Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New signing Ryan Cross will fill the problem position of right back , even though he also plays as a central defender . |
| 2 | He had appeared in only five stage plays as a professional adult when he was called to Stratford-upon-Avon to play a full season of major Shakespearian roles . |
| 3 | She plays as a middle hitter . |
| 4 | In the event , Burnell goes as a dependable foot soldier and Wright as a tight-head who proved his versatility by scrummaging so solidly at loose-head against Jeff Probyn . |
| 5 | He postures as a political activist , and the solidarity forced on the quintet by Shatov 's murder might be expected to make them a more effective instrument . |
| 6 | ( Three separate negotiating teams were sent to each country tendering offers for the Urengoi gas pipeline , as a result of which the FRG , much to her surprise , found herself underbid at the end of the day . ) |
| 7 | Nevertheless , it is necessary to introduce some significant qualifying remarks about the current direction of policies and procedures in many authorities . |
| 8 | There is just one observation I wish to make to the Committee this afternoon and it actually goes about the whole issue of the planning aspect of what 's gone on . |
| 9 | He calls himself a ‘ stopper , ’ with his greatest ability being able to pounce on anything earthbound that should cross his territory , but he also has a fine pair of catching hands , and he took many full-blooded cuts and slashes through the expansive point area during the World Cup . |
| 10 | About 245,000 people receive community care grants through the social fund and one million get crisis loans . |
| 11 | Morning light squeezes through a small split in the curtain . |
| 12 | However , under the test derived from Caldwell , a person is not reckless if he thinks about the possible risk but decides that it does not obtain . |
| 13 | When she requires a new cooker , she begs for a small loan from the Department of Social Security . |
| 14 | Catching sight of her , the boy Charles — see him now ! — wants To follow his father 's model : he asks , he begs for a keen horse , Urgently demands weapons , quiver and swift arrows , And craves to go chasing after the doe , just as his father himself would do . |
| 15 | ‘ He plays for a mixed side in his spare time and is well up with the rules which is pretty useful because they seem to change every couple of months . ’ |
| 16 | Steve Powell , who plays for the away team said : ‘ Obviously , the prison team can only play at home but they are anxious to play more friendly matches . ’ |
| 17 | He plays for the Whitehaven Tennis Club and is involved in their purchase of new tennis courts . |
| 18 | ‘ Limpar could play for Arsenal again the way he plays for the national team if only Graham had more faith in him . |
| 19 | Tony , of Scarisbrick Drive , Norris Green , plays for the local East Villa club and team mates joined his father , Michael , in an all-night vigil at Walton Hospital . |
| 20 | RORY Underwood makes his last appearance of the season at Twickenham today when he plays for the Royal Air Force against the Army in the crucial final match of this year 's Inter Service tournament . |
| 21 | At a roadside cottage at the end of the village ( a former toll bar ) , a narrow lane turns off the main road to the left and continues beyond a crossroads and the old railway track to start a long climb on the side of Casterton Fell and ultimately come to an end at Bullpot Farm . |
| 22 | He turns off the main drag . |
| 23 | Rain entering the soil disturbs the equilibrium in the same way as water added to the top of the capillary tube or towel ; water drains through the unsaturated zone to the water table . |
| 24 | These two figures , one political , one literary , symbolise the two fundamental strands in Nizan 's emotional and intellectual outlook , and together represent a politico-literary ideal to which Nizan ceaselessly aspires as a communist novelist . |
| 25 | There has been considerable concern over the sooty specks ( particulates ) from diesel exhausts as a possible cause of cancer . |
| 26 | He has one rig in our room , another one in dad 's car and a third in the big truck he drives for the frozen meat company . |
| 27 | If the spin is " up " the electron goes off one way , if it is " down " the electron goes off the other way , as in the figure . |
| 28 | and he goes off the big city ma ma , like this and he 's got a fucking flying helmet and a flying bucket |
| 29 | Looking to the future , this conflict should cease to arise ; race-awareness training is now integrated into basic training , where it sits as a natural part of discussions on impartiality and prejudice during the interviewing process and should have the benefits that CAB anti-racist policy intends . |
| 30 | Similarly , the hero of The Prelude is taken from the ‘ educational processes ’ of the Lake District , Cambridge and so on , which take up the first half of the poem , and engages with society and history in the conflicts of the French Revolution ; the Revolution is not to be taken as a purely fortuitous occurrence , but the main event of the time , that which separates off the Modern Age from all that had gone before . |