Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Shepherd ( 1977 ; 1982 ) , by contrast , has used McLuhan to work out a carefully constructed theory . |
| 2 | It was Fred Wilton who devised the theory that if carp were offered HNV baits over a long enough period , i.e. through extensive pre-baiting , they would eventually recognise that they were good for them , and seek out these baits in preference to low protein types such as bread , worms , potatoes or , indeed , even natural food . |
| 3 | HARLEM NIGHTS Eddie Murphy 's movie with Richard Pryor pulls off the almost impossible : it shows two very funny men for nearly 1 ½ ; hours without raising a laugh . |
| 4 | But I do know , in general terms , how Fagg manipulates the provender committee and Chatterton creams off the most expensive wines from the cellar to add to the committee 's disposable income . ’ |
| 5 | Of a sudden Hector set up an extraordinarily excited yapping . |
| 6 | Ivan Lendl takes out a freshly strung Mizuno frame with Babolat VS Natural Gut at every ball change — he notices the difference after just nine games . |
| 7 | He leaned closer towards her , his elbows resting on his thighs , causing Ronni to flatten back a little defensively in her seat . |
| 8 | However , the three-way tone section allows this to be EQ 'd out and careful setting up of the guitar and amp or PA enables the 1992-H to put out a most convincing acoustic sound . |
| 9 | Rodney picked up a not-quite empty bottle of Muscadet . |
| 10 | The Princesse was already shaking hands with him and Katherine held back a little . |
| 11 | ‘ Miss Howard is here , ’ Candace pointed out a little shrilly . |
| 12 | Wilko and out : British No 2 Chris Wilkinson pulled off the most spectacular win of his career today as he put fourth seed Goran Ivanisevic out of the Stella Artois Championships at Queen 's Club . |
| 13 | Drummer Barrett Martin lays down a dauntingly hard-but-fair rhythm manifesto , while Gary Lee Conner is the band 's only obvious showman , a tangle of sweat , hair and punkoid Townshend windmill routines who , even when horizontal , somehow managed to keep his act on the rails for such intricate anthemic lullabies as ‘ Bed Of Roses ’ or ‘ Shadows ’ , the opening nugget from the new ST album . |
| 14 | In what could be the most crucial casting decision of his career , Stone settled on Val Kilmer to take on the most sought-after male lead role in recent years . |
| 15 | RIXI MARKUS , who has died aged 81 , was the first woman in the world to become a bridge grandmaster , and with the late Fritzi Gordon made up the most formidable women 's bridge partnership in the world . |
| 16 | Once a new tutor was appointed for the girl who refused to go to school , Mr and Mrs M drew back a little . |
| 17 | Pareto calls up an inevitably partial selection of historical evidence to support the view that elites are always present in any social system . |
| 18 | To tackle this , Mr Lamont brought in the most stringent proposals since Lord Howe under Baroness Thatcher in the early 1980s . |
| 19 | And then , in 1938 , a trawler fishing off the coast of South Africa brought up a very strange fish . |
| 20 | Willie looked up a little bewildered and then back down at his script . |
| 21 | Joe said , ‘ Where and when ? ’ and Ashdown fumbled around a little at the other end of the line and then came up with an address . |
| 22 | He postulated that given the right conditions and sufficient length of time , all ( or nearly all — Carroll left out the lowest live per cent ) pupils can achieve mastery . |
| 23 | There was nothing regimented or reserved about Bertie Vogts ' side as defenders like Thon and Buchwald proved by putting Walker 's goal under threat before Levein carried out the most damaging move of all . |
| 24 | Mr Rose sat up a little . |
| 25 | Don-E 's Island release ‘ Peace In The World ’ was disqualified from the charts after the hi-tech security system used by chart compilers Gallup picked up an unusually high concentration of sales in the south London area . |
| 26 | On Wednesday mornings the Piazza Garibaldi took on a completely different aspect : it was monopolized from an early hour by farmers who came to town to sell their livestock in the Mereato del Bestiame on the outskirts of the city . |
| 27 | Old Aaron Kleiber built up a little tailoring business , and for a time Ruth had worked for him as a seamstress , together with Sarah Vogel , another immigrant , and Rosie O'Dell , Connor and Sean 's half-sister . |
| 28 | ‘ Steady now , ’ Hitch said and Morton slowed up a little more . |
| 29 | After an unsatisfactory performance in the Reading Head a month ago , Oxford brought in a relatively inexperienced stroke , Ian Gardiner , who learnt his rowing at Oxford , and the Dark Blues immediately became a force to be reckoned with . |
| 30 | They forced several corners and looked for the height of Simon White and Steve Harris to open up the sometimes nervous ‘ Mill defence . |