Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And how pathetically ironic that a bunch of Americans , who normally carp on about freedom of speech and the First Amendment , resort to crushing records which contain perfectly innocent torch songs when they defend to the hilt the right of misogynist swine like 2 Live Crew to peddle their filth with impunity . |
| 2 | They drag on from generation to generation and emigration to Britain makes very little difference . |
| 3 | When world leaders sit down to dinner at home they prefer simple fare , according to the people who cook for them . |
| 4 | Two o'clock — I then sit down in front of the television with a pen and piece of paper and watch the schools programme which I like because you can have a rest from writing and reading . |
| 5 | I wait until my husband 's doing the late shift , and I wait until the children have gone to bed , and I sit down in front of the television . |
| 6 | if you go into the room sit down in front of the typewriter and the exam begins , and you do it you could pass easy , well I 've done it and I 've passed ! |
| 7 | One of the latest siezures in Operation Gemini , the police crack down on crime in Gloucestershire . |
| 8 | Brush with water and press on to bottom of cake . |
| 9 | Cyrus we stand before your eternal dwelling to place to speak these solemn words ; sleep on in peace for ever , for we are awake and we remain to watch over your glorious heritage . |
| 10 | Don and wife Barbara will travel to Hobart in Tasmania to watch the start of the third leg on February 13 and then fly on to London via Sydney and Los Angeles . |
| 11 | The second approach is to use lymphocytes that home in on tumours as vehicles for delivering a biological payload to the tumour . |
| 12 | The metabolic products of the activity at the growth cone come back down the axon by retrograde transport and home in on lysosomes in the cell body , or in some cases are processed by proteases in the cytosol . |
| 13 | Pulse-producing species improve the definition of their electrical picture as they home in on prey by clicking at a faster rate . |
| 14 | The stately whooper swans fly in from Iceland in late September or October , the timing probably depending on how soon the first winter frosts set in up north . |
| 15 | This is intended as a sort of coda to the movie : fade in to scenes of rooms strewn with festive remains , stacked dishes awaiting washing up , some of the more senior party-goers taking a nap . |
| 16 | He would have liked to stand on the roof of the train and leap along from car to car like one of the bad guys in that Western . |
| 17 | Unless one has followed the rug-making process through from clipping to completion , the only way to assess the quality of the wool is to rely on the " feel " of the item and the reputation of the individual weaving group . |
| 18 | LANCASHIRE 'S prolific run-scorer Neil Fairbrother ( left ) and Middlesex 's exciting young spinner Phil Tufnell get into the Christmas spirit before joining up with the rest of their England colleagues who fly off on Monday for the winter tour to India . |
| 19 | Many of these mature offspring of the root form work their way to the surface and those which are winged fly off in search of new vines . |
| 20 | WHY is it that whenever I decide to don salopettes and head off in search of that damned elusive substance — Scottish snow — howling hurricanes decide to renew my acquaintance and pea-soupers that would have done Victorian London proud descend on the mountain ? |
| 21 | When I sit down they billow up in front of me and I look as if I 've got a water melon under there . |
| 22 | Arsenal will go top of the League for the first time since May '91 today if they beat Coventry and Blackburn slip up against Spurs at Ewood Park . |
| 23 | What is now becoming clear is that clozapine produces a build up of dopamine in different receptors from other neuroleptics , and this gives a strong indication that another neurochemical abnormality underlies at least some symptoms of the disorder . |
| 24 | Filbert brushes are less inclined to have a build up of colour at the edges and can be versatile . |
| 25 | I have found that a build up of infusoria in the tank over this period can reduce the number of fry that reach the free swimming stage . |
| 26 | Sometimes a few stones stick out of the grass to indicate this , but clumps of nettles give a general indication of former areas of occupation and of dung in houses and farmyards , because of the build up of phosphates in the soil . |
| 27 | Although some of this effect was the build up of turf over the years , no doubt this type of architecture was made necessary by the wild weather experienced on the island . |
| 28 | Use a shave hook to remove build up of paint from drip grooves . |
| 29 | On the other hand , the Soviet Union have good cause to be worried about the military build up of troops in Saudi Arabia . |
| 30 | Because of the build up of venom in their system the Forest Goblin shamans inhabit a dream-like world haunted by strange spider gods and shadowy eight-legged daemons . |