Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some ants hunt in swarms many thousands strong , scouring the forest floor for centipedes and spiders , termites and scorpions , mice and lizards , indeed any small inhabitants of the rain forest floor . |
| 2 | Afterwards , he instructed the mystified staff nurse not to let any more visitors , under any circumstances , come to see him . |
| 3 | For example , on a day with a 3000 foot cloud base , climb to 2500 feet on the first climb , then fly off leaving that thermal , using the airbrakes if necessary to come down to try to find another one at 2000 feet . |
| 4 | Lukoff and Whiteman ( 1960 ) found that blind pupils make blind friends when they have the opportunity to do so , and it may be that they need as they grow up to have some shared experience with children and young people who face similar challenges . |
| 5 | I want now to consider some further aspects of " the creation of legitimacy " which most anthropologists consider to be the crucial function of any institution described as " marriage " . |
| 6 | Of course , there have been just as many happy moments making Aspel and Company as crises — the trouble is that they tend not to make such good stories ! |
| 7 | Later in this section we show how to analyse these induced effects to determine how the burden of the tax is ultimately divided between producers and consumers . |
| 8 | Shape too has some new imperatives : designers have learnt the vocabulary of active sportswear shapes . |
| 9 | Brook clearly thought this anti-committee mania was getting out of hand and sent Bridges a minute to this effect : |
| 10 | The head and snout alone bear some superficial likeness to those of that familiar creature . |
| 11 | Make cut flowers last longer using this new gadget from the USA , an underwater stem-cutter that should be a boon to all flower arrangers and flower lovers alike . |
| 12 | But er , Laura likes him like , you know , she says Jamie pinched my crisps before , you know just imagine all these little girls giggling ! |
| 13 | What I can say to the honourable gentleman who I know always attends these European debates with great regularity , I 'll be only too glad to speak to him outside as well as the honourable gentleman to try and clarify these matters . |
| 14 | Remember always to attach that static line ! |
| 15 | But when we set off walking that stormy day , I never dreamed we 'd be so close to death |
| 16 | Often at first light he would thrust the bedclothes away and get up to escape those delicious but agonising visions . |
| 17 | At risk of seeming a killjoy , I would urge readers to think through the implications of all home-made safety devices which set out to resolve some well-acknowledged safety problem only to create others of a less obvious by more hazardous nature . |
| 18 | I set out to put that right , but the harder I tried , the more I failed . ’ |
| 19 | Erm , if you could let me know as soon as possible about erm these people , because if not we 've got to , you know really try some other sources . |
| 20 | Ensuring that advice workers know how to use this high quality tool became of primary importance . |
| 21 | ‘ How come you know how to drive these fucking things ? ’ |
| 22 | Chemists now know how to make most organic molecules in the laboratory , but the name has stuck . |
| 23 | I know how to build those damned weapons but I know nothing about those fancy triggering devices . ’ |
| 24 | Please bring me a new central defender or two , preferably youngs ones who know how to play this footy type game . |
| 25 | Got this video game now , they know how to work all these |
| 26 | And videos and er and the these kids of our Carrie 's they know how to work all these |
| 27 | ‘ Now you know how to select these perfect babies , Dr. Briant , will the treatment be available on the National Health Service ? ’ |
| 28 | So er I I thought to myself well I du n no , I du n no all these Newton girls have been off to Sri Lanka or or , or Zaire or wherever and you 'd you know , is n't that great ? |
| 29 | I mean now , the erm the social workers erm are care managers in a lot of cases , in other words it may be contracted out to somebody else to do the actual caring and you look at the package which the client is getting , you know it might be I du n no some old dear who needs meals on wheels and visits every week or something |
| 30 | I always like to find out you know never leave any unturned . |