Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adj] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coming later on this evening 's programme . |
| 2 | This , however , was too much for the Government and , using the excuse that public opinion was not yet ready to accept the protection of many unpopular modern buildings , Lord Caithness , the Minister of State for the Environment , arbitrarily whittled down English Heritage 's list to 18 buildings - excluding Bankside — although it represented a more traditional approach in the Fifties to the now-unfashionable Modern Movement . |
| 3 | In the corner of the picture was a holdall , a scientist would say it was the same as that used to weigh down Chalky White 's body when it was found in the lake near Cirencester . |
| 4 | I agree that nobody should be forced to breathe in other people 's cigarette smoke . |
| 5 | It 'll go in next door 's garden then , mm |
| 6 | Got dressed ( glanced out of the window — hot again ) , made up ( Gothic again ) , sat on the edge of the bed and took out my envelope of dreams and scribbled down last night 's dream . |
| 7 | I 'd write down last night 's dream , and then I 'd write down that recurring one , the one about the cave with the echoing voices . |
| 8 | The rear cockpit is practically identical to the front , but does have one truly unique piece of hefty-looking ironmongery : a big black binocular periscope fixed right in front of the occupant 's face to look over front seater 's head |
| 9 | The Governor 's brutally candid assessment struck a new blow to Mr Major as he grappled with two crises : the threat of a crippling defeat for the Government tomorrow night , and a Cabinet deadlocked over next year 's spending plans . |
| 10 | The Governor 's brutally candid assessment struck a new blow to Mr Major as he grappled with two crises : the threat of a crippling defeat for the Government tomorrow night , and a Cabinet deadlocked over next year 's spending plans . |
| 11 | ‘ At nights , ’ said the Canadian , ‘ it was so cold that you could n't sleep at all , and about dawn you 'd hear the shots as they knocked off that day 's quota of Frenchmen out in the yard . ’ |
| 12 | Her shots tore off one man 's ear and wounded another man in the buttocks as he fled from the pub . |
| 13 | Ford calls off New Year 's party |
| 14 | Japan lived off other nations ' research and development , and , in practice , subsidized exports while protecting against imports . |
| 15 | He 's not self-promoting like those other cunt directors and conductors and producers who just live off other people 's talent . |
| 16 | AN ACCORD aiming to shake off local government 's image of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing was signed in Essex yesterday . |
| 17 | Thank you Mr chairman , just one point Mr , we 're not voting ourselves five percent more , we 're taking five percent off next year 's allowance and putting it to this one so it 's a negative rollover , so we 're actually spending some of next year 's money this year . |
| 18 | JIM BROWN , chairman of Third Division Halifax , has called off next month 's crisis meeting , lifting the threat of immediate closure . |
| 19 | Asif and Trevor Penney , the newly-qualified Zimbabwean , will be competing for a middle-order place , though the first chance is likely to go to Paul Smith if he has shaken off last year 's injury troubles . |
| 20 | Vic feels his blood pressure rising at the thought of his eldest son , who dropped out of university four months ago and has not been usefully occupied since , now swaddled in a duvet upstairs , naked except for a single gold earring , sleeping off last night 's booze . |
| 21 | It provides , secondly , that long elusive missing link , decision taken on 5 Corps ' signal on 23 May reiterating that it could only carry out its orders to hand over the Cossacks if it was given authorization to use force . |
| 22 | Since a mother generally has a new baby every four and a half years , there may have been pressure on her to speed up each youngster 's training , to leave time to care for the latest addition to the family . |
| 23 | At the end of September the group split up ; determined to get away from things English , they now decided to explore different areas , thinking they would learn more German if they gave up each others ' company . |
| 24 | He holds up each man 's hand . |
| 25 | I interviewed him when he became First Sea Lord and on one or two other occasions , and I always slightly regretted that my commitment to current affairs had prevented me from taking up Associated Rediffusion 's offer to spend two years with him , at home and abroad , researching and scripting the thirteen programmes they were planning on his Life and Times — a task subsequently and admirably performed by John Terraine . |
| 26 | Frustrated , she picked up that day 's Guardian and looked to see whether there were any stories about the search for Puddephat . |
| 27 | To add up different countries ' output , the IMF used to convert local-currency GDPs into dollars at market exchange rates . |
| 28 | To sum up this chapter 's survey of what people believe about sleep and dreaming — what seem to be the self-evident truths — it must be admitted that there is very little consensus . |
| 29 | 'In other words , ’ said Codron , ‘ we were responsible for totally mucking up this woman 's entry into womanhood by letting her see Loot . ’ |
| 30 | These poltroons seems to think that it 's a big deal to hoist a few pints of Smithwicks after an afternoon spent with their heads stuck up some geezer 's back passes . |