leads detectives to lay emphasis on ‘ the big job ’ and the arrest of the professional ‘ prig ’ who commits the big burglary or pulls off a daring robbery . |
| 5 | Is it worth insuring your computer or taking out a separate contract with a third-party maintenance company ? |
| 6 | His programme — a heady mix of big spending and big cutting — may not cure Brazil 's inflation-fevered economy , slay the recession or win back the faith of foreign creditors . |
| 7 | Voltage and current signals can be used to pre-set speed or to call up the actual values for speed and torque , and the start/stop functions can be activated using the same method . |
| 8 | What is a humby An erection on public transport , an irritating noise whilst driving a car or humming up the vagina ? |
| 9 | Research has shown — as might be expected — that ‘ natural breaks ’ in programmes allow people to go to the lavatory or brew up a cup of tea rather than watch the commercials . |
| 10 | Of course , we may forget old lessons and we certainly need to keep in practice to maintain our performance levels in certain types of skill ( especially psycho-motor skills — like playing a musical instrument or carrying out a laboratory procedure ) . |
| 11 | ‘ It has proved reliable , and the fact that it is four-wheel drive is very handy if you 're coping with a greasy slipway or launching off a beach , ’ says Peaks . |
| 12 | Blessed with a good audience there 's always a danger of the comics running overtime , and it 's up to me to stretch or speed up the show should the need arise . |
| 13 | If the theatre is a long distance away from the ward , equipment may be taken from the ward on a post-operative tray or carried on the theatre trolley . |
| 14 | It is not so obviously true where the intervention takes the form essentially of a decision to initiate a single direct action such as closing a particular valve or starting up a stand-by pump . |
| 15 | The Commission provides guidance on certain of the services or costs they wish reviewed ; for example , in introducing a higher proportion of civilians into the police force or boarding out a higher proportion of children in care . |
| 16 | Thus there is no net loss or gain over the period of time . |
| 17 | Warner v. Browne ( 1807 ) 8 East 165 there was an agreement to lease at a rent of £40 per annum and it was agreed that the landlord , W. Warner , should not raise the rent nor turn out the tenant ‘ so long as the rent is duly paid quarterly , and he does not expose to sale or sell any article that may be injurious to W. Warner in his business . ’ |
| 18 | With a brisk nod Polly relinquished the wheel and dived down the companionway . |
| 19 | Old Charlie must have had a bit of a penchant for potholing judging by the amount of time he spent in every rock crevice north of Carlisle , but I prefer to suspend my scepticism and believe that the great man did indeed peel off his powdered wig and roll out a sleeping-bag in all the places that maps and local handouts would have us believe . |
| 20 | I came round to her way of thinking and handed over the Visa card . |
| 21 | A player landing on a Point Of Order square must decide whether they want an Aye or No before picking a card and carrying out the instructions on the card ( for example — ‘ David Owen backs you , lose 50 votes ’ ) . |
| 22 | However , it can be used if you can ‘ read ’ your card and work out the maximum number of tucks or loops you will be collecting . |
| 23 | So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew . |
| 24 | And Newton himself exudes the confidence of someone who has just had a shave and put on a fresh shirt . |
| 25 | The Champagne houses were naturally outraged at the government 's ineptitude and drew up a vociferous protest , signed by eighty participants , condemning the publicity given to the ministerial communiqué . |
| 26 | He threw down the knife , turned off the gas ring and stamped down the hall . |
| 27 | Instead of pulling over onto the hard shoulder , opening the car bonnet and putting more oil in the engine , you take a hammer and bash out the oil warning light . |
| 28 | I stagger to the bedroom and pull out the cover from beneath him . |
| 29 | She crossed the bedroom and picked up the cigar and put it back on the table . |
| 30 | A long and heart-felt kiss was interrupted by the phone and I hurried back into the bedroom and picked up the extension in time to hear Ed Grainger . |