Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [verb] [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Or try to pick up marbles with your toes .
2 There will be occasions where individual assessors may , for whatever reason , allow subjectivity to colour their judgements or fail to carry out instructions when making assessments .
3 Paint and varnish slow down moisture changes in wood but they do not prevent them for no paint is impermeable to water vapour .
4 Arrange meter readings disconnection at your existing home and confirm taking over gas and electricity at new address
5 As we descend we slow down and begin to call out hazards as soon as they are seen : ‘ wires left to right 500 metres ’ , ‘ birds two o'clock ’ .
6 If he 'd got any sense at all ( which he probably did n't ) he 'd go to the bank and try to draw out money .
7 The problem is that they are harder to measure and therefore justify , and that 's why hard-nosed finance people refuse to spend on environment and try to cut back training when it 's the last thing they should do .
8 Nina lived in the constant expectation that a horde of paparazzi was about to burst into her office and start firing off flashbulbs .
9 we 'll go through go through some papers and start cutting out things
10 And remind to pick up Robin .
11 The suggestion is that , after a number of years , auditors become too cosy with clients , too stale and fail to pick up problems .
12 This applies where two companies have used identical or similar marks for at least five years or more in all honesty and have built up goodwill in ignorance of the use of the mark by the other company .
13 I learned the basics of welding at college and have picked up tips from the experts while working on my scrap metal cows at Beamish Tram Shed and a pipe factory in Hebburn on Tyneside .
14 With qualifications for interpreting provided by an assessment board and now through training at college level , and with the emergence of full-time workers , interpreters have reached professional status and have set out guidelines for their profession and for their deaf users .
15 We have set up the Farm Animal Welfare Council and have brought in welfare codes covering livestock on farms and in transit .
16 Three major initiatives have brought this about and have opened up possibilities for futher development in the years to come .
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