Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1755 serious friction had developed between England and France over their respective Far Eastern and North American colonies , and it was rapidly learned in London that the French had , though reluctantly , decided that only a major invasion of England itself could force the English to keep ships at home or bring them back from overseas . |
| 2 | You are to search out the traitor Raphael and , when you find him , kill him or bring him back for me . ’ |
| 3 | For example , they transport schoolchildren to events in unmarked buses , or pick them up from locations outside West Belfast . |
| 4 | If it 's too hot , use gloves or push it over with a spade and lift the other end up so now the holes that were in the bottom are now on top and there is smoke coming out of them . |
| 5 | One of the Edinburgh employers ( perhaps inadvertently ) revealed that " either very experienced girls or experienced men make it up into pages or make it up into sheets " . |
| 6 | Chris Wolley emerged as a great choir leader and guitar player at this period and his strident voice leading the crew seemed to calm the roughest sea or cheer us up at the right moment . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I really ought to give them to her personally , or send them back to the bank . |
| 8 | I 'll be happy to give you her address , or send it on for you . |
| 9 | ‘ She said I 'd have to pay the full amount or put it back in the freezer , ’ said Mr Parker , of York . |
| 10 | Never throw a fork or spade or put it down near your feet . |
| 11 | Would release embarrass him or cut him off from that obscure membership of the masculine club ? |
| 12 | The OR then calls a meeting of creditors to decide whether they will make the debtor bankrupt or let him off by accepting an arrangement for less than 100 per cent of their debts to be paid in full and final settlement . |
| 13 | Most frogs lay eggs coated in jelly and then abandon them , but some rear their eggs in pouches on their back , in their throat sacs or hold them back in their oviducts . |
| 14 | A spokesperson will then either transition the module into a conceptually approved state or hold it back for further work before approval . |
| 15 | I would send it swooping over and under hers , or dive it down to the sands while I stood on a dune cliff , pulling the kite down to nick tall towers of sand I 'd built , then pulling up again , the kite trailing a spray of sand through the air from the collapsing tower . |
| 16 | And would the swans find shelter from the storm , or ride it out like three-masted sailing ships ? |
| 17 | Or drop them in at the Northern Echo offices in Northallerton and Darlington . |
| 18 | Some skip the tight fantastic by using them as a jumping rope , others wear them as a scarf or string them up in the garden as a washing line . |
| 19 | When designing a fabric , for example , you would probably not complete the design and transfer it to the knitting machine or print it out in just one session . |
| 20 | really , your pipes should be levels , should go I drape my pipe over it if I do it , or hang it up at the back . |
| 21 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
| 22 | Keep the test papers safe or pass them on to the class teacher ( or the student ) so that weak areas can be diagnosed . |
| 23 | Can you eliminate some of the administration — or pass it on to the administrators — thereby releasing your time for more profitable activities ? |
| 24 | ‘ I know , ’ Cleg 's big hand covered hers , ‘ but , for your own sake , send your cousin packing or marry him out of the way , then no-one will have room to talk . ’ |
| 25 | Get the notes typewritten using a new ribbon , or copy them out in black felt tip pen in large capital letters . |
| 26 | These pieces can recharge your ship or warp you out of difficulty . |
| 27 | The other alternatives were to shoot the plane down before it landed or blow it up on the ground at Teheran airport when all the Imam 's followers had come forward to welcome him . |
| 28 | The registrar may refer any matter to the judge that he thinks should properly be decided by the judge , and the judge can either dispose of the matter or refer it back to the registrar ( r 7.6(3) ) . |
| 29 | New evidence is not usually heard , but if it is material and could not reasonably have been heard by the Panel the Committee may hear it or refer it back to the Panel . |
| 30 | This has the effect that the bank will be unable to combine that account or set it off against any amounts owed to the bank by the SFA member firm and , in the event of the insolvency of the SFA member firm , the funds in the account will not pass to the liquidator but will remain subject to the trust in favour of the clients contributing the money . |