Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Smooth the interlining back and tack the outer edges of bump to the sides of the curtain all around . |
| 2 | Fold the interlining back and lockstitch it to the wrong side of the curtains in the same way as for the lining in Lined Curtains , but stitch two vertical rows for each width of fabric at equal distances apart and along all seams . |
| 3 | They were up and ready for inspection , with the tent down and folded back into a small square by six thirty . |
| 4 | My friend is not simply explaining why , for good or bad reasons , he did decide to go to the Park ( as he might after the event , in which case it would be no objection to his explanation that when he got there the zoo turned out to be closed ) ; he is defending his decision to go to the Park rather than meet me at his house , and I can still try to change his mind . |
| 5 | They still want to take the park over and run it on a similar operation to Southsea/Rom . |
| 6 | Can we just get the prayer out and start by saying the prayer together please . |
| 7 | In addition , a cylinder thermostat can be strapped to the cylinder either to turn the boiler off or to operate a valve which shuts off the flow from the boiler to the cylinder when the stored water is hot enough . |
| 8 | He put the guitar down and went on with his story . |
| 9 | As you approach the water put the board in deep enough not to rip the skeg out and push the board a little further out using one hand on the mast . |
| 10 | Can I encourage the Minister to do the double by restoring the funding so as to enable much-needed house building and repairs to go ahead , and at the same time give the necessary financial boost to the devastated building and construction industry ? |
| 11 | She clutched the change tightly and pressed the combination of numbers . |
| 12 | He pulled the shirt on but made no effort to button it . |
| 13 | Save you ge getting the bike out and wasting petrol . |
| 14 | They took the bike then and rode along the coast to Blakeney . |
| 15 | The rain struck him across the face like a whiplash as he fought to keep the bike upright and driving for the protection of the leeward bank . |
| 16 | On television , a most useful source open to the writer today but denied to those of earlier generations , are the programmes with historical settings . |
| 17 | Where a nailed board refuses to move , it is often easier to punch the mails down into the joist rather than trying to prise them up . |
| 18 | ( 6 ) Where an award has been given in the absence of a party , the arbitrator shall have power on that party 's application to set the award aside and to order a fresh hearing as if the award were a judgment and the application were made pursuant to Ord 37 , r 2. ( 7 ) With the consent of the parties and at any time before giving his decision and either before or after the hearing , the arbitrator may consult any expert or call for an expert report on any matter in dispute or invite an expert to attend the hearing as assessor . |
| 19 | The wrongful act of the son in intercepting those letters , which could not have been anticipated by the creditor , was held not to affect the creditor so as to prevent it from enforcing the charge . |
| 20 | The fact that the elderly parents acted reasonably and did nothing wrong and yet entered into an agreement , the ramifications of which they did not appreciate , did not affect the creditor so as to afford equitable relief to the parents . |
| 21 | She unfastened the girdle again and held it out . |
| 22 | He put the sack back and strewed some dead leaves over it . |
| 23 | So he 'd take the fleece off and cut it up |
| 24 | No , no you just take the fleece off and take the insides out |
| 25 | You can then pull the headboard out and rest it at any angle on the mattress for reading , watching TV or enjoying breakfast in comfort . |
| 26 | This is quite understandable if the non-specified version of the infinitive 's support corresponds to a " generalized person " : since this person is the virtual sum of all persons ( first , second or third ) , if to snow is not explicitly referred to it , the infinitive is felt as having a possible reference to " me " or " you " , which corresponds exactly to the impression produced by the sentence above and explains why it does not make sense . |
| 27 | In all three cases the Court has stressed the gravity of revenge attacks and the danger of dissatisfied victims or their relatives taking the law into their own hands , and then found reasons to mitigate the sentence so as to allow the immediate release of the offender . |
| 28 | The different interpretations are due to differences in the scope of almost with respect to certain of the semantic traits of kill : notice how the paraphrases match the interpretations simply by moving almost in the sentence so as to alter its scope . |
| 29 | This involves changing the verb altogether and replacing it with one that has a similar meaning but can be used in a different syntactic configuration . |
| 30 | There is , perhaps , especially strong confirmation that the verb and adjective properties are immediately bound together in the fact that there is no coherent way to question either the adjective or the verb alone while leaving the other in place ; we can not , for example , have : ( 24 ) what should I do to the string longer ? ( 25 ) how did his sister set the owl ? |