Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb past] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What can be adopted at a slower pace is the implementation of T.Q.M. practices , and the tools and techniques , but the experience of those in the USA is that the dire need for change brought about the most successful results . |
| 2 | Some mill-workers on a mid-shift and a group of men crossing the river to look for work made up the rest of the throng , with the exception of a portly little man with a bowler hat , waistcoat and watch-chain , a foreman from one of the Govan yards on an errand for the Head Office . |
| 3 | The heavy rain had subsided during the morning , but the pavements were still wet underfoot and a fine haze of moisture hung on the wintry air . |
| 4 | Malone absorbed the pressure and against the run of play took up a position inside their opponents 22 . |
| 5 | His 12-day taste of freedom slimmed down the heavyweight performer who has notched six wins from 16 starts . |
| 6 | All this of course took up a great deal of time and delayed the completion of Robyn 's thesis on the nineteenth-century industrial novel , which had to be constantly revised to take the new theories into account . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , I dropped the paintbrush , which of course went down the loo . |
| 8 | A loan is a sum of money borrowed over a period of time at a certain rate of interest . |
| 9 | When the European Communities Act 1972 became law each House of Parliament set up a committee to advise on how scrutiny of European legislation could most effectively take place . |
| 10 | Indeed , " the main theme " of the book is the argument that the triangular pattern of cooperation between government and the two sides of industry built up a new form of harmony which lasted until the mid-sixties and led to the trade unions and employers ' associations being elevated to a new sort of status so that they became " governing institutions " sharing some of the political power and attributes of the state itself . |
| 11 | Towards the date for closure of Banstead , in mid-1986 , two researchers from the national offices of MIND carried out a brief study of the closure process . |
| 12 | In 1936 the Ministry of Labour carried out a pioneer survey of private sector employers ' pension scheme membership , finding that women comprised about 20 per cent of the total membership of around 1.6 million persons . |
| 13 | In the same way , the laws of thermodynamics laid down a framework within which engines and refrigerators operate . |
| 14 | All heads of department carried on a voluminous correspondence with this official . |
| 15 | New codes of practice set out the standards of service to expect . |
| 16 | The door opened and a shaft of light fell down the aisle . |
| 17 | She fumbled for the torch , and thumbed over the button with a chilly hand , and the cone of light spilled over a man 's body , face-down in the shallow water , glistening under the abrupt brightness in violent projections of black and white . |
| 18 | That same pool of light picked out a half-smoked cigar on the edge of an ashtray , a partly consumed sandwich , and several mugs of cold tea . |
| 19 | There was no sign of any devastation or a struggle , except where the pool of light picked out the broken , gutted cat . |
| 20 | Then Diane found a switch and threw it , and a weak pool of illumination washed down a white screen on the back wall . |
| 21 | A sudden explosion of brightness lit up the whole sky . |
| 22 | On the following day , a sprinkling of ash fell over a wide area , and a great column of steam was seen rising above Krakatoa , leaving no doubt that a major eruption was under way . |
| 23 | A breastsummer is n't just a piece of wood stuck over a gap , it 's a piece of wood that holds the walls together , and the rest of the building up . |
| 24 | Wheezes of laughter wafted down the telephone line . |
| 25 | Suspended from a length of string hung over a chair placed beside the small pit was a piece of card . |
| 26 | Sticky tendrils of rain slithered down the semi-steamed windows of the idling Rolls , encouraging a creeping melancholia . |
| 27 | Gusts of rain lashed down the narrow alleys ; rickshaws sluiced through the water , more like boats than bicycles . |
| 28 | This verve , this ambition and Jay 's laid-back curl of desire threw up a picture of Lucy as a B-movie dominatrix — but very , very civilised . |
| 29 | A rectangle of cardboard hung on the door announcing that the shop was due to open at nine o'clock . |
| 30 | ‘ You must excuse me , ’ croaked the old woman , reaching for her handkerchief — a murky brown item that would not have looked out of place knotted round a leaky sewer pipe — ‘ But you got to laugh sometimes ! |