Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attendance at these affairs , which involves queueing for the sandwiches , queueing for a glimpse of the Queen , queueing for the lavatories , queueing to leave , is potent evidence of the continuing talismanic influence of the monarchy . |
| 2 | This job also involves assisting in the organisation of promotional events in the UK and overseas . |
| 3 | The section prohibits canvassing in the sense of the attempt of an applicant or of another person at his instigation to influence a member of a licensing board to support his application for a grant , renewal or permanent transfer of a licence , or for a regular extension of permitted hours before the application is considered by the board ( subs . |
| 4 | My husband and I take turns to sit at the stall . |
| 5 | Through Clennam , Cavaletto goes to lodge at the Plornishes , enabling Mrs Plornish ( Sally , except in chap . |
| 6 | Meanwhile a carefree Madonna goes jogging on the beach with her personal trainer . |
| 7 | We 've just had a golf course defined as a strategic issue and I think that in a way goes goes goes to the heart of what this is what this is all about . |
| 8 | ( Where sounds correspond aurally yet the concept differs depending on the context , further confusion can arise . |
| 9 | The tempo of speech differs depending on the urgency ( rapid ) or deliberation ( slow ) of the speech . |
| 10 | The Artificer commonly goes clad like the Yeoman : the Yeoman like the Gentleman : the Gentleman as the Nobleman : the Nobleman as the Prince : which bringeth great confusion , and utterly overturneth the order which God hath set in the states and conditions of men . |
| 11 | It is an iterative process which involves trawling through the design space of possible configurations until the optimal solution is found . |
| 12 | HONG KONG has stepped up the pressure on China , promising to publish democratic reform legislation soon unless Beijing agrees to come to the negotiating table . |
| 13 | The farm has nine acres of land , including the ruins of an old British indigo factory — a long redbrick wall with trees and bushes growing on the old factory floor , weeds climbing along the bricks . |
| 14 | Even MTV has jumped on the bandwagon with The Real World , a show that chronicles the lives of seven kids rooming together in a SoHo loft . |
| 15 | Two months after Apple Computer Inc released a Catalan version of its System 7 , Microsoft Corp has jumped on the bandwagon and announced Catalan editions of MS-DOS 5.0 , Windows 3.1 , and a spell-checker and dictionary for Word for Windows 2.0 . |
| 16 | Everyone has jumped on the bus without paying and now the whole transport system is going under . |
| 17 | AT the age of 80 the Rev. Anthony Cunningham has jumped at the chance of a new job . |
| 18 | Robins has jumped to the head of Stuttgart 's hit list after helping Norwich top the Premier League following his summer move from Manchester United for £800,000 . |
| 19 | Lakes may take in water from many miles away that has percolated through the soil or through aquifers over decades . |
| 20 | SAATCHI and Saatchi , the world 's largest advertising agency group , has plunged into the red after providing for £78million of reorganisation and redundancy cost . |
| 21 | SAATCHI and Saatchi , the world 's largest advertising agency group , has plunged into the red after providing for £78million of reorganisation and redundancy cost . |
| 22 | It has plunged into the red , to the tune of £1.2m for the year to August 1992 , and will not be paying a dividend . |
| 23 | Mr Binyon has thought ; he has plunged into the knowledge of the East and extended the borders of occidental knowledge , and yet his mind constantly harks back to some folly of nineteenth century Europe . |
| 24 | AT&T Co has plunged into the desktop personal computer videoconferencing business with the launch of its Visual Solutions product line , committing that the products and services for business will be based on globally accepted standards for video calls over digital phone lines — under the framework of the Consultative Committee on International Telephony and Telegraphy , companies worldwide have agreed the Px64 series of standards for video transmission over digital phone lines . |
| 25 | It is the same principle as the female body receiving the male sperm , and , after it has conjoined with the egg , nourishing it and gestating it so that its form can grow from fundamental simplicity to the complexity of a human body . |
| 26 | Does Nanny needs to sit on the pot . |
| 27 | needs to sit in the printer and things like that erm so you do n't you know |
| 28 | ‘ The problem is that Knighton wants to sit in the chairman 's seat , at least for a while , ’ one confidant said . |
| 29 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent representations he has received on the subject of Scottish government ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 30 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on the subject of taxation of child care ; and if he will make a statement . |