Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun pl] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In most cases it will be easier to groom the dog on a table , as this saves having to bend down . |
| 2 | And we hit the bar as well , so it goes to the ninetieth minute does n't it , that 's what it is , a fifteen round fight goes to the last second does n't it as some boxers have found out . |
| 3 | But colleagues , although my region supports the document , with such an important issue , caution must be our by-word as some regions have had more success than others . |
| 4 | ‘ It is unfair for some clubs to have to play three or four times a week during May to complete their lists . ’ |
| 5 | In 1870 Knowles , who for some years had practised journalism anonymously , was appointed editor of the Contemporary Review , which he made into a highly influential periodical while still continuing his architectural practice . |
| 6 | He expects to stay at the hotel for some years to come to oversee operations . |
| 7 | For interest shejoined the Southwark ordination course to study Theology and for some years has written a regular Bible commentary for her Parish Magazine . |
| 8 | It is possible too for some adopters to attempt to improve their self-image if they believe , perhaps subconsciously , that ‘ having a black child in the family confirms our self-worth because they are much less than we are ’ . |
| 9 | Older machines can also knit jacquard with more than two colours in a row , but for this knitters have to separate the colours and mark the mylar sheet in the necessary way for themselves . |
| 10 | But the day after that things began to get a little clearer . |
| 11 | After that walkers need to dress as for an English summer and keep an eye open for thunderstorms . |
| 12 | In one instance after some teenagers had burned a milk float , it was spelled out with the additional phrase ‘ the same as was used by Mahatma Gandhi in India ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ After many months had passed , ’ said Raynor , ‘ they say that the chasm was wrenched open from within , and the gaping hole appeared in the sky over the Forest of Darkness . |
| 14 | But there will be situations where you really feel you may be defending a lost cause , because after all things do go quite disastrously wrong . |
| 15 | And it 's not just the businesses that are obviously involved with the tourist industry , because after all visitors do spend money . |
| 16 | After several minutes had passed without her finding a familiar landmark , Luce realised she must have gone wrong somewhere and tried to double back . |
| 17 | Drug smuggling by swallowing packages of drugs or by concealing them in the rectum or vagina has recently received much publicity after several couriers have died following rupture of these parcels . |
| 18 | Endill expected to bump into him again soon , but after several weeks had seen nothing of him and concluded he had finally found a way out . |
| 19 | There was a similar reaction after several bodies went missing from Britain 's biggest cemetery in Surrey in April 1988 , even after a man had been arrested and charged for decapitating a disinterred corpse . |
| 20 | Nigel Cornell , 27 , has returned to the North-East after several years spent working for the NHS in the Merseyside area . |
| 21 | Philip DeFreitas dances for joy after trapping Andrew Jones lbw , leaving New Zealand 's second innings in doleful disarray at 7 for 3 after both openers had departed for ducks |
| 22 | Gloucester beat Bristol 29–15 after both sides decided to throw the ball around in the sun at Kingsholm . |
| 23 | Existing theories of the way in which the labour market for such occupations operate tend to be based within a static framework , concentrating upon contributions to current output rather than to the dynamic process of technological change and economic growth . |
| 24 | For such reasons formalized drafting procedures were developed . |
| 25 | Its applications include word processing , and it may eventually supersede Psion 's seven-year-old Organiser range of electronic notebooks , which has been losing momentum as the market for such gadgets has matured . |
| 26 | The search for such solutions fails to draw out the full implications of the criticisms of the traditional method of legitimating corporate managerial power . |
| 27 | It is suggested that the framework is sufficient to allow for the definition , within it , of an honours degree course in Electronic Publishing and that the time is ripe for such courses to begin to appear . |
| 28 | Indeed , costs of originating and authoring good interactive video together with the high cost of equipping trainees with laser disc players has been one of the key reasons why the commercial market for such applications has remained relatively small . |
| 29 | Individuals who work for such organisations tend to learn an expertise without experiencing risk ; many do their job adequately , but are not over-ambitious . |
| 30 | A feature of the index is the presence of privatised utilities — 11 out of the 100 companies ; initially audit fees for such clients have tended to rise following flotation , presumably because of the extra reporting requirements , but subsequently the utilities adopt a tough cost-conscious approach . |