Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [adv prt] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tomahawk can not change course , choose alternative targets , fight off opposition or bring back pictures of the damage done . |
| 2 | We 've had to set it up like that , because sometimes people working late would like to pick up calls , expecting a call , or pick up calls on a different handset , . |
| 3 | It just so happens that some people get taught or pick up techniques without too much problem ( because of circumstances and the people they interact with and learn from ) but some individuals simply do not get exposed to the right experiences to learn these things in quite the same way . |
| 4 | She would even extend her fancy into the shops she visited , seeing them as markets where she could choose a fish by the brightness of its eye , a chicken by its stiff yellow claws and plump breast , or pick out tangerines with the leaves still on them . |
| 5 | not to use the copy masters or back up copies for reproducing any copies outside the terms and conditions of this agreement , |
| 6 | Would n't it be wonderful if you could melt away the flab simply by smoothing in a special cream , or break down fat by rubbing away at your wobbly bits ? |
| 7 | Mechanical tillage ( apart from rolling ) is designed to turn over soil or break down clods into tilth crumbs of a suitable size . |
| 8 | It 's very surprising just how few people can actually look up a reference , or seek out information on a given topic ! |
| 9 | They might supply things that are missing , or clear up things in over-supply , detoxifying the blood . |
| 10 | We either hold or pass on letters for clients . |
| 11 | But if we are free citizens ’ — he paused on the word , feeling it alien but unable to think of another — ‘ if we are not slaves , we must have liberty to say ‘ No , we have no dispute with France — we have business here at home which matters more than anything else on earth — we will not learn to play with swords , or blow out brains with bullets . ’ |
| 12 | Anti-competitive behaviour is defined as ‘ conduct aimed at other companies/partnerships operating in the market , including practices seeking to prevent new entry or drive out competition through loss-making pricing ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ Escape ’ was defined as ‘ escape from a place where the defendant has occupation or control over land to a place which is outside his occupation or control . ’ |
| 14 | Have a look in your local haberdashery or DIY store or find out details of the complete range of Velcro fastenings by writing to : . |
| 15 | There had been a little unrest among the servants , particularly in the kitchen and pantries where Dora was resentful of finding Alexandra counting bottles of damsons and crocks of lard , and thrown totally into disarray by Alexandra 's demanding to be allowed to stir the jam or weigh out ingredients for chutney made from the vast harvest of plums . |
| 16 | Skip the chat if you prefer to bomb on catamarans , zoom in Lasers , potter on Toppers or totter off Windsurfers in the local area . |
| 17 | Chandler observes that the steward will on occasions consult with his employer on how best he should manage his estate and may often wish to suggest new policies or point out deficiencies in existing strategies . |
| 18 | This means that their permission must be gained before any company can either go through their land or start up operations on it . |
| 19 | TAGH did not compete with binding of labelled EGF , or start down regulation of the EGF receptor on the isolated cells ( Table V ) . |
| 20 | He expressed his confidence , however , that " responsible Kurdish forces [ would ] never go into terrorism " or carry out attacks outside Iraqi territory . |
| 21 | They may not have information about users ' success ( or lack of it ) in searching for particular books , or for books on particular subjects , or the extent to which users locate substitutes for their original choices , or the extent to which users browse or take up materials on impulse , or the manner in which impulse choices are taken up . |
| 22 | If you wish to get married in a church which is not in either parish , you will have to apply to be put on the electoral roll or take up residence in the parish for the period over which the banns will be read . |
| 23 | How many executives need to look up ASCII codes or work out problems in Hexadecimal and Octal ? |
| 24 | It also rejected worship of the saints and relics , pilgrimages , indulgences , and masses for the dead as futile attempts to purge the sins of the deceased or pile up merit for the living . |
| 25 | These reports sent them bustling off to organize air tickets to the head of the Gulf , designating it Persian or Arabian according to the nationality of the airline or the destination selected , to check out the situation and track down flesh with which to clothe the bare bones . |
| 26 | On offer at the shop is a full design and make up service for cots , cribs , Moses baskets , bedding and curtains . |
| 27 | We used to build Lego together and make up stores about the fellows who lived in the Lego houses , and if Mike talked about me , people just thought he was making me up . |
| 28 | She would drive to the nursery in the spring and pick up boxes of spring flowers , pansies , violets , crocuses , iris , lilies of the valley , daffodils , and jonquil , and set them lovingly in the damp sweet-sour earth . |
| 29 | Raymond Spurrier continues his journey through the land of the reluctant vista to reassess the nature of landscape painting and pick up hints from Aboriginal art |
| 30 | Erm I 'll go through the consultation paper and pick out sort of paragraph by paragraph and any that we particular agree or disagree with . |