Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a March speech at the Hotel Cecil he laid down a plan of submitting food taxes — the most controversial item — to a referendum . |
| 2 | The getaway driver , in a blue Ford , laid down a burst of suppressing fire , forcing the bodyguards to dive for cover . |
| 3 | The troops would n't leave the trenches , so the French generals laid down a barrage on them . |
| 4 | Mel Chin ( USA , b. 1951 ) laid down a field of plants which extract heavy metals from the ground by a process called hyperaccumulation , in his ‘ Revival field Netherlands : simultaneous replicated field experiments ’ . |
| 5 | Then you laid down a bed of branches . |
| 6 | In the same way , the laws of thermodynamics laid down a framework within which engines and refrigerators operate . |
| 7 | Major-General Frank Kitson , writing in 1977 , laid down a code of basic principles for the guidance of a government fighting terrorism . |
| 8 | ‘ Our great founder laid down a rule in his will that anyone who went to prison would not have to pay his subscription during the time that he was unable to use the club premises , and that any unused portion of his subscription should be held over until his release . ’ |
| 9 | THE LATE Jock Stein laid down a strategy for the World Cup when he said that a team could wear working clothes to qualify , but needed to find evening dress for the event itself . |
| 10 | It may happen when parents have indoctrinated their children , that is , laid down a set of beliefs without allowing the children freedom to think for themselves and to come up with their own reactions . |
| 11 | I was manhandled to my feet , unchained , then led down a flight of steps , lit by bare bulbs , to the inner section . |
| 12 | The only injury Crawford sustained in making the second series was when he stubbed his finger while inside a wardrobe that tumbled down a flight of stairs in an episode about Frank attending an RAF reunion . |
| 13 | He strolled forward , and Sabine fought down a prickle of apprehension . |
| 14 | One night I stopped on a bit at the dance in Cotherstone and had to walk home because I could n't get a lift from anyone . |
| 15 | He checked his mirrors , changed down a couple of gears and shot the Missile past the Renault . |
| 16 | Etzioni links his three concepts of power to three forms of involvement of participants in organizations , ranged along a continuum from alienation to commitment . |
| 17 | She beat down a gush of self-pity , knuckling away tears as she slid gingerly from the bed to make for the bathroom again . |
| 18 | She sucked in a double-lungful of air and screamed , but not in pain . |
| 19 | Designed by John Carr of York and built over a period of thirteen years between 1759 and 1772 , its spectacular interior boasts exquisite plasterwork ceilings by the Scottish architect Robert Adam decorated by Angelica Kaufman , Biagio Rebecca and Antonio Zucchi . |
| 20 | He peered over a rampart of cushions . |
| 21 | A DAREDEVIL parachutist appeared in court yesterday charged over a leap INSIDE St Paul 's Cathedral and another off Tower Bridge . |
| 22 | Four Minor Project schools were selected for closer investigation by the evaluation team and visited over a period of one or two days . |
| 23 | Gradually , collaborative writing ( writing in pairs , threes , fours and sustained over a number of sessions ) began to increase . |
| 24 | As the train thundered over a set of points he steadied himself against her seat for a moment , then wandered off down the aisle . |
| 25 | The place was empty , but for a cloak-shrouded figure bent over a rosary to the right of the door , and a man sitting alone in the front row . |
| 26 | In the first incident McConville , of Lurgan Road , Aghagallon , rubbed his hands up and down her sides as she bent over a dishwasher in the kitchen . |
| 27 | Sunday lunchtime found Joseph Shill bent over a table at the King 's Head at Egham . |
| 28 | If anyone had seen me bent over a motorbike with my ear pressed to the back of a Transit van outside the Barbican that morning , probably nobody would have looked twice . |
| 29 | Nearing the noise he was not surprised to find Tock bent over a bag of tools . |
| 30 | The parricide committed by human beings occurred over a period of perhaps thousands of years , and was repeated innumerable times all over the globe , for it was the primal horde that marked humanity off from nature , and began the social , historical and cultural evolution of man . |