Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Forget about the years in between . |
2 | ‘ We sleep with the windows tight shut and wake up to a room that is absolutely fresh , ’ says Edward . |
3 | In the early days , the band 's self-image was completely true because they would walk from the floor of the club on to the state and then mingle with the punters afterwards . |
4 | ‘ A snatch with the odds on . |
5 | Hummingbirds fly in the forests here , in Star Zoo . |
6 | " Linger on the sidewalks where the neon-signs are pretty . " |
7 | Then if the weather 's OK we can have a walk in the afternoon and reminisce about the days when women stayed at home and looked after their menfolk . ’ |
8 | Support for the miners promptly and inevitably began to shrink , especially upon the Conservative back-benches , but he still believes that he is right . |
9 | Mrs Pearce of Upper Haillng walked regularly to Cobham to work on the fields and Mrs Rogers of Upper Halling , mother of Jack and Rodney the local game keepers , would walk from her home to Cobham , there catch a bus to Gravesend , do all her shopping then bus back to Cobham and walk through the woods home with her baskets . |
10 | 5.5.2 the Tenant shall ( if in occupation ) immediately vacate the Premises and remove from the Premises all ( if any ) building and other materials and equipment on the Premises in connection with the Tenant 's Works |
11 | Erm as you know yourself you walk round the flats now , it 's dead . |
12 | ‘ Now I sing it and listen to the words again and appreciate more than ever what I was feeling at the time , ’ he told friends . |
13 | At night , while John 's impatient body sleeps , I listen to the waves loosely slapping at the side of the stilled ship . |
14 | But some of the latest claim to go a step further and act on the cells deep inside your skin . |
15 | Ideological and tactical qualms gnaw at the settlers too . |
16 | This lack of Bolshevik militancy ( and the reluctance to comply with Moscow 's directives ) was particularly galling for the Comintern since , as one of its own documents acknowledged , ‘ the Chilean Communist party is the one with the most influence amongst the masses out of all the South American Communist parties ’ . |
17 | I read through the papers slowly while Daphne poured herself a sherry . |
18 | ‘ We look through the blinds there — they keep them open for us now — and there 's always someone . |
19 | Keeping pets , providing that you take your responsibilities very seriously , genuinely love animals , and look after the pets properly , is marvellous whether you live alone or with other people . |
20 | At HCI Clubs we look after the children so that parents are free to enjoy their own holiday . |
21 | He wanted her to stay at home and look after the children as much as she did ; he wanted her to be mainly interested in them . |
22 | ‘ And you look after the villagers too . |
23 | L7 LOOK like the women most likely to break into the big-time mainstream rock market , pushed along by constant comparisons to big male guns like Metallica and Nirvana . |
24 | Not quite cos those are minims there look with the lines down , but the whole |
25 | Hold the camcorder firmly ; stand with the feet slightly apart and the elbows tucked into the body . |
26 | Stand with the feet together and slowly raise up on tiptoes , then lower the heels down again . |
27 | Ever since coming upon Rousseau 's writings so long ago , I have tried to live with my dear wife above the glaciers in the condition he would have approved , that of the Noble Savage — in defiance of those citified creatures who multiply in the valleys far below . |
28 | Suppose we meet in the offices downstairs at , say , five o'clock ? " |
29 | Complete from the hips upwards , the statues were naked save for a collar , probably of wood , that encircled their necks . |
30 | The other causes lie in the readers alone : the habits of thought and feeling that they bring with them to the text , which distort or block their response to it . |