Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv prt] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They often do this by letting out or bringing in their mooring line , so keep an eye on them to see which direction they move it in , if at all . |
| 2 | We all need training and it is the key to starting or sharpening up your personal injury department . |
| 3 | West German attention remained centred on the affairs of Central Europe — nor had the Germans either completely liberated themselves from or lived down their own past . |
| 4 | Instead they went in for archaic exclamations such as ‘ Botheration ! ’ or made up their own : ‘ Slitherkins ! ’ |
| 5 | The original board ( linked by the presence of John Locke to the Carolinas and the colonies of the 1660s ) helped to unite the two New Jerseys , and continued the policy of encouraging proprietors to sell or give up their special powers and turn their domains into royal colonies . |
| 6 | ‘ In the last year some of the rooms have been transformed , because we actually encourage clients to buy or bring in their own beds . |
| 7 | Or to sort out your marital problems ? |
| 8 | or ring up your local Trading Standards Officer |
| 9 | This is an alternative to war which states could in theory accept without giving up their own moral values , going back on their own factual claims , losing their dignity in the community of nations , or giving up their political endeavours to persuade others to their point of view . |
| 10 | One reason is that it is a three-terminal device , which can act as an amplifier or switch on its own . |
| 11 | This was implied in Gaddafi 's declaration that Libya ‘ resists any attempt to reduce or cancel out its international role by imposing a situation which might oblige it to relinquish neutrality in compelling circumstances ’ . |
| 12 | That in turn involves much more than simply studying him as a figure of past history , or breathing in his historical influence . |
| 13 | You could use this idea for any season of the year , either copying a poem you know or making up your own : a poem written by a friend or loved one can be a much treasured gift . |
| 14 | Tumin concludes that in their enthusiastic search for the positive functions of stratification , the functionalists have tended to ignore or play down its many dysfunctions . |
| 15 | Staff can help with jobfinding , vocational training or setting up your own business . |
| 16 | I mean they 're not doing their own housework or clearing up their own rubbish , they 're doing it for you . |
| 17 | As this Third Concerto was drafted on similar manuscript paper as the others ( and shares the same key as No. 1 ) , and portions ended up in two countries , the substantial music for it was thought to be discarded ideas for the Firsts , although all the thematic material used in it is found in music composed or published around his fifteenth year . |
| 18 | Overalled figures , wearing goggles , face-masks , helmets or turbans , moved slowly through the sulphurous gloom or crouched over their inscrutable tasks beside furnaces and machines . |
| 19 | I hope so , but I am not going to argue the case one way or the other , nor to speculate over its possible memic evolution . |
| 20 | Rural society was characterized by the overwhelming predominance of family farms which neither relied upon hired labour nor hired out their own labour . |
| 21 | But it is also an ideological statement : the housewife 's place is in the home washing and hanging out her own clothes ; not in the launderette where they are processed for her . |
| 22 | Many bizarre proposals have been put forward to save the tower in recent years , including flying a huge helium balloon from its top , securing it with a giant safety pin , and lopping off its uppermost floor , which is a later addition . |
| 23 | Instead , we became his accomplices and shared out his ill-gotten wealth . ’ |
| 24 | Newman raised his own right hand in a diversionary gesture and whipped up his right foot . |
| 25 | The photographer and author , Daniel Farson , recollects Minton surrounded by sailors and fussing over his latest infatuation as if he were a chorus girl , whilst simultaneously complaining , ‘ I 'm only liked because I 'm rich . |
| 26 | Kontrax also aims to sell and lease back its main office building in Budapest which it values at $13m . |
| 27 | Why not do likewise and build up your own record of your progress within the organisation ? |
| 28 | Finally , as our market dies — and all markets die eventually — we cut our costs and squeeze out our last profits . |
| 29 | 11.3 At the end of the Term of this Agreement , may continue for an additional period of six ( 6 ) months to complete orders and sell off its existing stocks of the Licensed Products and will pay to all royalties attributable to such sales in accordance with clauses 5 and 6 . |
| 30 | And to round off your top-to-toe beauty treatment , the Clairol Foot Spa , £39.95 , is a thermostatically controlled water massage treatment for tired and aching feet . |